ABSTRACT
Jerard begins by iterating the flawed assumption that terrorist rehabilitation and reintegration is a new, revolutionary and innovative concept. She argues that while in principle the modes of rehabilitation represent a crucial starting point to consider, it is mendacious to assume that a successful terrorist rehabilitation programme is hinged on the quality of the methods or modes used in a rehabilitation programme alone. A majority of (if not all) terrorist rehabilitation programmes takes place within prisons or places wherein the individual is incarcerated. This chapter hence explores the relatively under-discussed notion of the accommodation or living arrangements of terrorist detainees and explores the possible impact that this, in turn, has on the rehabilitation and reintegration programme. The chapter discusses the possibility for potential successes of a terrorist rehabilitation programme to be undermined by the very nature of the location wherein these programmes are conducted. The chapter additionally explores the extent to which present processes and assumptions in custodial rehabilitation strategies need to be critiqued to ensure a calibrated response for the future. The irony is that, despite the proclivity for platitudes, space and the perception of space have an intrinsic part to play in the both the process of terrorist rehabilitation and the successful reintegration strategies.
