Victor Verster Prison
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Victor Verster Prison is a South African correctional facility best known as the place where Nelson Mandela spent the final years of his imprisonment before his release in 1990.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Drakenstein Correctional Centre | 0 | 2 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
correctional facility
→
prison → |
| alternativeName |
Victor Verster Prison
→
surface form:
Drakenstein Correctional Centre
|
| continent | Africa → |
| country | South Africa → |
| currentUse | operational correctional centre → |
| formerPrisoner | Nelson Mandela → |
| governingBody | Department of Correctional Services (South Africa) → |
| hasCategory |
Buildings and structures in the Western Cape
→
Nelson Mandela → Prisons in South Africa → |
| hasFacilityType | farm prison → |
| hasMemorial | Nelson Mandela statue at main entrance → |
| heritageAssociation | site of Mandela’s 1990 release → |
| historicalEra | apartheid era South Africa → |
| locatedIn |
Franschhoek
→
surface form:
Cape Winelands
Western Cape → |
| locatedNear | Paarl → |
| locatedOn | R301 road → |
| MandelaAccommodationType | separate house on prison grounds → |
| MandelaImprisonmentEndDate | 1990-02-11 → |
| MandelaImprisonmentStartApprox | 1988 → |
| MandelaReleaseEvent | Nelson Mandela walked out of Victor Verster Prison on 1990-02-11 → |
| nameChangedTo |
Victor Verster Prison
self-linksurface differs
→
surface form:
Drakenstein Correctional Centre
|
| notableFor | final place of imprisonment of Nelson Mandela → |
| province |
Western Cape
→
surface form:
Western Cape Province
|
| region | Drakenstein Municipality → |
| securityClassification | low-security (for Mandela’s house detention) → |
| usedFor |
incarceration of common-law prisoners
→
incarceration of political prisoners during apartheid → |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Drakenstein Correctional Centre
this entity surface form:
Drakenstein Correctional Centre