Islamic extremists threaten to stab inmates who eat pork in front of them at one of Britain's toughest prisons

Long serving prisoner at HMP Long Lartin made claims in open latter

Said cooking pork in communal kitchens is 'deemed a threat to your life'



Claims young Muslim men are being radicalised at the prison



Hate preachers Abu Qatada and Abu Hamza both previously held at prison

Islamic extremists threaten to stab fellow inmates who eat pork in front of them at one of Britain's toughest jails, a prisoner has claimed.

The 'long serving prisoner' at HMP Long Lartin said cooking pork at the communal kitchen is 'deemed dangerous, even a threat to your life'.

The anonymous man made the claims in a letter to prisoners' magazine Inside Time.



The inmate claims Muslim prisoners threaten to stab people if they cook pork Long Lartin's communal kitchens The anonymous inmate says young Muslim men are being radicalised at the prison but it is not being addressed

He claims inmates at the jail are being radicalised but the issue is not being addressed by prison bosses.

'Terror' preacher Abu Hamza and radical cleric Abu Qatada have both been held at the prison.



The inmate wrote: 'The kitchen is usually occupied by 90 per cent Muslims and we have been told if we cook pork we will be stabbed. There have been incidents here where people have been targeted and pressured and bullied into converting to Islam.

'Young Muslim men are being radicalised in here and one day they may commit acts of terrorism in this country.

'There seems to be nothing being done here to stop it and people are scared to speak out.'

The man also claimed Muslim inmates celebrated the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby at the Category A prison.



Radical Islamists Abu Qatada (left) and Abu Hamza (right) have both been held at the prison



The young soldier was stabbed to death in the street in broad daylight as he returned to Woolwich Barracks on May 22.

The prisoner said when the news was broadcast on television some Muslim prisoners praised the murder.

He wrote: 'What I have come to realise in this prison is that these extremist views are not frowned on by other Muslims.'

Long Lartin in Worcestershire is a maximum security prison where some of Britain is most notorious inmates have been held, including serial killer Jeremy Bamber, who murdered five members of his family, and Mark Dixie, who murdered and raped model Sally Ann Bowman in 2005.



A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: 'The Government takes a zero tolerance approach in tackling radicalisation and bullying in our prisons.



'All high security prisons have dedicated counter-terrorism units, who work in partnership with the Police and security services to root out extremism.



'We also have a team of Muslim chaplains across the estate who work with prisoners to prevent radicalisation.