Pollsmoor prison (Q7225734)

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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Pollsmoor Prison, officially known as Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison, is located in the Cape Town suburb of Tokai in South Africa. Pollsmoor is a maximum security penal facility that continues to hold some of South Africa's most dangerous criminals. Although the prison was designed with a maximum capacity of 4,336 offenders attended by a staff of 1,278, the current inmate population is over 7,000 (a figure which fluctuates daily).

Summary from Afrikaans / Afrikaans Wikipedia (afwiki)

Pollsmoor-gevangenis is 'n tronk in Tokai, 'n woonbuurt van Kaapstad, Suid-Afrika. Dit word deur die Suid-Afrikaanse Departement van Korrektiewe Dienste bestuur.

Summary from Français / French Wikipedia (frwiki)

La prison de Pollsmoor est une importante prison de Tokai, dans la banlieue du Cap, en Afrique du Sud. Elle fait régulièrement l'objet de critiques de la part de la société civile et du mécanisme national de prévention, en raison de la surpopulation et de la violence qui y règnent. Elle est principalement utilisée pour les détenus dangereux ou à fort risque d'évasion.

Summary from Deutsch / German Wikipedia (dewiki)

Das Pollsmoor-Gefängnis (englisch Pollsmoor Prison), offiziell Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison, ist eine südafrikanische Haftanstalt der höchsten Sicherheitsstufe. Sie befindet sich in Kapstadt, im Stadtteil Tokai.

Wikidata location: -34.0686, 18.4322 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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way: Pollsmoor Prison (OSM)exact location match [show tags]
name: Pollsmoor Prison
amenity: prison
wikidata: Q7225734

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