The terror threat from jailed Islamists being freed into the community is set to rise this year, a new Home Office strategy has warned.
Dozens of convicted terrorists are due to be released in 2023, posing a threat that could “last for decades,” according to the updated Contest counter-terrorism strategy published on Tuesday.
It warned that four of the nine declared terrorist attacks in the UK since 2018 were perpetrated by serving or recently released prisoners. As of March 2023, there were 232 people in jail for terrorism-connected offences but officials are braced for a surge in releases this year after a series of successful prosecutions a decade ago.
