HM Prison Maze name. Republican and loyalist prisoners were housed according to group. They organised themselves along military lines and exercised wide control over their respective H-Blocks. The Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) leader Billy Wright was shot dead in December 1997 by two Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) prisoners. The prisoners also played a significant role in the Northern Ireland peace process. On 9 January 1998, the British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Mo Mowlam, paid a surprise visit to the prison to talk to members of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) including Johnny Adair, Sam "Skelly" McCrory and Michael Stone. They
Apodaca prison riot liberated 53 Gulf Cartel members using 10 trucks and even a helicopter. 3 inmate escaped from a prison in Tehuantepec, Oaxaca on 13 July 2010. In Morelos, 6 prisoners escaped after killing the prison director on 14 July 2010. 5 federal inmates escaped from a prison in Cancún on 31 December 2010, although authorities reported the incident until 5 January 2011. In Chihuahua, Chihuahua on 11 January 2012, gunmen confronted the prison guards, where 10 inmates were able to escape. In Ahualulco de Mercado, Jalisco, 8 inmates escaped from a prison on 27 April 2011. In Culiacán, Sinaloa on 10