Robert Jenrick launches scathing assault on 'Sharia courts in jails' as he backs key prison reform

Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick has issued a stark warning over what he describes as a crisis in Britain’s prisons, following a shocking attack over the weekend involving one of the Manchester Arena bombers.In a video message to GB News members, the Tory MP spoke of how convicted terrorist Hashem Abedi, “one of the most dangerous men in Britain,” launched a violent assault on three prison officers using a makeshift weapon and even boiling oil.“Unbelievably, this dangerous criminal had access to materials… even to boiling oil to attack brave prison officers,” Jenrick said, calling the incident a wake-up call for the prison system.Jenrick criticised what he described as a “naivety in which some of these prison wings have been operated,” claiming inmates in certain prisons have been allowed to “rule the roost.”