Inquiry into Maze Prison breakout
- Title
- Inquiry into Maze Prison breakout
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 24 Oct 1983
- Year of production
- 1983
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- Duration
- 00:02:26
- Description
- Interview with Northern Ireland minister Nicholas Scott on the setting up of an inquiry under Chief Inspector of Prisons Sir James Hennessy into the breakout of IRA prisoners at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland, and on the possibility of ministerial resignations. Male interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- Nicholas Scott
- Keywords
- Northern Ireland; Prisons; IRA; Maze Prison; Prisoners; Escapes; Cabinet ministers; Resignation (political); James Hennessy
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LBC/IRN, "Inquiry into Maze Prison breakout". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0016800322004 (Accessed 14 Sep 2025)