Applications Open for the Robben Island Museum Female Ex-Political Prisoner Research Assistant Post. The post is open at Robben Island Museum in Western ...

Life at sea was “like being in prison, with a chance of drowning”, 18th-century English writer Samuel Johnson reckoned.

Eyewitness News has investigated the violence, the staffing levels, even the sexual abuse allegations inside Rikers Island.

as the historic island prison was reopened to visitors after being closed since Dec. 2020, because of the coronavirus threat. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File) President Donald Trump speaks with ...

Cape Town – During a Heritage Day debate in parliament, the DA came out strongly against the mismanagement of Robben Island Museum, calling it an insult to Madiba’s memory. “I’m sure that we would all ...

Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years in prison during apartheid on Robben Island, off Cape Town. Political prisoners on the island formed their own football association, entitled Makana FA, which Fifa ...

Spike Island in Cork Harbour used to be home to monasteries and military bases before it became home to one of Europe's largest prisons.

In 2019, Mexico's Islas Marías prison – the last island penal colony in the Americas – finally closed. Now a biosphere reserve, the once-feared archipelago is open to tourists on restricted ...

An island previously used as a maximum security prison site off Colombia has been converted to a national park. Street View Image from July 2014 © 2025 Google From a ...