Inside the notorious prison where British jihadists are held

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Friday May 24 2024

Islamic State fighters are pushed by armed guards through a labyrinth of windowless corridors. They trip over their tied ankles and tilt their heads to peek under their blindfolds, but see only the same dark hallway, with its peeling walls and broken tiles.

This is the notorious Hasakah prison complex in northeast Syria, now labelled "the world's worst prison". For years the media have been blocked from getting inside the facility and meeting its inmates, but The Times has been granted exclusive access.

Among its more than 3,000 detainees are two British men who have been imprisoned for five years. They have been brought by the autonomous administration of northeast Syria to a disused cell for the interview.

"The evenings are very difficult here," Shahan