As for protecting a him in prison—if he is where his enemies are and the correctional officers are afraid or bought he is at the mercy of the inmates.
When the truth about what a person’s story gets this distorted there is so much chaos that people who are measured and law abiding become confused. When the strands of the story don’t hold anymore they revert to their biases. Do rowdy white brawlers put you off? Down with Tommy! Do foreigners make your skin crawl? Down with Brown skins! Sometimes rational people don’t believe that things can be this fucked up. But it can happen.
My son was in an Arkansas prison. For decades they have been run by the inmates. The guards themselves are afraid or in collusion with the network. The power and communication is there. They extort money for protection, they have the ability to terrorize free people.
If there is genuine concern for the principle of law then citizens should stand solid with Tommy on principle—do not let the thing continue as a Muslim vs. White Britain matter. Demand justice, transparency. Honesty.
It means getting some skin in the game. At least a little- maybe a lot- of time.