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HM Prison Maze (previously Long Kesh Detention Centre, and known colloquially as the Maze or H-Blocks) was a prison in Northern Ireland that was used to house paramilitary prisoners during the Troubles from August 1971 to September 2000.
The Maze Prison escape (known to Irish republicans as the Great Escape) took place on 25 September 1983 in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. HM Prison Maze (also known as Long Kesh) was a maximum security prison considered to be one of the most escape-proof prisons in Europe.
Sep 22, 2017 · BBC News NI. Thirty-four years ago, a team of IRA inmates escaped from what was supposed to be the most secure prison in Europe. It was, and remains, the biggest jailbreak in UK history. Despite...
Dec 8, 2021 · Touted as Europe’s most secure penitentiary, the Maze was thought to be escape-proof—that is, until 38 IRA prisoners staged the biggest jailbreak in British history in September 1983.
Maze prison, prison located 10 miles (16 km) west of Belfast, N.Ire., that was a symbolic centre of the struggle between unionists and nationalists during the “Troubles” in Northern Ireland in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
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Sep 12, 2011 · 12 September 2011. The entrance to H-6 inside the former maximum security prison. By Natalie Lindo. BBC News. To some people it's the Maze, to others it is Long Kesh. Either way it is one of the...
Sep 12, 2011 · BBC News. 12 September 2011. The entrance to H-6 inside the former maximum security prison. To some people it's the Maze, to others it is Long Kesh. Either way it is one of the most significant...
