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A senior government adviser on terrorism has warned of the rise of dangerous Islamic gangs in Britain's prisons after a huge increase in the number of Muslim inmates.
Jonathan Hall KC, the Government’s independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, described Muslim gangs as ‘a deep seated phenomenon’ in jails.
The leading barrister first highlighted the pressure on inmates to convert to Islam to get protection in a 2022 report which he authored into terrorism in prisons.
He revealed how Islamic terrorists sometimes used gangs to seize control of prison wings, and to impose sharia law on prisoners including flogging.
In an exclusive interview with MailOnline, Mr Hall said: ‘What I found was that gangs were a deep seated phenomenon and expected as part of the prison landscape.
‘There were a combination of circumstances which have led to Muslim gangs becoming the principal, and central gangs for people who ultimately wanted protection.'
Jonathan Hall KC, the Government’s independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, described Muslim gangs as ‘a deep seated phenomenon’ in jails
London Bridge attacker Usman Khan (left), a terrorist prisoner out on licence, stabbed two people to death. Khairi Saadallah (right), who was given a whole life sentence for murdering three men in a terror attack in a Reading park, had been befriended by a radical preacher while serving an earlier term
A senior government adviser on terrorism has warned of the rise of dangerous Islamic gangs in Britain's prisons after a huge increase in the number of Muslim inmates.
Jonathan Hall KC, the Government’s independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, described Muslim gangs as ‘a deep seated phenomenon’ in jails.
The leading barrister first highlighted the pressure on inmates to convert to Islam to get protection in a 2022 report which he authored into terrorism in prisons.
He revealed how Islamic terrorists sometimes used gangs to seize control of prison wings, and to impose sharia law on prisoners including flogging.
In an exclusive interview with MailOnline, Mr Hall said: ‘What I found was that gangs were a deep seated phenomenon and expected as part of the prison landscape.
‘There were a combination of circumstances which have led to Muslim gangs becoming the principal, and central gangs for people who ultimately wanted protection.'
Jonathan Hall KC, the Government’s independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, described Muslim gangs as ‘a deep seated phenomenon’ in jails
London Bridge attacker Usman Khan (left), a terrorist prisoner out on licence, stabbed two people to death. Khairi Saadallah (right), who was given a whole life sentence for murdering three men in a terror attack in a Reading park, had been befriended by a radical preacher while serving an earlier term
