单词 | h-block |
释义 | > as lemmasH-block H-block n. one of the H-shaped buildings in the Maze prison in Northern Ireland, the focus of a protest campaign by prisoners claiming ‘political’ (rather than criminal) status in the late 1970s. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > specific prisons King's Bench1427 marshalsea1436 tunc1503 chateleta1513 clinkc1530 the Fleet1530 Bocardo1535 bastille1561 Poultry Compter1644 Whit1673 the Moor1869 the Ville1903 the Scrubs1923 H-block1976 Mandela University1986 1976 Ulster Commentary Apr. 5/4 New cell units at the Maze Prison... Each unit is in the form of an ‘H’, each leg of the ‘H’ containing 25 individual cells with showers, wash-hand basins, toilets, a dining recreation room with TV and games, and a hobbies room.] 1976 Irish Times 14 Dec. 5/3 For 11 weeks now sentenced Republican..prisoners in H-block, Long Kesh, have been held in solitary confinement. 1977 New Statesman 30 Sept. 439/2 There are five H-blocks completed in the Maze (three more are being built). 1979 An Phoblacht 29 Sept. 2/3 The latest organisation in Co. Meath to come out in support of the prisoners on the blanket in H-Block is the Meath County Board of the G.A.A. 1986 Guardian Weekly 22 June 5/5 McDonnel, a big boned Belfast man who had joined the blanket and dirty protest in the H Blocks of the Maze, took time off to marry his girlfriend. < as lemmas |
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