Maze (HM Prison)

HM Prison Maze (known colloqually as The H Blocks, Long Kesh or The Maze) is a disused prison sited at the former RAF station at Long Kesh (it is still called Long Kesh by many Irish Republicans) near Lisburn, nine miles outside Belfast, in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The name "Maze" is taken from the village of the same name near the prison. The prison and its inmates have played a prominent role in recent Irish history, notably in the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike. The prison was closed in 2000.

External links

• Flickr: The Maze Prison - A group of photographers visited Maze Prison, here are there photos.
• BBC: Inside the Maze, a history
• Jonathan Glancey , New Statesman, May 31, 2004 Hell on earth
• Site photographs