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Title: Robben Island prisoners' relatives, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Government, Justice, Administration of, Families
Description: Nolinda Wontota (left) was due to see her father, a Robben Island prisoner, for the first time this Saturday. Then all visiting privileges to the prisoners were withdrawn. Now, with other relatives of prisoners from all over the country, she is waiting to hear the outcome of an urgent application before the Supreme Court to have the ban on visits lifted. With her is her sister Theresa, 17, and elderly heart patient Mrs L. Mafuna who travelled down to Cape Town from Port Elzabeth to see the nephew she regards as her own son.
Identifier: islandora:16538

Title: People protest for the release of political prisoners, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), circa 1991, Apartheid, Demonstrations, Robben Island (South Africa), Hunger strikes
Description: People protest for the release of political prisoners, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16116

Title: Prison library, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Landmarks, Jails, Recreation, Entertainment
Description: Media personal are shown the prison library. Prisoners are afforded the opportunity to change books every second week.
Identifier: islandora:16531

Title: Prisoner cleaning window, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Jails, Architecture
Description: A prisoner cleaning his cell window.
Identifier: islandora:16533

Title: Robben Island prisoners' relatives with attorney, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Justice, Administration of, Families
Description: Relatives of Robben Island prisoners discuss with the instructing attorney, Mr A.M. Omar, their urgent application brought in the Supreme Court, Cape Town, today to restore prisoners' visiting privileges.
Identifier: islandora:16549

Title: The Pollsmoor Prison band, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Jails, Reformatories, Prisoners, Music
Description: The Pollsmoor Prison Band and SHAWCO drum majorettes will provide a floodlit performance.
Identifier: islandora:16024

Title: Prison cell, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Jails, Interior architecture
Description: An inside view of a typical single cell.
Identifier: islandora:16527

Title: Freed prisoners demonstrate limestone mining, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Historic sites, Mine tools, Limestone
Description: We did it: ANC leaders Hilton Mkwayi and Andrew Mlangeni demonstrate their prowess at the limestone quarry during the re-union of former political prisoners on Robben Island.
Identifier: islandora:16503

Title: Head of maximum security prison, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Jails, Historic sites, Prison administration
Description: Lieutenant Piet Prins, head of the maximum security prison.
Identifier: islandora:16542

Title: Prison warden shows the inside of a prison cell, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Jails, Reformatories, Prisoners
Description: Suspect conditions: this stark, poorly ventilated cell, is one of the reasons why Langa station commander Johan Conradie wants a new station.
Identifier: islandora:16030

Title: Workers prepare food for the prisoners, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Jails, Reformatories, Kitchens, Food
Description: [Prison food consists of bread, margarine and peanut butter]
Identifier: islandora:16035

Title: Man shows his prison tattoos, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Jails, Reformatories, Prisoners
Description: Mr James D. Petersen, a former long-term convict, shows the rank he received to mark his status as a "General of [the] 26s prison gang in the Cape.
Identifier: islandora:16014

Title: People demand the release of political prisoners, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, De Klerk, F. W. (Frederik Willem), Demonstrations
Description: People demand the release of political prisoners, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16092

Title: Roeland Street Prison, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Jails, Reformatories, Public toilets
Description: Roeland Street Prison.
Identifier: islandora:16029

Title: Prison Service Coloured Band, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Jails, Reformatories, Prisoners, Music
Description: The Prison Service Coloured Band was founded in 1969 and has 31 members. The band (under leadership of Warrant Officer E.J. Africa) is well known in the Cape Peninsula where it regularly performs at large gatherings.
Identifier: islandora:16034

Title: Protesters hold banner that reads, "What is happening in our prisons?" Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Civil unrest, Demonstrations, Apartheid
Description: Protesters hold banner that reads, "What is happening in our prisons?" Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16370

Title: Prison administrator stands at door, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Jails, Reformatories
Description: Roeland Street Prison / A warder stands at the massive steel door which leads into the prison building.
Identifier: islandora:16016

Title: Interior of prison cell, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Jails, Interior architecture
Description: The inside of a typical communal cell. The wall cupboard is used as a locker for personal belongings as well as a writing table.
Identifier: islandora:16548

Title: Medicine store, Robben Island Prison, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Hospitals, Diseases, Medical supplies
Description: The medicine store with departmental nursing personnel on the foreground.
Identifier: islandora:16546

Title: People demand the release of political prisoners, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, De Klerk, F. W. (Frederik Willem), Demonstrations
Description: People demand the release of political prisoners, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16091

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