Special Category Status
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special-category-status-323-18704682
title:
Special Category Status
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In July 1972, William Whitelaw, the Conservative British government's Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, granted Special Category Status (SCS) to all prisoners serving sentences in Northern Ireland for Troubles-related offences. This had been one of the conditions set by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) when they negotiated a meeting with the government to discuss a truce. Special category status was de facto prisoner of war (POW) status, providing them with some of the privileg
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Categorisation of prisoners
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Category_Status
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2023-04-26T19:31:56Z
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