The wonder that is the Anglo Saxon legal system ...

There are almost 10,000 Muslims in Britain’s jails— with 90 of them serving time for terror offences ... they fear more and more young lags are being converted and radicalised in prison. A ... source said: “You are talking about rootless young men at the bottom of society. They’re in jail and someone gives them some purpose. ”

In top-security jails such as Whitemoor, Cambs, 35 per cent of inmates are Muslim—and they have converted numerous other prisoners to Islam. (via MI5 spy chiefs are putting undercover officers into Britain’s jails | News | News Of The World).

Slice and dice ...

Britain has an estimated 1.6 million Muslims - a 2.8% of the British population. Of this a 10,000 are in prison - which means about 0.6% of the British Muslim population is in prison. India has 16 crore Muslims - which a 100 times higher population.

What if ...

India were to follow the British policy of imprisonment, the Indian Muslim inside prisons would be in 10 lakhs (or 1 million). India's total prison population ranges between 2.5 lakhs to 3.5 lakhs.

Of course, Indian society handles crime vastly differently. Technically, India could create a legal system which would ease the ability of the police to imprison people - and hide its social problems. Or they could handle this differently - and humanely. Which is what is happening.

Is there an alternative ...

Combine this with a low police-to-population ratio and low crime rates. What you have then, is a modern Indian conundrum. This is not supposed to happen. But then, in India, there is a 4000 year of history which makes low prison population, low police to population ratio and a low crime rate possible.

The other question is this wonder called Anglo Saxon system of justice, jurisprudence et al.

These nasty figures raise a 'orrific stink, dont they, my boy?