H3

H3 is a universal story of endurance and courage set inside Europes most secure prison the Maze prison in Northern Ireland Here in H3 the bleakest of all the Hblocks a group of young republican prisoners hold out for what they believe in refusing to be labeled as criminals or cooperate with prison authorities However British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is determined that these Republican prisoners will be treated like all the other common criminals in British jails ending a special regime which allowed the inmates political status to organise life inside the jail along POW lines The republican prisoners immediately start a nowash protest refusing to wear prisonissue clothes or perform work duties a protest which results in their being locked in their cells for hours on end without exercise recreation reading materials and with only blankets to wear for heat