Prison officers need more support for terrorist prisoners

(15 April 2008)

The prisons watchdog has said that prison officers may not fully understand how to tackle terrorism recruitment tactics in jails. London's Belmarsh prison now holds the majority of prisoners awaiting trial for terrorism offences.

Chief prisons inspector Anne Owers has said that staff need more support so that they can deal with and counter the risk of radicalisation from terrorism convicts.

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