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HM Prison Belfast, also known as Crumlin Road Gaol, is a former prison situated on the Crumlin Road in north Belfast, Northern Ireland. Since 1996 it is the only remaining Victorian era former prison in Northern Ireland.
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.
A modern Category A prison housing adult male long-term sentenced and remand prisoners. Various units in the establishment also accommodate Category B and C prisoners. The prison also houses a working-out unit, where prisoners can leave the prison for short periods under direct supervision, and Burren House, a detachment of Maghaberry on Crumlin Road, Belfast, serves as a Category D unit.
List of defunct prisons in Northern Ireland. Pages in category "Defunct prisons in Northern Ireland" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
10 June - Gerry Adams of Sinn Féin is elected the new Member of Parliament for West Belfast. 25 September - Maze Prison escape: 38 prisoners, using guns, escape from HM Prison Maze in the largest prison escape in U.K. history; one guard dies of a heart attack and twenty others are injured. Nineteen of the prisoners are apprehended within three ...
15 October – Republican prisoners attack guards and set fire to huts in HM Prison Maze. [1] 16 October – Republican women prisoners in Armagh prison hold governor and three guards hostage. [1] 28 October – A 300 lb Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) van bomb kills two British Army soldiers at Ballykinler and injures 33 others. [3]
The former soldier has pleaded guilty to escaping from prison.
The British government, while offering extensive prison reform, refused to acknowledge political status. [63] The women's strike lasted 19 days, finishing on 19 December. Twenty-six women remained on the dirty protest at Armagh [61] Token three-day fasts broke out sporadically in Belfast Prison. [64]