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Special Category Status
In July 1972,
William Whitelaw
, the
British government
's
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
, granted
Special Category Status
(SCS) to all prisoners convicted of
Troubles
-related offences. This had been one of the conditions set by the
Provisional IRA
when they negotiated a meeting with the
British Government
to discuss a truce.
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