See The Prison Where Nelson Mandela Served His Prison Term. (Photos)

This is Nelson Mandela in 2003. He was photographed outside his former prison cell while speaking during a press conference on Robben Island, off the coast of Cape Town in South Africa. From mid 1960s to 1991, the Island served as maximum security prison and was used in housing political offenders.

Nelson Mandela was imprisoned at Robben Island Prison in the cell shown below. And in 1990, he was freed from prison.

Until 1996, the Island was used as a medium security prison for criminal offenders but the last of the political prisoners on Robben Island were released in 1991.

More pix after the cut:

This is the entire Island which is approximately 5 square miles (13 square kilometers)

Nelson Mandela stayed in this prison cell during his imprisonment.

This is a group prison barrack in the prison yard