the Maze
/ðə ˈmeɪz/
/ðə ˈmeɪz/
- a prison in Northern Ireland, just outside Belfast, where people opposed to the government who were thought to be terrorists were kept without trial (a practice known as ‘ internment ’). It opened in 1971, at a former military base called Long Kesh. The different sections of the prison were known as H-blocks because each building was shaped like the letter H. When internment ended in 1975, prisoners who had been found guilty of terrorism protested that they should be treated as political prisoners. Some of them went on hunger strike and several died, including Bobby Sands, who had been elected as a Member of Parliament while in the prison. After the Good Friday Agreement the prison was gradually emptied and it closed in 2000.
迷宫：位于北爱尔兰贝尔法斯特郊外的监狱，在那里，反对政府的人们被认为是恐怖分子，未经审判就被关押（这种做法被称为“拘留”）。它于1971年在前军事基地Long Kesh开业。监狱的不同部分被称为“ H街区”，因为每座建筑物的形状都像字母H。当拘留在1975年结束时，被判犯有恐怖主义罪的囚犯抗议将其视为政治犯。他们中的一些人进行了绝食抗议，还有一些人死亡，其中包括在监狱中当选为国会议员的鲍比·桑兹。根据《耶稣受难日协定》，监狱逐渐排空，并于2000年关闭。