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Interview with Elizabeth Woodcraft for the Prisons Memory Archive in 2006

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Video interview with Elizabeth Woodcraft, barrister and former member of the National Council for Civil Liberties enquiry team, by Prisons Memory Archive in 2006. Woodcraft is interviewed about her visits to Armagh prison for this enquiry during the Troubles. The Prisons Memory Archive is a collection of 175 interviews with those who were connected with Armagh and Maze/Long Kesh prisons during the conflict. It is based at Queen's University Belfast. This interview is part of the Armagh Stories series.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 2006   

Name of First Interviewee: Elizabeth Woodcraft

Role at time of Interview: Former National Council for Civil Liberties enquiry member

Interviewer: Prisons Memory Archive

Purpose: Research, Academic

Media: Audiovisual

Copyright: Copyright © 2012 Prisons Memory Archive

Link: Watch the interview

Programme/Book/Article: Prisons Memory Archive

Time Period covered: 1985

Key Individuals: Elizabeth Woodcraft, Mairead Farrell

Key Words: Armagh prison, gender, National Council for Civil Liberties, Sinn Fein, strip searching, British government

 

 

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