J IH ADIST AND E T H NO -NAT IONALIST T E R R OR ISM ginalised (with a corresponding fixation on having been a victim), polarising events (with a corresponding creation of a concept of the enemy), feelings of disorientation and hopelessness or psychological problems. Radicalisation in prisons and the release of radicalised prisoners The FIS has been observing an increase in cases of radicalisation of prisoners for a number of years. Although the phenomenon in Switzerland is not comparable in numerical terms with the worrying situation in other countries such as France, the FIS has for some time been working to raise awareness of this issue among penal institutions. The treatment of released prisoners poses a challenge to both Europe and Switzerland. European prisons are holding hundreds of jihadists and people, who have been radicalised during their time in prison. They will be released in the coming months and years. Despite rehabilitation as required under criminal law, they could still, or more than ever, be influenced by jihadist thinking. Switzerland, too, is faced with individual cases of radicalised released prisoners. SIT UAT ION R E PORT 2 0 1 9 | FIS 41