A new report by the Times has claimed that imams working in UK prison have links to extremist preachers and may be helping to radicalize Muslim inmates.
The Prison Officers’ Association said that there was a "real problem" with inmates being radicalized and that some imams have ‘slipped through the net’
"Totally inadequate"
Professor Anthony Glees of the University of Buckingham said that the prison service’s screening of imams was “totally inadequate”.
“Our prisons have turned into a state-funded breeding ground for extremism. It is completely unacceptable that imams with extremist views are allowed to preach in prisons,” he said.
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