The Independent Monitoring Board for Belmarsh Prison said that it is proving “almost impossible to keep gang members apart”
(Picture: Ian Waldie/Getty Images)Terrorist inmates will be stopped from creating “no go areas” inside prisons to radicalise others and even administer floggings imposed by sharia courts, the Justice Secretary promised on Wednesday as he admitted that the dangers had not been taken seriously enough.
Dominic Raab said that action was needed because “coercive, controlling behaviour by extremists” had been allowed “to poison the well” behind bars to the detriment of public safety.
