(ITV) ITV News understands that Hashem Abedi, the Manchester Arena bomb plotter, is refusing to co-operate with a deradicalisation programme in prison — and is being held at a separation centre away from other inmates over concerns he could radicalise other prisoners.
Our cameras were given unprecedented access to HMP Frankland in County Durham and HMP Full Sutton near York where Abedi and some of the country’s most dangerous criminals are being held.
The separation centre at HMP Frankland, where Abedi is an inmate, is reserved for the most radical terrorists — a “prison within a prison.” It has never been seen before on camera until now.
Five people currently occupy the separation centre. The Ministry of Justice never confirms the names of its occupants — but ITV News understands Abedi is among them.
