Properties (45)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
prison
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gptkbp:architecturalStyle |
gptkb:Brutalist_architecture
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gptkbp:area |
gptkb:Gauteng_Province
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gptkbp:capacity |
approximately 800 inmates
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gptkbp:community |
negative stigma
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gptkbp:community_service |
limited availability
inadequate medical care |
gptkbp:communityImpact |
local community relations strained
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gptkbp:culturalImpact |
depicted_in_South_African_literature
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gptkbp:currentStatus |
demolished
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gptkbp:developer |
few vocational training opportunities
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gptkbp:educationalPrograms |
limited access to education
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gptkbp:famousFor |
overcrowding issues
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gptkbp:food_options |
poor quality meals
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gptkbp:function |
detention of male offenders
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gptkbp:hasPopulation |
diverse backgrounds
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gptkbp:historicalPeriod |
operated from 1960 to 2004
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
site of political imprisonment during apartheid
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
former Addington Prison
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gptkbp:launchDate |
2004
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gptkbp:legacy |
impact_on_South_African_penal_system
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gptkbp:legalStatus |
lawsuits regarding conditions
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gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Addington,_South_Africa
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gptkbp:mediaCoverage |
documentaries and news reports
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gptkbp:notableEvent |
riots in the 1980s
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gptkbp:notableFeature |
predominantly male
high walls and barbed wire Mangaung_Correctional_Centre_inmates |
gptkbp:notableOperations |
several escape attempts
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gptkbp:opened |
1960
2004 |
gptkbp:openedIn |
human rights violations
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gptkbp:operatedBy |
gptkb:Department_of_Correctional_Services_(South_Africa)
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gptkbp:partOf |
South_African_prison_system
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gptkbp:reform |
prison reform initiatives post-1994
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gptkbp:renovated |
2014
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gptkbp:replacedBy |
new correctional facilities
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gptkbp:security |
medium security
frequent lockdowns |
gptkbp:staff |
understaffed during peak years
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gptkbp:surroundingArea |
urban environment
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gptkbp:transportation |
public transport available
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gptkbp:type |
medium security prison
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gptkbp:visitedBy |
human rights organizations
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gptkbp:visitors |
strict regulations
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