Armagh Prison no-wash protest Armagh Prison no-wash protest The 1980–1981 Armagh Prison Dirty Protest occurred at the all-women Armagh Prison in Northern Ireland, where prisoners refused to bathe, use the lavatory, empty chamber pots, or clean their cells. This resulted in unsanitary conditions and increased abuse at the hands of the prison guards. The protest borrowed tactics previously used by male Irish republican prisoners in Long Kesh Prison (informally known as the Maze Prison), that had started in 1978. Since a hunger strike of 40 IRA prisoners in 1972, prisoners convicted as members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) had been given Special Category
State Prison in Ringe State Prison in Ringe State Prison in Ringe was built in 1976 and is a closed prison near the town of Ringe in the country of Denmark. Prison seven departments have a total of 86 seats and receives men and women from across the country from the age of 23 years to the age 29 years who most endure punishment in a closed prison. State Prison in Ringe is also the only closed prison in Denmark, which has a large outdoor area for each department, which prisoners are free to use whenever they wants. The male inmates are mostly convicted