ICSR Report: Prisons and Terrorism: Extremist Offender Management in 10 European Countries

Throughout Europe, the extremist offender population has changed profoundly over the past decade:

1. There are more inmates convicted of terrorism‑related offences than at any point since the turn of the millennium.
2. They have more varied backgrounds – including more women and a rapidly growing prisoner population from the far right.
3. They are serving a wider range of sentences, many of them relatively short‑term.

Combined, these three developments mean that managing extremist offenders is even more urgent – and more challenging – an issue.

The full report can be accessed here.