Victor Verster Prison
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- Victor Verster Prison was renamed in 2000 to Drakenstein Correction Centre
- Low-security prison located between Paarl and Franschhoek in the Western Cape. Mandela was transferred there in 1988 from Pollsmoor Prison, and lived in a private house inside the prison compound. There is a statue of Mandela just outside the prison gates. Now named Drakenstein Correctional Centre.
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Victor Verster Prison
BT Paarl
Victor Verster Prison
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Victor Verster Prison
- UF Drakenstein Correctional Centre