‘Britain’s jails turning into breeding ground for terrorists’: Figures reveal 42% of inmates at one high-security prison are Muslim and bosses fear inmates could be radicalised

by Richard Spillett
30 March 2014

Fears are growing that Britain's jails are becoming a hotbed of extremism after it was revealed today that nearly half the inmates of one top security prison are Muslim. Some 42 per cent of those housed at Category A Whitemoor jail - and more than a quarter of those in London prisons - consider themselves to be of Islamic faith. Experts now fear large numbers are being radicalised on the inside, where they say the spread of Jihadist ideas is rife.