US and Britain alike has been carrying out deradicalization intent on re-socializing terrorist elements stationed within sovereign internment.
However, it has been revealed that these insurgents currently imprisoned have deflected these sorts of education over the past years in clear defiance. In the UK, HMP Belmarsh, Wakefield and Frankland have all instigated the Healthy Identity Intervention programme, designed for reeducation of values, but 15 terrorist prisoners have refused to take the course since January 2018. The revelation has alarmed Professor Ian Acheson and Professor John Podmore, two former prison governors, who fear the programme is failing to adequately address extremism within prison walls.
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‘We don’t have that many terrorists in custody but the damage they can cause individuals and society is huge,’ said Prof Acheson who have claimed that prisoners who ‘remain dangerous or refuse to engage’ should be held ‘indefinitely’.point 325 |
‘When I looked at HII in 2016, I was told by a community activist working with some of its graduates that they were able to “game” the programme – appearing to change their toxic world view outwardly while maintaining an ideological commitment to terrorism.point 226 |
It’s not surprising that this report shows many are apparently refusing to participate.point 77 | ’ According to the latest Government figures, 224 prisoners are serving sentences for terror related crimes.point 172 | Of those, 173 are Islamist extremists.point 205 | 1
The HII scheme, which was piloted in 2010, has previously drawn criticism from various experts.point 186 | Christopher Dean, the psychologist who designed the programme, has even conceded that some of those who have taken part regressed.point 297 |
Prof Podmore, a former governor at Belmarsh, said: ‘Why do we have a waiting list? The schemes need proper funding.point 98 | ’ On those who refuse to take part, he added: ‘If it’s a two or three-year sentence, keeping them in the Category A [jail] until release because they won’t engage doesn’t help anyone.point 259 |
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Usman Khan, who stabbed two people to death at a rehabilitation conference at Fishmongers’ Hall next to London Bridge in November before being shot dead by police, was one of the failed cases in which a deradicalization instinct and prevention might have led to different results. In the wake of the attack, Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged to review sentences for terrorist crimes and the Government has since introduced the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill.
Last night, a Ministry of Justice spokesman said: ‘We have world-leading measures to stop extremists from spreading their poisonous ideology behind bars and our new legislation means they will now face much tougher sentences. ‘The vast majority of high-security terror offenders have completed or are taking part in programme.”
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