“…I’ve been called a terrorist and, just because I grow my beard they call me ‘stupid Muslim’

Prisoner ‘Mo’.

 This is the experience of one British Asian Muslim inside a prison for young offenders who alleged he was racially taunted and picked on by staff.

In the first of this two part series Bobby Friction goes to Europe’s biggest youth offender’s institute, Glen Parva in Leicestershire to find out what life is really like for Asians in prison.

We lock up more young people than any other country in Europe. The biggest rise has been the number of British Muslims now behind bars. There are almost 4000 Asian Muslims in our prisons - compare that to 608 Sikhs and 357 Hindus.

For Husain, the biggest problem is not being there for his mum. He hopes he’ll soon get his tag, Mohammad says jails are not that bad but his mum cries every time she visits and for Mo not being able to put his son to bed is something he finds tough. The one thing that unites them is their faith – they’re British Muslims on Lockdown.

Next week on part 2 on ‘Asians on Lockdown’ Bobby Friction goes to Brixton Prison.

Producer : Nicola Humphries
Series Producer : Perminder Khatkar