Muslim prisoners in England more likely to be subjected to force, charity finds

Maslaha, a social justice charity, requested data from nine prisons with higher than average Muslim populations. Photograph: In Pictures/Corbis/Getty Images

Muslim prisoners are disproportionately subjected to force including pain-inducing techniques by jail staff, according to new data.

Freedom of information requests found that in eight out of nine prisons with high Muslim populations, Muslim men were more likely than the average inmate to be confronted with batons, made to wear rigid bar handcuffs, or deliberately held in a painful position.