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Loyalist prisoners
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Republican prisoners
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- ISBN 9781909976559
- Dimensions: 167 x 240mm
- Publication Date: 20 Feb 2018
- Publisher: Waterside Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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The Maze Prison shows how an establishment built to hold those involved in terrorism, atrocities, murder and allied crimes became a pawn in the partisan conflict that was Northern Ireland. There followed a breakdown of norms, values and control as the last of these shifted from Governors to Ministers, outside officials and even prisoners. This led to the (often random) killing of prison officers and countless allegations, denials and obfuscations, as Prison Rules came into conflict with claims to be treated as prisoners-of-war or be given Special Category status. A social document par excellence, this stark slant on The Troubles and Peace Process cuts through the propaganda and base politics to reveal the truth about the H-Blocks, hunger-strikes, escapes and power struggles. Based on actual records and personal accounts, it challenges myths and legends to warn how easily a community can descend into what the author calls anomie. An invaluable record of `one of the most dangerous prisons in the world'.
Tom Murtagh OBE ended his long career in the Prison Service as an Area Manager in HM Prison Service having been a Governor in England and Ireland, including at The Maze during The Troubles. He is the author of The Blantyre House Prison Affair (Waterside Press, 2007).
