Brixton Prison IRA escape 1991 Brixton Prison IRA escape 1991 On the 7 July 1991 two Provisional IRA volunteers Pearse McAuley and his cellmate Nessan Quinlivan escaped from HM Prison Brixton using two hand guns smuggled into them and subduing a prison guard. It was one of the most serious IRA escapes from a prison since the 1983 Maze Prison escape During the Troubles, Irish republican prisoners had escaped from custody "en masse" on several occasions. On 17 November 1971, nine prisoners dubbed the "Crumlin Kangaroos" escaped from Crumlin Road Jail when rope ladders were thrown over the wall. Two prisoners were recaptured, but the
Albany Regional Prison administering the nearby the Pardelup and Walpole work camps. The prisoners are able to study full-time in various subjects or work in one of the various workshops that are part of the prison. A prison officer, Anthony Daniels, was stabbed four times during an escape attempt by two prisoners in 1994. Officer Daniels received a Prison Service Bravery Award in 2000. On 29 December 2010, minimum security inmate Shane Gibbs escaped by driving off in a utility vehicle. Albany Regional Prison Albany Regional Prison is a maximum security prison located 8 km West of Albany, Western Australia. Albany Prison was