SERA Preventing radicalisation in prisons -

P a g e | 4  Progressive approach towards final extremes of a thought.  Extremist view, and excluding other views  Acting in an intolerant way  Intolerant process that leads to fanatism  Closing oneself into a position, lack of ideological flexibility, intolerance  Being intolerant and believing to possess the truth  Extremist behaviour or exaltation of ideologies  Any kind of personal or group contradiction with Article 2 from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948, United Nations : “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.”  Someone having ideas towards a topic which are very far from the regular rule , isolating oneself , not being able to consider another possibility, only his/her concept of reality is the good one, and is capable of anything as long as he/she is right.  Adopting extremist ideas in the religious field with the aim of bringing more inmates or people together to be on his/her side  The process through which an individual becomes alienated from society, and identifies with a group of extremists. The person might act or not act as a terrorist, however there is always the potential that they will  Radicalisation can be seen as the process of increasing radicalism in a person or group, where the willingness grows to pursue and / or support such profound changes in society and the democratic rule of law (possibly undemocratic). Radicalisation is a long-lasting process because cutting tires with the established society costs time. It is layered in the sense that it can involve groups, generations, relatives and individuals. It is also multiform because of the different dimensions : politically, religiously and socio-cultural. " For example, where terrorism experts believed that the progress of a radicalisation process would last 5 to 7 years, it is now said that the process can evolve so rapidly that it remains fully under the radar of intelligence and security services. Thus, a part of the above definition is eliminated. (De Schepper,2015)  Radicalisation represents a dynamic process whereby an individual increasingly accepts and supports violent extremism. The reasons behind this process can be ideological, political, religious, social, economic, moral or personal.  A process endured by an individual during which extremist thinking and beliefs are developed.  Becoming sharp-edged and obsessive about a political or social issue.  The process by which an individual’s political, religious or personal/social worldview becomes an all-consuming fixation and through which the individual takes upon his/herself to affect the surrounding societal environment, either as a lone actor or by networking and conspiring with like-minded individuals.