A selection of extracts from PMA recordings at Armagh Gaol and Maze and Long Kesh. Hear from former prisoners, prison officers, journalists, teachers and more.

Quaker Visitor Centre: Vincent Bent

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Vincent describes the lack of conflict between visitors to the Quaker Visitor Centre, located just outside the Maze and Long Kesh site.

Education: Séanna Walsh

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Séanna talks about the value of educating himself in prison.

Prison Library: Daphne Scroggie

Armagh Gaol

Daphne talks about her experience working in the Library while a Prison Officer at Armagh Gaol.

Architecture: Fr. Oliver Crilly

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Oliver comments on the link between the architecture of the H-Blocks and the wider conflict.

Support: Ronnie White and Donna McCulloch

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Ronnie talks about the lack of support for prison officers following traumatic events.

Military Structure: Peter Taylor

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Peter talks about how a military regime and structure operated in the cages.

H-Blocks: Séanna Walsh

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Séanna talks about the different periods of time in the H-Blocks.

Visits: Laurence McKeown

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Laurence recounts the first time his father visited him in prison, whilst Laurence was in the prison hospital on hunger strike.

Entering the Prison: Amanda Dunsmore

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Amanda talks about the process of entering the prison.

Prisoner Artwork: Brian Maguire

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Brian looks through artwork produced in art classes in the H-Blocks.

Prison work: John Knocker

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John talks about working in metal fabrications.

Lock up: Seamus Holmes

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Seamus talks about the effect of ‘lock up’ on prisoners.

H-Blocks: Michael Smith

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Michael talks about conditions in the H-Blocks, when prisoners were ‘doubled up’ in the cells.

Prank: Angela Nelson

Armagh Gaol

Angela describes a prank played on new prisoners.

H-Blocks: Kenneth Simpson

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Kenneth talks about the organisation of the H-Blocks.

Ideology: Alexander Gowrie

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Alexander comments on the ideological differences between Provisional IRA and Official IRA prisoners.

1981 Hunger Strike: Laurence McKeown

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Laurence describes the impact of his hunger strike on his eyesight and sense of smell.

Handicrafts: David and William Stitt

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William points out a H-Block cell used for doing handicrafts.