Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Robben Island' has mentioned 'Prison' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| For the prison, see Maximum Security Prison, Robben Island. | WIKI |
| It was fortified and used as a prison from the late 17th century to 1996, after the end of apartheid. | WIKI |
| Main article: Maximum Security Prison, Robben Island | WIKI |
| The Dutch settlers were the first to use Robben Island as a prison. | WIKI |
| [10] He drowned on the shores of Table Bay after escaping the prison. | WIKI |
| From 1961, Robben Island was used by the South African government as a prison for political prisoners and convicted criminals. | WIKI |
| In 1982, former inmate Indres Naidoo's book "Island in Chains" became the first published account of prison life on the island. | WIKI |
| The maximum security prison for political prisoners closed in 1991. | WIKI |
| The medium security prison for criminal prisoners was closed five years later. | WIKI |
| Every year thousands of visitors take the ferry from the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town for tours of the island and its former prison. | WIKI |
| These include the island graveyard, the disused lime quarry, Robert Sobukwe's house, the Bluestone quarry, the army and navy bunkers, and the maximum security prison. | WIKI |
| Ahmed Kathrada, who was imprisoned in Robben Island between 1964 and 1982, is pictured giving a tour of the prison to the then US President Barack Obama and his family in 2013. | WIKI |
| Robben Island was used at various times between the 17th century and the 20th century as a prison, a hospital for socially unacceptable groups, and a military base. | UNESCO |
| Its buildings, and in particular those of the late 20th century maximum security prison for political prisoners, testify to the way in which democracy and freedom triumphed over oppression and racism. | UNESCO |
| The symbolic value of Robben Island lies in its somber history, as a prison and a hospital for unfortunates who were sequestered as being socially undesirable. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (vi):Robben Island and its prison buildings symbolize the triumph of the human spirit, of freedom and of democracy over oppression. | UNESCO |