"Irish prison officers are to be trained to spot and stop signs of radicalisation among inmates. The Department of Justice says the move is part of its plan to deal with a potential increase in radicalisation and extremism. Ian Acheson, a senior adviser at the Counter Extremism Project, a not-for-profit group combating extremist ideologies, welcomed measures to stop extremism from spreading within prisons. 'The IPS is making prudent arrangements to deal with the potential threat because prisons are incubators of extremism,' he said. 'Training will help staff to manage and anticipate the potential risk created by even small numbers of radicalised prisoners or combat experienced people from entering the prison system.' Acheson, who led a 2015 review into the threat imposed by radical Islam in UK prisons, said training must help prison officers to identify not only those seeking to radicalise others, but also those at risk of being radicalised. He described younger prisoners, those with no family, and those with mental health problems, as potentially at risk.”