Victor Verster Prison

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correctional facility prison

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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Drakenstein Correctional Centre	2
Victor Verster Prison canonical	1

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.

Nelson Mandela → placeOfDetention → Victor Verster Prison ⓘ

Victor Verster Prison → alternativeName → Victor Verster Prison ⓘ

this entity surface form: Drakenstein Correctional Centre

Victor Verster Prison → nameChangedTo → Victor Verster Prison self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Drakenstein Correctional Centre