News: Europe
Fears over jihadist attacks in jail (LINK ONLY)
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Prisons & Parole
Government & Politics
Terror sentences changes ‘should have applied to NI’
(BBC) Emergency laws ending the early release of people convicted of terror offences should have applied in NI, Stormont’s justice minister has said. Last week MPs passed the Terrorist Offenders Bill. It means terror offenders in England, Scotland and Wales will only […]
News: Europe
Prison officers to carry pepper spray to foil terror attacks behind bars (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
HMP Belmarsh: The high-security prison where terrorists exchange ideas and ‘jihad banter’ (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Terror sentence changes ‘must extend to Northern Ireland’
(BBC) There have been calls for new legislation ending the early release of people convicted of terror offences to be extended to Northern Ireland. MPs are debating the Terrorist Offenders Bill at Westminster. It means terror offenders will only be considered for […]
Government & Politics
MPs approve emergency terror law
(BBC) Emergency legislation designed to end the release of people convicted of terrorism offences halfway through their sentence has been approved by MPs. The measures — which would apply to England, Scotland and Wales — were drawn up after the attack in […]
Government & Politics
Urgent crackdown on terror sentences will affect about 50 inmates (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Revealed: Former Bolton school teacher Jamshed Javeed jailed for terror offences is already back on street (LINK ONLY)
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News: North America
Ottawa terrorist accused of trying to radicalize inmates released from prison, living in Calgary halfway house A parole board member described his potential harm to others and national security as exceptional.
(Ottawa Citizen) Carlos Larmond, the Ottawa terror twin jailed in 2016 for trying to leave the country to fight for the Islamic State, and later accused of trying to radicalize other inmates, has been released from prison and is living quietly at […]
News: Europe
Terror offenders due to be freed ‘told they will not be’ — lawyer
(BBC) Terror offenders who were due to be released from prison in the next two months are being told they will not be let out under planned new laws. Earlier this week, the government said that new terror legislation to end automatic […]
Deradicalization
Lawyers told Islamist inmates to shun deradicalisation (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
No terrorism offenders to be released without review, says minister (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Streatham attacker was released amid fears he felt terrorism ‘justified’ (LINK ONLY)
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Deradicalization
London attack: PM says terrorism sentence changes may be applied retrospectively (LINK ONLY)
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News Media
Islamic terrorist who plotted Danish newspaper massacre released in Sweden
(Breitbart) A radical Islamic extremist who plotted to massacre the staff of Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in 2010 has been released by Swedish authorities, despite plotting more attacks while in prison. The man, who has not been identified by name, is said to […]
News: Europe
French ISIS fighters sentenced to death in Iraq complain of inhuman treatment
(Breitbart) A group of French jihadists have decried their treatment in an Iraqi prison, claiming that they have been subjected to “torture” and “humiliation” before their planned executions. Two French nationals, Brahim Nejara and Fodil Tahar Aouidate, currently awaiting execution for joining […]
Books
The challenges of French jihadism are ‘ahead of us, not behind,’ says French author
(Radio France) Since the fall of the self-proclaimed caliphate in Syria and Iraq in October 2019, the threat of mass terror attacks has waned. But a new book shows home-grown French jihadists still pose a threat as they seek to reconfigure themselves […]
Deradicalization
Terrorism laws to get tougher within weeks, government vows
(BBC) Terror offenders will face more time in jail and be monitored more closely as part of new laws being introduced within weeks, the government has said. Automatic early release from prison will be scrapped for terror offenders while a minimum jail […]
News: Europe
Terrorist prisoners free to network and radicalise inmates in British jails (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Prison guards guilty of mistreating infamous jihadist recruiter in Belgium
(Brussels Times) Two prison guards have been found guilty of mistreating an infamous jihadist preacher accused of “perverting” a generation following his conviction for running a large radicalisation network in Brussels. The two guards were accused of violently handling Khalid Zerkani, throwing […]
Deradicalization
Jihadi terrorist at heart of one of Australia’s biggest attack plots is now a tradie after becoming deradicalised inside prison (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
French researcher links ‘neglected’ enclaves and prisons to rise of radical Islam
(Breitbart) Hugo Micheron, a researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), has claimed that the rise in jihadist activity in France and Belgium is directly linked to “neglected” enclaves and prisons in the two countries. Micheron interviewed 80 jihadists […]
Islamic Law
Prison terror attack suspect, Brusthom Ziamani, held sharia courts inside HMP Whitemoor (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Revealed: conversations between terror suspect Abdeslam and fellow prisoners
(Brussels Times) Accused terrorist Salah Abdeslam held wide-ranging and open conversations with his fellow prisoners while he was detained in Bruges prison following his arrest in Brussels in March 2016, according to secret recordings made by Belgian state security. A document containing […]
Government & Politics
How many people are in prison for terror offences?
