On this day - 25 September
Historical items of interest as featured in the papers of the day.
Maze Prison break
HM Prison Maze used to be located in County Antrim, Northern Ireland before it was close in 2000. It was a maximum security prison. On September 25th 1983 a jailbreak occurred with 38 IRA prisoners escaping. During the escape, twenty prison officers were injured and one died of a heart attack.
Despite fifteen of the escapees being recaptured the same day, and four more in the following two days, many of the escaped men remained free.
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