Pretoria Central Prison
Pretoria Central Prison (official name: Kgosi Mampuru II Prison) is a large prison in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. The prison was the official site of capital punishment in South Africa during the apartheid era. Condemned prisoners were held in a section of the prison called "The Pot".[1]
At one time, the prison gallows could hang up to 7 people at a time.[2]
Escape
Political prisoner Tim Jenkin and others escaped Pretoria Central Prison.[3]
References
- ↑ Robert Adams (1998). The Abuses of Punishment. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 178. ISBN 0-312-17617-1.
- ↑ Before the Hangman Arrives Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South African Journal on Human Rights, 1989
- ↑ Inside Out: Escape from Pretoria Central Prison Amazon.com