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| Location | Maze, County Down, Northern Ireland |
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| Coordinates | 54°29′19″N 6°6′27″W / 54.48861°N 6.10750°W |
| Status | Partly demolished |
| Security class | High |
| Capacity | Variable |
| Opened | 9 August 1971 |
| Closed | 29 September 2000 |
| Managed by | Northern Ireland Prison Service |
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. On 15 October 1974 Irish Republican internees burned 21 of the compounds used to house the internees thereby destroying much of Long Kesh.[1]
The prison was situated at the former Royal Air Force station of Long Kesh, on the outskirts of Lisburn. This was in the townland of Maze, about nine miles (14 km) southwest of Belfast. The prison and its inmates were involved in such events as the 1981 hunger strike. The prison was closed in 2000 and demolition began on 30 October 2006, but on 18 April 2013 it was announced by the Northern Ireland Executive that the remaining buildings would be redeveloped into a peace centre,[2] however these plans were later abandoned.[3]
- ^ "The burning of Long Kesh". Irish Republican News. RM Distribution. 22 November 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ McDonald, Henry (18 April 2013). "Maze prison redevelopment gets green light". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 27 January 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ^ "Maze peace centre: Developers say plan 'set aside'". BBC. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2023.