UK unprepared for release of 120 terror convicts: report

July 20, 2023   

(Arab News) The UK lacks the resources to monitor 120 convicted terrorists and people deemed “terrorist risk offenders” due to be released across the year to March 2024, according to a report issued by the country’s inspectorates of prisons, the police and probation services.

The report warns that many of those set to be released may have become more dangerous due to radicalization in jail.

The 120 include Daesh- and Al-Qaeda-inspired individuals, as well as far-right terrorists, the Independent reported.

The UK has a history of terrorist attacks committed by individuals who have already spent time in prison, including the 2019 London Bridge attack and the 2020 Streatham stabbings.

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