arrow_backThe Ou Tronk
ROBBEN ISLAND
The Ou Tronk initially consisted of 5 long World War 2 wooden barracks, a kitchen and ablution facilities. It was converted to a Medium Security Prison in the 1950s. In the 1960’s eight new plastered brick buildings were built as a temporary MSP.
Common law and political prisoners were housed in the Ou Tronk while they quarried, excavated and chopped stone for the building of the permanent MSP... read moreVIEW TIMELINE
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