Northern Ireland List of concentration and internment camps
one of famous example of modern internment (and 1 made world headlines) occurred in northern ireland in 1971, when hundreds of nationalists , irish republicans arrested british army , royal ulster constabulary on orders of prime minister of northern ireland, brian faulkner, backing of british government. historians view period of internment inflaming sectarian tensions in northern ireland while failing in stated aim of arresting members of paramilitary provisional ira. many of people arrested unconnected provisional ira but, through bungling , incompetence, had names appear on list of interned, while on 100 ira men escaped arrest. backlash against internment , bungled application contributed decision of british government under prime minister edward heath suspend stormont governmental system in northern ireland , replace direct rule london, under authority of british secretary of state northern ireland. from 1971 internment began, beginning arrest of 342 suspected republican guerrillas