UK jail to get first of its kind ‘extremists only’ block – report
Published time: 1 Apr, 2017 17:04
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In an apparent first of its kind attempt, the UK is planning to move convicted terrorists as well as hardline jihadists to a special wing for “subversive extremists,” to crack down on prison radicalization, local media reports.
HMP Frankland in Durham is being considered a testing ground for a new kind of wing, a “prison within a prison,” where convicted Islamist terrorists and radicals will be held away from ordinary prisoners.
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Detainees sit in a holding area during their processing into the temporary detention facility, at Camp X-Ray inside Naval Base Guantanamo Bay. File photo. © U.S. Department of Defense/Petty Officer 1st class Shane T. McCoy / Handout Saudi terrorist rehab is ‘hidden radicalization program,’ Gitmo prisoner says
By keeping those individuals out of the normal population, authorities hope to prevent radicalization like that of Westminster attacker Khalid Masood, who converted to Islam while serving a term in Lewes Prison, East Sussex.
These new measures follow the recommendations of a government report last year. The document, by former prison governor Ian Acheson, suggested “the small subset of extremists within this group who present a particular and enduring risk to national security through subversive behavior, beliefs and activities to be removed from the general prison population and held in specialist units.”
Published time: 1 Apr, 2017 17:04
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UK jail to get first of its kind ‘extremists only’ block – report
© Paul Hackett / Reuters
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In an apparent first of its kind attempt, the UK is planning to move convicted terrorists as well as hardline jihadists to a special wing for “subversive extremists,” to crack down on prison radicalization, local media reports.
HMP Frankland in Durham is being considered a testing ground for a new kind of wing, a “prison within a prison,” where convicted Islamist terrorists and radicals will be held away from ordinary prisoners.
Read more
Detainees sit in a holding area during their processing into the temporary detention facility, at Camp X-Ray inside Naval Base Guantanamo Bay. File photo. © U.S. Department of Defense/Petty Officer 1st class Shane T. McCoy / Handout Saudi terrorist rehab is ‘hidden radicalization program,’ Gitmo prisoner says
By keeping those individuals out of the normal population, authorities hope to prevent radicalization like that of Westminster attacker Khalid Masood, who converted to Islam while serving a term in Lewes Prison, East Sussex.
These new measures follow the recommendations of a government report last year. The document, by former prison governor Ian Acheson, suggested “the small subset of extremists within this group who present a particular and enduring risk to national security through subversive behavior, beliefs and activities to be removed from the general prison population and held in specialist units.”
