There was one inmate—the sect’s apparent leader—whose seductive powers were extraordinary, he said. He was the one called Maqdisi, a religious scholar and preacher of considerable gifts, capable of infecting and twisting minds like a Muslim Rasputin.
Again, everyone involved is incompetent. If you have a charismatic leader of your radicalized prisoners, you are doing it wrong. Isolate him. Give him guards that don't even understand his language -- fine time to start an exchange program with prison guards from North Korea or something.