(BBC) An inmate suspected of attacking a prison officer is understood to be in jail for “preparing an act of terrorism.” Brusthom Ziamani was found guilty in 2015 of planning to behead a soldier. A union says the officer, who was seriously […]
Law Enforcement
HMP Whitemoor prison stabbings classed as ‘terror attack’
(BBC) An attack on prison staff by two inmates with bladed weapons is being treated as a terror attack, the Metropolitan Police has confirmed. Four officers and a nurse were injured at HMP Whitemoor in March, Cambridgeshire, on Thursday. One attacker is […]
News: Europe
HMP Whitemoor: Brusthom Ziamani named as attack suspect
(BBC) An inmate suspected of attacking an officer at a maximum security prison was jailed for planning to behead a soldier, the BBC has learned. He is understood to be Brusthom Ziamani, 24, who was found guilty of preparing an act of […]
Children & Teens
Judge complains after being left to wait while Muslim defendant went to pray (LINK ONLY)
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Deradicalization
Top psychologist: No certainty terror offenders can be ‘cured’
(BBC) The psychologist behind the UK’s main deradicalisation programme for terror offenders says it can never be certain that attackers have been “cured.” Christopher Dean told the BBC some terror offenders who take part in his Healthy Identity Intervention (HII) scheme appear […]
Deradicalization
Lee Rigby’s killer Michael Adebolajo works as de-radicalisation mentor at jail London Bridge terrorist was freed from (LINK ONLY)
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Clothing
Male boss forced Muslim prison guard to remove her hijab: suit
(NY Post) A female corrections officer says she was forced to defy her Muslim beliefs when a lone male supervisor demanded she remove her hijab, a new $8 million lawsuit charges. Maureen Billings, a corrections officer at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility […]
Halal
Inmate suffers setback in bid to make lawsuit over access to halal foods a class action
(VTDigger) A Muslim inmate suing the state Department of Corrections claiming that prison food does not meet his religious dietery needs has lost his latest round in court seeking to make his case a class action. Federal Magistrate Judge John Conroy issued […]
Government & Politics
Islamist extremists hold Sharia trials and groom young Muslims in British prisons (LINK ONLY)
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Islamic Law
Queen is enemy of Islam and must die, says jail ‘emir’ (LINK ONLY)
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Deradicalization
I warned of risk from London Bridge terrorist Usman Khan — and was ignored (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Captive Swiss jihadists report torture in Kurdish prisons
(Swiss Info) Three Swiss nationals who fought for Islamic State and are currently in custody in northern Syria deplore the harsh conditions in Kurdish prisons and want the Swiss government to repatriate them. The jihadists, who all come from the French-speaking part […]
Legal
Federal Bureau of Prisons loosens limits on Muslim inmates’ prayer
(Religion News) The Federal Bureau of Prisons has issued new national guidelines recommending accommodation of group prayer for Muslim prisoners after an inmate’s lawsuit challenging restrictions at a Kentucky prison. The agency has recommended that all federal prisons should accommodate inmates’ requests […]
Clothing
Ramsey County settles lawsuit over hijab removal
(MPR) A woman who was forced to remove her hijab as she was booked into the Ramsey County jail says she hopes a legal settlement announced Tuesday will protect other Muslim women from similar treatment. “It was one of the most humiliating […]
Law Enforcement
Austrian police foil ‘Vienna Christmas market terror plot’
(AFP) Austrian authorities have foiled a plot to carry out a series of terror attacks, including bombing one of Vienna’s Christmas markets, local media reported Monday. The plot involved three men, including a 24-year-old ringleader who had been influenced by the ideology of […]
Books
Amazon sells Islamist books banned in jails (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Plan to be put in place over radicalisation risk (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Federal prisoner found guilty on terror charges for 2nd time
(AP) An East African man imprisoned in Texas for terrorism was convicted Friday of trying to recruit fellow prisoners to join the Islamic State group and plan attacks in the United States, federal prosecutors announced. A jury found Mohamed Ibrahim Ahmed, 45, […]
Government & Politics
Belgium expands terrorism database to beef up prisoner surveillance
(Brussels Times) Belgium is reshuffling and expanding its terrorism database in order to better equip law enforcement authorities to monitor and share information about “potentially dangerous people,” particularly behind bars. Justice Minister Koen Geens announced in a press release that the common […]
Citizenship
Forty Islamist terrorists freed after serving half their jail terms will go back to prison (LINK ONLY)
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Deradicalization
Former anti-terror judge warns of danger from jihadis set for prison release
(Breitbart) French former anti-terrorist judge Marc Trévidic has warned that there is a substantial danger posed to the public by terrorism convicts set for release in the next two years. Mr Trévidic said that starting in 2020 and 2021, prisoners convicted for joining the […]
Legal
Jihadi who plotted UK bombings launches £50k taxpayer-funded open prison bid (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Jihadis on our streets: 350 convicted and suspected terrorists have been freed in the past seven years, latest figures reveal (LINK ONLY)
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Deradicalization
Prisons put terrorists on waiting list to receive help to deradicalise (LINK ONLY)
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Deradicalization
London Bridge attack: Boris Johnson says some prisoners can’t be deradicalised
(BBC) Boris Johnson has said the “grim reality” is that “some people can’t be rehabilitated” in prison. The PM called for longer sentences and an end to automatic release after convicted terrorist Usman Khan killed two people on London Bridge on Friday. […]
Government & Politics
Terrorists should ‘not necessarily’ serve full jail term, says Jeremy Corbyn The father of terror victim Jack Merritt does not wish his son's death to be 'used as a pretext for more draconian sentences.'
(Sky News) Jeremy Corbyn has told Sky News that convicted terrorists should “not necessarily” automatically serve their full prison sentences. The Labour leader’s comment comes in the wake of Friday’s London Bridge terror attack, which left two people dead. The attacker, 28-year-old […]