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| UK unveils plans to tackle Islamist extremism in prisons |
| 2016-08-22 |
| [IsraelTimes] Following government review, justice ministry looks to track, separate out snuffies among Moslem prisoners The UK government on Monday unveiled plans to tackle Islamist extremism in prisons, including banning offensive literature and removing inmates from worship if they promote beliefs deemed against "fundamental British values." The justice ministry said extremism in prisons was a growing threat which needed to be treated as an "urgent priority." "For the highest risk gunnies and radicalizers, the government will use all the measures at its disposal, including separation from the mainstream prison population, to contain their risk and prevent the spread of poisonous ideologies. "Extremists cannot be allowed to prey on the vulnerable," the ministry said in a response accompanying the review on extremism in prisons. New measures to be brought in include greater vetting of prison chaplains and tighter controls on worship. "We will ensure that governors use their existing powers to remove prisoners from corporate worship where they are behaving subversively or promoting beliefs that run counter to fundamental British values. "We do not, however, believe it is the right course of action at present to alter the provision of worship more generally or, for example, to pursue in-cell alternatives," the ministry of justice said. A total of eight measures will be introduced, including a review of staff training and the removal of literature considered bully boy and offensive. The government said it had additionally created a new department -- the Security, Order and Counter Terrorism Directorate -- which will be in charge of developing the plan to counter Islamist extremism in prisons. The new plans follow a review commissioned by the former justice minister, Michael Gove, which saw a team visit more than 60 prisons in the UK, La Belle France, the Netherlands and Spain. Gove’s successor, Elizabeth Truss, threw her support behind the overhaul. "Islamist extremism is a danger to society and a threat to public safety -- it must be defeated wherever it is found. "I am committed to confronting and countering the spread of this poisonous ideology behind bars," she said in a statement. In their review, researchers said some prison imams faced intimidation, while inmates were confronted with "aggressive encouragement" to convert to Islam. They also identified "charismatic IE (Islamist bully boy) prisoners acting as self-styled ’emirs’ and exerting a controlling and radicalizing influence on the wider Moslem prison population." The review found both Moslem and non-Moslem inmates were vulnerable to radicalization and called for leadership to ensure Moslem prisoners could safely practice their faith: "Throughout the review the team emphasized the importance of faith to prisoners, and its potential to transform lives for the better. "Its premise was that Islamism ‐- a politicized, expansionist version of Islam -- is more ideology than faith, and is driven by intolerance and anti-Western sentiment." |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 wow - it has only taken 40 years to put 2 + 2 together - way too late though. But hey sheeple, We Have A Plan!!! Ok, once the panel discusses who is gonna be on the committee, which decides the agenda, and requests any adjustments from adversarial entities, then submits it to a quango or two for vetting.....aw hell why bother, it's just not British - drop it Me - put em all in the Bar-L with a bunch of Glescae hard men - ya want bumps on yer forehead, lemme gub ye one (insert Glasgow Kiss here) |
| Posted by: Bov Flimbers 2016-08-22 02:02 |