London's Sunday Express reported yesterday that in Cambridgeshire's top security Whitemoor prison, Muslim inmates have launched a "reign of terror", forcing other prisoners to convert to Islam or face beatings or worse. The Prison Officers' Association has been calling for dispersal of the 100 Muslim prisoners in Whitemoor elsewhere in order to break up the gang violence.
UPDATE: The Nov. 28 Muslim News reports that an inspection of Whitemoor prison last month by the Chief Inspector of Prisons found that "the Prison Service as a whole needs to equip staff better to deal with the growing number of Muslim prisoners." However the report gave high marks to Whitemoor's religious program for its Muslim inmates.
