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Old Prison
Names: State Prison Other Site Details
Classification  | A.11.2.5. (Complexes of) Buildings, Public, Police Buildings and Prisons
Proclamation No  | 098/1986
Place  | Windhoek, Robert Mugabe Ave., Goethe St
Region  | Khomas
Previous Use  | Prison.
Refences  | Official Gazette 5187, No. 53, 1986. Vogt, Andreas, "National Monuments in Namibia", Windhoek 2004, p.168-170. For plans and newspaper cut-outs see file.
Legal Status  | Declared as National Monument on 01.04.1986 by the National Monuments Council of South Africa (NMC, National Monuments Act 1969, No. 28).
     

Brief History

Erected 1906 to 1907 after plans of Gottlieb Redecker. It was used as a prison until 1963. Only one successful escape during that period. After its closure, it served as storage space. In 1984, a six-storeyed office block, the First National Development Corporation Building had been built partly into the courtyard of the former prison. One cell has been preserved in its original state.
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