Specialist jails to prevent extremism are 'undersubscribed'

Critics says separation centres entrench ideologies and discriminate against Muslims. Jails-within-jails designed to prevent extremists from radicalising vulnerable prisoners are undersubscribed, staff at the specialist units have told officials. The separation centres were launched in 2017 to keep the most influential extremist prisoners from radicalising the broader prison population but critics have accused them of making ideologies more entrenched and discriminating against Muslims. The Mini