Pollsmoor Prison
An aerial view of Pollsmoor Prison from Table Mountain. | |
| Location | Steenberg Rd Tokai, Cape Town |
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| Security class | maximum |
| Capacity | 4,336 |
| Population | 7,000+ |
| Opened | 1964 |
| Managed by | Department of Correctional Services |
| City | Cape Town |
| State/province | Western Cape |
| Postal code | 7945 |
| Country | South Africa |
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).