Will The UK's First Terrorist Prison Succeed

 

Recent news reports from the United Kingdom are heralding the reinvigoration of a prison unit specifically designed for terrorists.

Officials hope that, by creating a specialized prison-within-a-prison, they can reduce the threat of radicalization among the general prison population.  Read in IPT News...

IPT Senior Fellow Patrick Dunleavy Discusses ISIS Recent Attack on Syrian Prison

 

The January 2022 ISIS attack on a prison in the Syrian city of Hasakeh in an attempt to free several hundred incarcerated members of the terror group demonstrates that ISIS does not see prison as the end of the line for its followers.  ISIS itself was formed in 2004 in an Iraqi prison known as Camp Bucca, named after FDNY member Ronald Bucca who died in the 9/11 attacks.  The attack also shows the resurgence of the insurgency group as a force to be reckoned with. We need to be just as committed in stamping out this radical terror group.

Listen / Read transcript of interview on VOA International Radio...

Terrorists In Prison - A Con's Game

 

"There is growing evidence across Europe that terrorist prisoners are successfully deceiving professionals concerning their rehabilitation." The deception posed by jailed jihadists in comparison to ordinary criminals presents an exponentially greater danger. "Unlike the thief or the fraudster, the consequences of such behavior can devastate not just individual victims but whole communities,"                                
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New UK Terror Law Does Not Deter Fanatics

 

The primary goal of any Counter-Terrorism Program should be public safety, not rehabilitation.  The tragic death of Sir David Amess demands this.  Read More in IPT News...

Harboring Terrorists in Democratic Societies

 

Patrick Dunleavy, an American academic and expert on terrorism, spoke with Newslooks about how democratic countries should deal with terrorists, including Mohamed Hajib who has been encouraging violence against his home country of Morocco, and what the aftermath of the Afghanistan withdrawal means.    Read More in Newslooks