The IRPWA have been informed today, 21st September 2015, that the Maghaberry Jail Administration have imposed 5 days on the boards on Roe 4 Republican Prisoner, Nathan Hastings. This was at the conclusion of a so called adjudication process that the Prisoner Ombudsman has previously described as “flawed”. His “offence” was to have refused an
While returning from a legal visit on Friday 18th September, a number of Republican Prisoners arrived at the search box area which is controlled by the Jail Riot Squad. One Republican Prisoner, who is soon to be released, was actively signalled out for humiliation. Despite having undertaken the standard search procedure, which includes a further
Over the last number of months Republican Prisoners have been working and liaising closely with a number of bodies in an effort to progress the core issues effecting us in Maghaberry Jail. The securocrats and bigots of MI5/NIO and the DUP/POA have responded to these efforts with their tried and tested methods of sabotage via
For 3 weeks Republican Political Prisoners, Roe 4, have been refusing jail meals. This protest action was commenced because of the further enclosing of our already restrictive living space when a steel hatch to allow food and proper ventilation was closed. The decision to further attack our limited regime was taken by Security Governors. This
Republican Political Prisoners, Roe 4, Maghaberry recently highlighted our refusal to accept the Jail lunchtime and evening meals as a response to the Jails refusal to allow us to use our kitchen facilities in a dignified manner. As a direct result of this protest Republican Prisoner, Dee Harkin, who suffers from diabetes, collapsed on the
The IRPWA are pleased to acknowledge receipt of the Anti Internment League’s official invitation to join with them and others at the 24 hour Republican Prisoner Solidarity Camp at the old Andersonstown Barracks site on Friday 28th August, beginning at 6pm. The IRPWA representatives on the Anti Internment League have been working diligently along side
Republican Political Prisoners Roe 4 have taken the decision to refuse both the jail lunchtime and evening meals until such time as the jail allows us to use our eating and kitchen facility in a humane and dignified manner. Both meals on Friday and Saturday were refused by all Roe 4 Prisoners, this included prisoners with illnesses including diabetes.
Republican Political Prisoners, Roe 4, wish to highlight the recent regressive and provocative actions of the Jail Administration; further tightening controlled movement and restricting our already limited space. A small hatch which Republican Political Prisoners were using as a means of receiving food and for ventilation has been closed, further confining us to a tiny
Earlier this week Mandy Duffy spokesperson for the IRPWA was interviewed on radio free Eireann New York. During the interview Mandy discusses the Anti Internment March, Control Movement, Forced Strip Searching, The Isolation of Republican Prisoners, The Censoring of Republicans, Extreme Bail Conditions and goes on to challenge Martin McGuinness of Sinn Féin to share
The Irish Republican Prisoners Welfare Association call for a mobilisation from within our communities to highlight the ongoing torture of Republican Prisoners in Maghaberry following the most recent attacks on prisoners. Recently, with the help of others, we have successfully elevated the ongoing issues in Maghaberry onto the public arena. The response from the British
The Maghaberry Jail Administration has sought to further tighten the screw on Republican Political Prisoners. In spite of its commitment to treat Republican Roe House as a single space it is now attempting to forcibly divide Republican Prisoners from each other. On 10th August 2015, Security Officer, John Moore, under the direction of Security Governors
John O’Dowd’s recent spiel regarding ‘War Junkies’ (Lurgan Mail 23rd July 2015), a label which he applied to MI5 and Republicans turned by them, is nothing new; it has been part and parcel of Sinn Féin’s divisory rhetoric for some time. Only a fool would believe that an organisation such as MI5 would not seek
