Charismatic 'self-styled emirs' radicalising Muslim prisoners in English jails

By Nick Miller
Updated August 23 2016 - 11:08pm, first published 10:26pm
A former inmate says prison staff are frightened of the radical Islamists.
A former inmate says prison staff are frightened of the radical Islamists.

London: Charismatic extremist Islamists in English prisons are acting as "self-styled emirs", controlling and radicalising the wider Muslim prison population, a new UK government report has warned.

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