The Maze Prison

The Maze Prison shows how an establishment built to hold those involved in terrorism, atrocities, murder and allied crimes during The Troubles became a pawn in the partisan conflict that was Northern Ireland. There followed a breakdown of norms, values and control as the last of these shifted from prison Governors to Ministers-of-State, outside officials and even prisoners. This led to the (often random) killing of prison officers and a mass of allegations, denials and obfuscations, as Prison Rules came into conflict with claims to be treated as prisoners-of-war or be given Special Category status.