Posted on 05/28/2008 11:04:08 PM PDT by forkinsocket
A Prison Service report has expressed concern about problems with the high number of Muslim inmates at one of Britain's high-security jails.
A review of Whitemoor Prison in Cambridgeshire found staff were fearful of doing the wrong thing, "shifting the power dynamic towards prisoners".
The Howard League for Penal Reform said the report was "extremely disturbing".
The Prison Service says it will examine how to manage gangs and terrorist prisoners at the jail.
The report, written by the Prison Service's Directorate of High Security, was obtained by the Howard League under the Freedom of Information Act.
It found staff at Whitemoor Prison near March, Cambridgeshire, "appeared reluctant to challenge inappropriate behaviour, in particular among black and minority ethnic prisoners, for fear of doing the wrong thing".
"This was leading to a general feeling of lack of control and shifting the power dynamic towards prisoners," the report said.
"A wing itself felt particularly unstable with a general lack of confidence among staff."
Urgent matter
The report said there was an "ongoing theme of fear and instability" around the prison and many staff believed a "serious incident" was imminent.
It said the "very high Muslim population" - more than one in four of the 500 inmates - appeared to be "leading to anxiety and apprehension among some staff".
"There is a danger of this leading to hostility and Islamophobia if it is not addressed," the report adds.
Andrew Neilson, assistant director of the Howard League for Penal Reform, which obtained the report under the Freedom of Information Act, said the findings were of concern.
"One of the things the report does flag up is that low grade prison officers feel unable to confront with sensitivity Muslim prisoners.
"And therefore they're not really aware whether these are criminal gangs - or criminal gangs with a darker side where radicalisation is also going on."
'Appropriate training'
The report recommended an "intelligence assessment of the Muslim prisoner group of concern and their possible activities" and "more cultural awareness and diversity training".
Whitemoor governor Steve Rodford asked for the wide-ranging review after five prisoners committed suicide between November 2006 and December 2007.
A 14-strong Prison Service team carried out the investigation in February.
The Prison Service said a "programme of work" was planned "to increase mutual understanding between staff and prisoners", including a "development day for staff on the Muslim faith".
A Prison Service spokeswoman said: "Appropriate training and staff awareness are crucial in tackling radicalisation.
"The prison will continue to work closely with the Prison Service's Extremism Unit and the police to monitor and assess issues around extremism, and work will be undertaken to examine the management of gangs and terrorist prisoners within the prison."
send more pigs to keep the muzzies company.
At least it can finally be said, that in the liberal dominated, politically correct, rabbit hole down which England has descended, the inmates are truly running the asylum.
Another Storm flag flying. Britain better get a grip, and soon...
WTF?? have the Brits completely lost their minds?
UK JAILS OVERCROWDED WITH MOHAMMEDAN TERRORISTS.
yitbos
I suggest a walkout.
So the answer suggested is to bring in a Muslim propagandist sensitivity trainer who has been thoroughly vetted and trained by the radical Islamist Muslim Councils that the UK government relies upon due to the government’s complete failure to maintain control of it’s immigration policy.
Then this sensitivity trainer who sympathizes more with the terrorist prisoners than with the jail staff, who sympathizes more with the terrorist prisoners than the victims of terrorism, shall stand in front of a white board for a day while the prison staff fight the urge to stab themselves in the eyes just to end it all and finally escape the looming imprisonment of their souls to the Islamist domination of their workplace and country.
Or am I reading this incorrectly?
Asylum.
As the former Great Britain behaves more and more like the vanquished, it becomes more and more likely that they will adopt Sharia Law in less than a generation. The collapse of Christianity has already created a vacuum being filled by people certain of what they want to accomplish. The tide is going out slowly but surely for the defeated country. Which European nation will be first? Which nation will be next?
This shows that they are impossible to deal with. Deportation is the answer.
Take the handcuffs off the guards and shackel the prisoners.
It sounds as if Islamophobia is not a phobia at all. I'd say it is very rational to be afraid of Islam.
“shifting the power dynamic ...”
Isn’t this a description of Great Britain in broader terms?
No, sounds to me like you pretty much got it covered.
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