(BBC) Terrorist offenders will face longer sentences if they commit crime while in prison, Dominic Raab has said.
Currently, prisoners will usually get a maximum sentence of 42 days for offences carried out behind bars.
But the justice secretary says crimes committed by terrorists in jail — however minor — may now lead to “significantly more prison time.”
They will be referred for investigation within a week of any crime, such as vandalising cells.
The move comes after a review of terrorist activity in prisons in England and Wales by the government’s independent reviewer of terrorist legislation, Jonathan Hall KC.
