Prisoner Satisfaction!?!?!?!

Since when did they have to be satisfied about being in prison! It's a punishment, not a holiday!

Arthur, Newcastle,

If the prisoners are so happy to be "in charge", why are they are killing themselves. Sounds ike lies to me. Perhaps the Muslim prisoners are not buying enough dope from the screws and that's putting them "in charge" of themselves.

RW, London,

it is high time we dispensed with Liberalism. Decades of so called improvements to society have rendered it almost impotent to tackle fundamental issues. Muslim or Christian it matters not. What matters is the restoration of simple values, sold out by self seeking politicians.

Michael pierce, Bromley, England

Vote labour out and get a government in who knows how to handle these people.

Sadly I fear it is likely to take even more murders, bombings and violent crime before the PC brigade comes to its senses and we get our values right.

David, London,

Alice. You're talking utter claptrap. And Salim, as Muslims themselves make a very clear distinction between themselves and non-muslims (kaffir isnt it?) can you blame the rest of society for following their lead?

Garley, London, UK

Which is worse? Islamaphobia or Sharia law?

Jack, London,

"Mutual understanding between staff and prisoners” ? Sounds like each understands the other very well.

Graham Rounce, London, United Kingdom

Salim, the timesonline is a none PC paper and they publish stories as they see it. If it were Jews, Hindus, Christians or any other religious sects they'd not be shy to publish their belief or ethnicity. Further, If the Timesonline were "Islamophobic", they wouldn't have published your comment.

jayil, london, uk

Why the hell, are we worrying about 'prisoner' satisfaction? They are there because they committed a crime!
Give the Officers back their power and remove human rights from prisoners till they earn them.
Time to get rid of Political Correctness when it endangers society.

Howard, Basildon, England

Jasper, you can't condone a group merely for the actions of some. If they're all suicide bombers why are they alive and in prison?
If you ask me, this article was more about the laziness and ineptitude of the prison officers.
More funding and tougher conditions are needed in my opinion

tom, lancs,

The problems facing the prison service are down to failed political leadership, sub-standard infrastructure, and a reliance on poor quality employees to do increasingly unpleasant work.

But of course, scapegoating Muslims is a lot easier than tackling these institutional failings.

Dave, London, UK

There should be no 'No Go Areas' in a prison, go in and sort them out., the Prison Officers should be in control. This is what happenThey should think themselves lucky that they are in prison here and not in their birth country. There they would be 20 to a cell, and have only bread and water.

Coral Stone, Enger, Germany

Hey, Salim: they are Muslim inmates because they define themselves as Muslims. Non Muslim inmates define themselves as Criminals.

Antonio, Estepona, Spain

"prisoner satisfaction ratings" - seriously??

Pete, Doha, Qatar

Just another example of weak Labour policy, that has had billions of pounds spent on it with little to show.

steve tea, manchester, cheshire

"It is well-known that Muslim prisoners are treated disproportionately harshly in comparison to other prisoners."

No it isn't. Have you got a single shred of evidence for this?

Disenfranchisement, eh? Great excuse for blowing things up.
Clueless, totaly clueless.

Steve F, Lincoln, UK

Alice
Perhaps you missed something.
The issue here is not that Muslim prisoners are treated disproportionately harshly but the reverse - that by their usual process of moral blackmail they are skewing hte system in hteir favour.

Sean, Coventry, USA

MAybe we need some advice from the USA about how to build prisons and control prisoners.

Ian, Berwick , UK

Why do we continue to pussyfoot around with these Muslim prisoners -arent they in prison as punishment for committing crimes?Anne Owers and her like should be sweeping the streets.Deport foreign criminals,put the army in to run jails and we would save decent tax-payers a small fortune.

tony, leeds, uk

On the one hand Muslims want to be treated separately, viz a story last week of the refusal of Muslim Councilors in Kirklees to be photographed with the outgoing Lady Mayor then Salim complains about precisely the same thing. Are they now a protected species? Protesteth too much? You bet!

Logdon, Stockport,

It is well-known that Muslim prisoners are treated disproportionately harshly in comparison to other prisoners. This only fuels greater mutual hostility and misunderstanding. The high numbers are a reflection of British society's view of 'the Other', as well as of decades of disenfranchisement.

Alice, London, England

Fairly simple problem to solve I would have thought. Don't let them out of their cells.

eric campbell, harrogate, uk

Hey Salim, the actions of muslims speak for themselves, we don't need a media corporation to spin anything.

jasper conrad, chichester, uk

What the HELL has being muslim got to do with it?
Why are you and other media organisations spinning this story as "muslim inmates" You dont refer to whites as christian inmates or any other religious groups;It is nothing but anti islamic propaganda trying to stir islamaphobia which is rampant.

Salim, Birmingham, UK

True, I think prisoners get a better life & comfort in jail than they would get outside. Sometimes I just wonder, why they cant build jails? But in general, our laws are not tough enough so half of "would-be" criminals spare the prison sentence.

Ankush, London, UK

"prisoner satisfaction ratings"

How very British!

Tom, London, UK

Mutual understanding between staff and prisoners? And there was me thinking inmates did as they were told.....

Michael, London, UK

they are not in jail to be happy are they?

knight, aberdeen, uk

Says it all really doesn't it?

Martin, London, UK