Séamus McElwaine judge describing him as a "dangerous killer" and recommending he spend at least 30 years in prison. On 25 September 1983, McElwaine was involved in the Maze Prison escape, the largest break-out of prisoners in Europe since World War II and in British prison history. 38 republican prisoners, armed with 6 handguns, hijacked a prison meals lorry and smashed their way out of the Maze prison. After the escape he joined an IRA Active Service Unit operating in the area of the border between Counties Monaghan and Fermanagh. The unit targeted police and military patrols with gun and bomb attacks,
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