Security checks for radical terrorists were watered down after prisoners complained they “interfered with their religious beliefs”, furious officers have revealed.
Justice chiefs were accused of “pandering” to jihadists in HMP Frankland, County Durham, after sniffer dogs were removed from searches. Prison officers are demanding increased protections after Manchester bombing plotter Hashem Abedi attacked three prison officers with a make-shift blade made from cooking trays and hot oil.
Mark Fairhurst, from the Prison Officers Association, said a “management committee” overruled frontline staff with “psychological theory” and removed additional searches when prisoners leave their cells.
He told BBC Radio 5 Live: “We are fed up with prison service policy being dictated by psychological theory and staff who work on separation centres being ignored,...
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