Britain to separate Islamic extremists from other prisoners
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LONDON- Britain announced plans Monday to house imprisoned Islamist extremists in separate units from other inmates, after a review found that some charismatic convicts were radicalizing the wider Muslim population in prisons.
The government-ordered study concluded that "cultural sensitivity" among National Offender Management Service staff toward Muslim prisoners went too far and "could inhibit the effective confrontation of extremist views."
"There are a small number of individuals, very subversive individuals, who do need to be held in separate units," Justice Secretary Liz Truss told the BBC.
