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People look at the prison library, Cape Town
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Title
People look at the prison library, Cape Town
Creator
Photographer unknown
Subject
Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Jails, Reformatories, Press, Prisons, Prison libraries
Description
Local and foreign journalists inspecting the prison library which contains 6 584 books (3 934 are fiction and 2 650 are non-fiction). Prisoners are allowed to change books every second week.
Publisher
University of Cape Town. Libraries
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black-and-white photographs, Still Image, Image/jpeg
Identifier
islandora:16043
Source
va_independent_S20E_033.jpg, S20E Prisons SA 1
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Copyright held by Independent Newspapers. For information about acquiring a copy and/or permission to reproduce an image, please email argpix@inl.co.za
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