C Max

C Max is the maximum security division of Pretoria Central Prison (or as it is now known, the Kgosi Mampuru II Management Area), located within the City of Tshwane in central Pretoria, in South Africa. It is run by the South African Department of Correctional Services.

Description
The division is specifically designed for violent and disruptive prisoners who have been classified as dangerous in terms of the South African Criminal Procedure Act. Prisoners are kept in solitary confinement for 23 hours of each day out and specialized equipment, such as electric shields, are used by the prison guards. It consists of two rows of fifty cells each.

Prison escape
In November 2006, Annanias Mathe became the first person to escape from C Max. Mathe, who had extensive military training gained during the Mozambique civil war, is reported to have escaped by covering his body in Vaseline and squeezing through his tiny cell window . Mathe had been detained on more than 50 charges, including murder, rape, armed robbery and hijacking. He was recaptured two weeks after his escape following a large manhunt.

Notable inmates

Moses Sithole - Serial killer and rapist
Sipho Thwala - Serial killer
Annanias Mathe - Notorious serial rapist and robber
Eugene de Kock - Torturer and assassin
Clive Derby-Lewis - Assassin
Janusz Waluś - Assassin
Radovan Krejčíř - Organized crime boss

See also

Kgosi Mampuru II Management Area
Supermax prison

References 

Category:Prisons in South Africa