Inmates Sue Prison Service for Failing to Protect Them From Islamist Prison Gangs

Inmates Sue Prison Service for Failing to Protect Them From Islamist Prison Gangs
In this file image, two people walk alongside the curtain wall of HMP Liverpool, northwest England, on Nov. 15, 2016 Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images
Owen Evans
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Inmates who refuse to convert and are being put in segregation “blocks” for their own protection are planning legal action against the Prison Service for failing to protect them from Islamist gangs in British prisons.

Prisoners face a “David and Goliath” battle against Islamic gangs in British jails, according to lawyers who are taking on their case to force a judicial review.

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