Nelson Mandela speaks outside his former prison cell during a press
conference in 2003 on Robben Island, off the coast of Cape Town, South
Africa. From the mid-1960s through 1991, the island served as a
maximum-security prison, mostly housing offenders of political offenses.
Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years in prison on Robben Island. From 1964
to 1982, Mandela was incarcerated at Robben Island Prison in the cell
shown. In 1990, he was freed.
Mandela stayed in this prison cell on Robben Island.
An aerial view shows the entire island, which is approximately 5 square miles (13 square kilometers).
Group prison barracks sit empty in the facility.
The last of the political prisoners on Robben Island were released in
1991, and until 1996 the island was used as a medium-security prison for
criminal offenders.
A sign welcomes visitors to the island.
The Robben Island lighthouse was installed in 1864.
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