This was an impregnable fortress. The only way you get out was in a wooden box.

The controversial maximum security prison impossible to escape from.

And one of the duties of a political prisoner is the escape.

The IRA inmates who found a way. of a political prisoner is the escape.

The IRA inmates who found a way.

I'm Carlo Gableer and I'll be navigating a path

through the disturbing inside story of the biggest jailbreak in British and Irish history.

The narrative that they want is that this is a big achievement by them.

Escape from the Maze, listen first on BBC Sounds.

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