Authorities crackdown on terror inmates to stop radicalisation
Terrorist prisoners will likely be banned from key roles in spiritual companies – similar to main the decision to prayer or delivering sermons – below restrictions designed to stop inmates being radicalised.
The crackdown goals to cease extremists gaining positions of authority in jail and spreading their ideologies.
Hate preacher Anjem Choudary was jailed for five-and-a-half years in 2016 for urging Muslims to assist Islamic State.
He was moved to a specialist safe unit after refusing to cease preaching his excessive views whereas behind bars.
Action may even be taken to cease extremists hiding and distributing their texts.
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Collections of books should match into “two medium size boxes with a maximum weight of 15kg”.
This restriction follows instances the place prisoners have gathered a whole lot of books in cells, in what’s believed to be an try to thwart efforts to seek for extremist materials.
Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary Alex Chalk stated: “These changes, alongside tougher sentences for terrorists who commit crimes behind bars and our work to separate the most radical terrorists, will better protect our staff, other prisoners and the public.”