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Armagh Prison Dirty Protest

Begun as a reaction to unfair treatment of Irish prisoners by English prison guards, the 1980-1981 Armagh Prison Dirty Protest held at the all-women Armagh Prison in Northern Ireland borrowed tactics previously used by male Irish Republican prisoners from Long Kesh Prison in their protests beginning in 1978. These “dirty” or “no wash” protests involved prisoners refusing to bathe, use the lavatory, empty chamber pots, or clean their cells which resulted in their living in unsanitary conditions for long stretches of time while suffering increased abuse at the hands of the prison guards.