The facilities continued to serve as a prison for criminal prisoners until 1996, when it was finally decided to close the place down and relocate the remaining captives to jails on the mainland.
Ditlamêlô di tsweletse go dira jaaka kgolegelo ya bagolegwa ba bosenyi go fitlha ka 1996, fa gone go sweetswa kwa bofelong go tswalela lefelo le go sutisetsa bagolegwa ba ba setseng kwa dikgolegelong tsa kwa nageng-kgolo.