How jailing extremists for longer could make them more dangerous

Terrorists have been left free to network inside jails, where they have been radicalising other inmates, writes Lizzie Dearden

The ‘Three Musketeers’ terror plotters planned the 2017 London Bridge attack together after meeting up in prison (Reuters)

The “most serious” terror offenders will be kept in prison for longer under new government proposals drawn up in the wake of the London Bridge attack.

Priti Patel said ministers would “do whatever is necessary to stop these attacks from taking place”, but there are doubts over how the plans will improve public safety.

They would see extremists handed extended determinate sentences serve their whole sentence behind bars, and those convicted of some offences given 14-year minimum terms.