Description
Geoff Moore taught in Cairnmartin Secondary School in Belfast until his appointment as Art and Craft teacher in the Young Offenders Centre in 1980. He moved to the H Blocks of the Maze and Long Kesh Prison in 1981 became Senior Teacher in the Young Offenders Centre Hydebank Wood in 1991 and was then Head of Education in Maghaberry Prison from 1997 until his retirement in 2011. Geoff has been on the Board of the Prison Arts Foundation since 1985 was Executive Director 2013-2014 and in 2019 was Director of Art.
Geoff Moore taught in Cairnmartin Secondary School in Belfast until his appointment as Art and Craft teacher in the Young Offenders Centre in 1980. He moved to the H Blocks of the Maze and Long Kesh Prison in 1981 became Senior Teacher in the Young Offenders Centre Hydebank Wood in 1991 and was then Head of Education in Maghaberry Prison from 1997 until his retirement in 2011. Geoff has been on the Board of the Prison Arts Foundation since 1985 was Executive Director 2013-2014 and in 2019 was Director of Art.
Gender: | Male |
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Project person ID: | 091_O |
Interviewee role: | Worked in prison, 1980-2011 |
Location: | H Blocks The Maze and Long Kesh; Maghaberry Prison County Antrim; The Young Offenders Centre Hydebank Belfast |