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HM Prison Maghaberry

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In February 2016, a prison inspection report by the Northern Ireland Department of Justice condemned HMP Maghaberry as unsafe and unstable and lacking a correct insurance policy due to an ongoing dispute over land ownership, citing suicides and clashes between inmates and prison staff.
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Maghaberry is currently a high-security prison housing both adult male long-term sentenced and remand prisoners in both separated and integrated conditions. The prison holds 970 prisoners in a mix of single and double cell accommodation.
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is a high security prison near Lisburn, Northern Ireland, which opened in 1986. It was built on the site of RAF Maghaberry, a
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In 2003, the Steele report recommended options to make Maghaberry safe, including "a degree of separation" for
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described the prison as "one of the worst prisons I've ever seen and the most dangerous prison I've been to"
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prison in Northern Ireland. Two new accommodation blocks were opened in 1999.
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Mourne House, which held female prisoners, young offenders, and
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Maghaberry Prison
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Lisburn
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Prison Service
Governor
World War II
airfield
Royal Air Force
United States Army Air Forces
Northern Ireland Office
prison
remands
women's prison
HMP Armagh
HMP Belfast
committal
Irish republican
Ulster loyalist
His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons
Nick Hardwick
Colin Howell
Michael Stone
Robert Black
"Maghaberry Prison"
Northern Ireland Prison Service
the original
"Jail report opts for 'separation'"
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