Pollsmoor Prison

Pollsmoor Prison

An aerial view of Pollsmoor Prison from Table Mountain.
Location	Steenberg Rd Tokai, Cape Town
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).