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UK to Crack Down on Spread of Islamist Extremism in Prisons

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According to the ministry statement, UK Ministry of Justice revealed new measures to tackle Islamist extremism in UK prisons that would include removing extremists from prayers and holding them in special units.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) The UK Ministry of Justice revealed new measures to tackle Islamist extremism in UK prisons that would include removing extremists from prayers and holding them in special units, the ministry said on Monday in a statement.

"Governors have also been instructed to ban extremist literature and to remove anyone from Friday prayers who is promoting anti-British beliefs or other dangerous views. The most dangerous Islamist extremists will be removed from the general prison population and held in ‘specialist units’ in the high security estate. The creation of the units is one of the recommendations in the review, ordered by the government last year and led by Ian Acheson," the statement said.

Along with that, the Ministry of Justice will also create a new directorate for Security, Order and Counter-Terrorism, improve extremism prevention training for police officers and strengthen vetting of chaplains and other positions to make sure that people having access to prisons will counter extremist beliefs.

"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. Preventing the most dangerous extremists from radicalising other prisoners is essential to the safe running of our prisons and fundamental to public protection," Secretary of State for Justice Elizabeth Truss said, as quoted by the statement.

The measures were announced after a landmark review dedicated to the risks of spreading extremism in UK prisons had been issued earlier on Monday.

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