Much of the abuse of the past happened inside police cells and prisons. Recently, at a special hearing on police cells former political detainees spoke passionately for a penal system that would not ever again be based on inhumanity and degradation. But, is the unveiling of Pretoria Central Prison's C Max facility a return to the days of John Vorster Square and Robben Island?
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