New Delhi, July 14 -- Amid growing concerns over rising instances of radicalisation in prisons, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued a comprehensive set of guidelines to all states and Union Territories aimed at identifying, monitoring, and rehabilitating radicalised individuals within correctional facilities.

Recognising radicalisation in prisons as a critical and emerging threat to internal security, the MHA has highlighted the urgent need for proactive measures to prevent vulnerable inmates from adopting extremist ideologies.

The MHA also requested the states and UTs to incorporate the guidance in their prison management practices for addressing the issue of radicalisation in prisons in a "structured, effective, and proactiv...