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Portlaoise Prison ((アイルランド語:Príosún Phort Laoise)) is Ireland's only high security prison. It is located in Portlaoise, County Laois. It should not be confused with the Midlands Prison, which is a newer, medium security prison situated directly beside it. The prison was built in the 1830s, making it one of the oldest still operating today in the Irish prison system. It is particularly notable as the prison in which people convicted of membership of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) and other illegal paramilitary organisations are usually detained. Today the majority of the inmates are Ireland's most dangerous criminals, members of dangerous drug gangs, and criminals serving life sentences for serious crime. A number of Irish Republican prisoners are still in the old E Block. Anyone charged under (Section 30 ) of the Offences Against the State Act must be sent to the prison because of its unique security measures.〔(€240,700 to keep a prisoner in Portlaoise )〕 == Security == The prison has a capacity for 399 prisoners, but because of the security sensitive nature of its inmates, it operates below this capacity and its daily average number of resident inmates was only 119 in 2009. Through the years there have been various high profile attempts to spring prisoners from inside the walls. In 1974 nineteen Republican prisoners escaped in one day-light escape.〔(Remembering the Past 19 prisoners escape from Portlaoise )〕 In 1975 during an attempted escape by the IRA, Tom Smith of the IRA's Dublin Brigade was shot dead by the Irish Defence Forces. The prisoners had blasted their way through a door in the recreation area into the prison yard. As the prisoners entered the yard, Irish soldiers opened fire on the unarmed inmates, shooting Smith in the head. His funeral in Dublin was attended by thousands of republicans.〔http://www.anphoblacht.com/news/detail/8970 Tom Smith honoured in Dublin〕 In November 1985 an IRA mass breakout failed when a bomb, which had been assembled within the prison itself, failed to detonate at the prison gates.〔The Times, 25 November 1985; pg 2 col A〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Portlaoise Prison」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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