Famous Ghanaian YouTuber Wode Maya shared a historical video of the current state of activist and former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela.

In the winter of 1964, Nelson Mandela arrived on Robben Island where he would spend 18 of his 27 prison years. Confined to a small cell, the floor his bed, a bucket for a toilet, he was forced to ...

This has been going on for a very long time. [Robben Island Museum management] are more interested in how much they can make from tourists than in maintaining the prison itself.” According to Mpho ...

We are the custodians of Robben Island, but our stories and heritage are being deleted," he told News24. "The prison had seven sections filled with stories and artefacts about what those prisoners ...

In the end, South Africa still broke free from colonialism. People love visiting the beach, hotels, parks, Robben Island Prison, Soweto, The Hector Pieterson Memorial, District Six Museum, and the ...

The meetings will be held under the theme: “Towards Developing a SADC Model Law on Prison Oversight ... Arts and Culture: Briefing by the Robben Island Museum and the Ex-Political Prisoners ...

A judge ordered NYC officials to halt their plan to allow ICE to establish an office at the Rikers Island jail complex​.

A New York judge Monday blocked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from entering Rikers Island, setting up ... agencies to open offices at the prison complex for the purpose of ...

A judge approved Harvey Weinstein’s request to transfer from Rikers Island to Bellevue Hospital for essential medical care during his New York trial. His attorney criticized Rikers’ conditions.

An exhibit at the Herbert Von King Cultural Arts Center in Bed Stuy features artwork by Rikers Island detainees.