The Ministry of the Interior (MHA) raised concerns about the growing threat of radicalization in prisons and described it as a serious challenge for public order and internal security.
In the communication sent to all states and trade union areas, MHA outlined the set of instructions to solve the problem. These include screening prisoners, regular risk assessment, isolation of high-risk individuals under reinforced supervision and start of de-radicalization programs for such prisoners, PTI said.
She stated that radicalization may usually be dangerous in prison, as prisons are closed spaces where social isolation, group dynamics and lack of supervision can support extreme aspects.
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Prisoners can often become vulnerable to radical narration for feelings of alienation, tendency to violent behavior or anti -společný attitudes, and in some cases radicalized prisoners can engage in violence or organize attacks against prison staff, classmates or even external goals.
“Radicalization in prison is becoming an increasingly critical challenge in the global context and is often considered to be the forerunner of several criminal activities.
“Therefore, it has been felt that there is an urgent need to check and face the radicalization of vulnerable individuals in prison and perform exercises for de-radicalization of such individuals as the same, is considered essential to maintain public continuous and ensuring internal security,” MHA said.
It is important to deal with the issue of radicalization in prisons for reducing the risks of violent extremism, promoting rehabilitation, ensuring national security and supporting the successful integration of prisoners into society.
MHA said that, in view of the growing concerns about the disease of radicalization in prisons, it is shared by instructions with all states/UT to take acknowledged and use in their respective jurisdictions for solving and against the problem of radicalization in prisons.
He stated that states/UTS must develop standardized screening tools to identify prisoners. These tools can help in evaluating patterns of behavior, associations and ideological indicators of all prisoners admitted to prison institutions.
Individual risk assessment should be regularly carried out both at the time of the prisoner’s entry and during their period of imprisonment at periodic intervals.
For this reason, the prison departments can coordinate with units for enforcement and intelligence in the State/UT for identifying prisoners who may pose a risk of radical impact on other prisoners.
MHA’s instructions have stated that high -risk prisoners tend to spread the ideology of radicalization should be separated from the general prison population to minimize the risk of indoctrination.
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It was therefore the feeling that there was an urgent need to control and face the radicalization of vulnerable individuals.
States/ UTS may consider establishing an independent prison complex with high security in their jurisdiction for hardened/ radicalized prisoners, terrorists, etc. Separately to prevent other prisoners.
These prisoners should be maintained under increased supervision using monitoring tools and intelligence mechanisms to detect and solve potential threats and radical networks in prison.
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