ˌMaze ˈPrison, the (
also the Maze)
a prison in Northern Ireland where many prisoners, both Protestant and Roman Catholic, were kept for
terrorist crimes. The
H-Blocks were part of the Maze prison. It became well-known in the 1980s because many prisoners went on
hunger strike. The prison was closed in 2000.
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