http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/8116881/Freei\
ng-terrorists-could-cost-taxpayer-millions.html
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/8116881/Free\
ing-terrorists-could-cost-taxpayer-millions.html> Freeing
terrorists could cost taxpayer millions The cost of
supervising 46 convicted terrorists released from jail in
Britain could exceed £20 million a year, it can be
disclosed.
Image 1 of 2
Aabid Khan (L), who recruited Britain's youngest
terrorist Hammaad Munshi and his cousin and right-hand man
Sultan Muhammad Photo: PA
[Sohail
Qureshi was jailed for preparing to commit terrorist acts in
October 2006 at London's Heathrow airport as he prepared to
fly to Pakistan]
Image 1 of 2
Sohail Qureshi was jailed for preparing to commit terrorist acts
in October 2006 at London's Heathrow airport as he
prepared to fly to Pakistan Photo: REUTERS
[Andy
Bloxham] <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/>
By Andy Bloxham
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/andybloxham/> 6:23AM GMT 09 Nov
2010
Monitoring the former prisoners and ensuring compliance
with a series of restrictions is likely to cost 10 times more
than keeping them behind bars.
The Daily Telegraph disclosed on Monday
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/8116234/Fort\
y-six-dangerous-terrorists-go-free-from-jail.html> that the men and
women who have been either released from prison or are
close to being freed "pose a risk" to the public.
The Ministry of Justice has issued probation officers
with detailed orders setting out limits to their freedom, which
were set out after warnings from security officials.
Although they are not identical, the licences are likely to
share a number of the conditions imposed under control
orders, which cost an average of around £225,000 per person a
year to implement.
So, if the cost of monitoring the 46 terrorists was at
this level, the annual total would run to just under
£10.4million.
However, some estimates put the potential figure at
double that.
Monitoring of suspects in often done in two teams of
eight to 12 officers, working 12-hour shifts, four of which
count as overtime.
Harry Fletcher, of the National Association of Probation
Officers, said he anticipated it would cost a minimum of
£10,000 per suspect per week, meaning that if all 46
convicted terrorists were monitored in this way, the
annual bill would be around £24m.
By contrast, the average cost of keeping a prisoner in
jail is around £40,000, varying from around £8,000 for a
low-security prison such as Kirkham to upwards of £60,000 for
a high-security unit such as Belmarsh.
The restrictions on the terrorists are understood to
include bans on: using computers, associating with anyone with a
criminal record, visiting certain mosques, and contacting imams
who are not on the approved Government list.
The conditions of the licences, which are issued
individually, could also prevent them from working, which would
mean they would become eligible for thousands of pounds each in
benefits per year.
Keeping convicted terrorists in Britain also has other
costs, not least the £8m in legal fees the Government has
generated in defending the relevant legislation against
challenges since it was introduced.
The cost comes at a time of belt-tightening in the
public sector: the Home Office has been told to make cuts of
27%; several thousand police jobs will go, with thousands more
among court staff and prison officers in the Ministry of
Justice. Several police forces are likely to merge.
Mr Fletcher, of Napo, said: "It's extremely difficult to
reconcile the cuts to police and probation services
while terrorists are being released because they have come
to the end of their sentence."
A spokesman for the Prison Officers' Association said:
"The cost of monitoring like this can be very high: the level of
intelligence and supervision required is going to be
significant."
A Ministry of Justice spokeswoman said: "We do not
recognise these figures. Ensuring compliance with licence
conditions for terrorist offenders does not cost more or less
than for other offenders of similar risk. Licence
conditions should not be confused with control orders.
"Public protection is our priority so we will ensure
terrorists and other high risk offenders are closely monitored
with appropriate resources. Offenders are individually assessed
and resources are allocated appropriately. "
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