MP seeks meeting after jail report

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The report, produced by a team of Prison Service investigators, said the high number of Muslim inmates at Whitemoor Prison near March, Cambridgeshire, made some staff "anxious and apprehensive".

It called for an "intelligence assessment" of possible Muslim prisoner "activities".

Malcolm Moss, Conservative MP for North East Cambridgeshire, said he wanted to meet a Whitemoor POA official within the next few weeks.

Mr Moss said many prison staff had raised concerns about Whitemoor in recent months but he was not aware of problems with Muslim inmates.

"I was due to meet the head man from the POA in the next few weeks. This will now be on the agenda," he said.

"I have had a number of people who work at the prison come to see me in recent months with a number of problems - mainly relating to their contracts. I gather morale there is pretty low."

The report said Whitemoor staff "appeared reluctant" to challenge "inappropriate behaviour" for fear of "doing the wrong thing" and prison officers felt that they lacked control.

Prison campaign group The Howard League for Penal Reform said the report raised "extremely disturbing" issues and called for "urgent" action.