Armagh Prison no-wash protest

The 1980–1981 Armagh Prison Dirty Protest (also known as the Armagh Prison no-wash protest) occurred at the all-women Armagh Prison in Northern Ireland, where prisoners refused to bathe, use the lavatory, empty chamber pots, or clean their cells. This resulted in unsanitary conditions and increased abuse at the hands of the prison guards. Considered part of the Dirty protest, the prisoners borrowed tactics previously used by male Irish republican prisoners in Long Kesh Prison (informally known as the Maze Prison) since the protest started in 1978, including the smearing of faeces, urine and menstrual blood against the cell walls.