Robben Island, a desolate outcropping five miles offshore ... Tours leave Cape Town four times a day, and the trip includes a bus tour of the island and a visit to the prison.

The guides convey first-hand accounts of what the island used to be like. Some visitors describe a trip to Robben Island as a sobering experience and praise the museum for its efforts to transform ...

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.

This comes after weekend reports indicated that Mbalula used a yacht to travel to Robben Island instead of the ferry. The party was in the Western Cape over the weekend, where it celebrated its ...