Jehadis turn UK prisons into terror-training centres
London, July 25 : The presence of a large number of terrorists in UK jails has virtually turned them into centres of jihadi madrassas, with hardened terrorists poaching young angry Muslims and turning them into radicals.
According to reports, new jihadi websites are being launched from within the jails' premises using mobile phones, which are illegally sneaked inside it.
These radicals, who move in groups, also intimidate jail staffs.
Steve Gough, vice-chairman of the Prison Officers Association (POA), expressed concern over this and said, 'The radicalisation of young men is going to be our biggest problem over the next four or five years. If you look at the trials coming up we are possibly going to have hundreds more entering the prison system.'
'The majority of the prison population is comprised angry young men, disenfranchised from society. These are ripe for radicalisation,' a Pioneer report from London quoted him, as saying.
Incidents like jailed Al Qaeda members caught making jihadi websites from his cellphones have become frequent.
There are reports that a small minority of young people is being coerced into joining the Muslim faith in Feltham young offenders institution.
A recent trend of an increasing number of prisoners turning to Islam have led to the demand of controlling the influence of radical clerics in jails.
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America is not immune to this phenomenon...
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