Her Majesty's Prison Maze

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Her_Majesty's_Prison_Maze
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:prison
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Maze_Prison
gptkbp:closed 2000
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:demolished partially
gptkbp:famousPrisoner gptkb:Martin_McGuinness
gptkb:Bobby_Sands
gptkb:Gerry_Adams
gptkbp:features maximum security
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:UK_Home_Office
gptkbp:historicalSignificance site of major events during The Troubles
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Her Majesty's Prison Maze
gptkbp:inmateGender loyalist paramilitaries
republican paramilitaries
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Lisburn
gptkbp:location gptkb:Northern_Ireland
gptkbp:namedAfter nearby Maze racecourse
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:1981_Irish_hunger_strike
gptkb:1983_Maze_Prison_escape
gptkbp:numberOfPrisonersAtPeak over 1,700
gptkbp:opened 1971
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Northern_Ireland_Prison_Service
gptkbp:redevelopment peace centre (proposed)
gptkbp:status mostly demolished
gptkbp:structureType gptkb:H-blocks
gptkbp:usedFor housing paramilitary prisoners
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:H-Blocks
gptkb:Maze_Prison_escape_(1983)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8