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UK: Muslim gangs 'are taking control of prison'

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Muslim gangs 'are taking control of prison' * Jamie Doward, home affairs editor * The Observer, * Sunday May 25 2008 Prison officers at one of Britain's maximum security jails are losing control to Muslim gangs, according to a confidential report obtained by The Observer. An internal review of Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire warns that staff believe a 'serious incident is imminent' as several wings become dominated by Muslim prisoners. The report, written by the Prison Service's Directorate of High Security, says there is an 'ongoing theme of fear and instability' among staff at Whitemoor, where just under a third of the 500 prisoners are Muslim. It claims: 'There was much talk around the establishment about "the Muslims". Some staff perceived the situation at Whitemoor had resulted in Muslim prisoners becoming more of a gang than a religious group...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on May 25, 2008 (boomark / email).