As of September last year, Muslims accounted for nearly a fifth of all prisoners in England and Wales, with 15,594 prisoners identifying as Muslim, government data has revealed. .
According to data from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), Muslims only make up around 6.5% of the UK population, but around 18% of the prison population. telegraph paper report.
By comparison, Christians constituted the largest religious group in prisons, at 45%; according to According to the 2021 Census, Christians make up 46 per cent of the population in England and Wales, meaning that people who profess to be Christian as a group are proportionally more widely imprisoned.
Meanwhile, people who do not belong to any religious group accounted for 31% of the prison population, compared to 37% of the overall population.
Ministry of Justice statistics also revealed that whites make up a disproportionate number of Muslim prisoners, with 3,096, or 19.9%, of Muslim prisoners being white. By comparison, only 7.8 per cent of Britain’s Muslim community is white.
This compared to 35 per cent (5,489) of Muslim POWs recorded as ‘Asian or Asian British’ and 27 per cent (4,212) as ‘Black or Black British’. In contrast, the rest were either unrecorded or black prisoners. mixed background.
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Muslims are a powerful force in many British prisons, and some say the alarmingly high proportion of white Muslims in prison is the result of conversions out of fear.
Former prison warden Ian Acheson, who conducted an investigation into Islamic extremism in prisons for the Ministry of Justice, said:
“This seems to be especially true in high-security prisons, where safety is paramount and there are large numbers of violent young people detained in search of meaning and a sense of belonging. It has the characteristics of
Acheson said while the possibility of genuine conversions cannot be ruled out, it is important that front-line prison staff do not act for fear of being accused of racism or direct intimidation tactics by prison gangs. He said that.
Separate investigation into Islam in prisons by government adviser Colin Bloom found Last year, “Failure to prove Muslim status means that new inmates are at best denied ‘protection’ from the dominant Muslim gangs in the department, or at worst denied ‘protection’ from the same gangs.” It means being exposed to violence and intimidation.” .
A Ministry of Justice spokesperson denied that the disproportionate white Muslim population was the result of forced conversions, saying: “It is misleading to attribute these figures to the influence of Muslim gangs.” , based entirely on anecdotal evidence. Forced conversions will not be tolerated in prison.”
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