CAT 'A' KNOCKBACK - OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION -  5th June 2007

COMMENT FROM GIOVANNI DE STEPHANO

3 July 2007:

The decision by the Home Office to maintain Mr Bronson as a Cat A (Standard Escape Risk) whilst unjustified is of some importance. Accepting but not conceeding the decision of the Cat. A Security Board the decision is that: 'Mr Bronson remain a Cat.A (Standard Escape Risk)' must NOW be applied. I will be requesting the Prison Service, forthwith, to apply the said decision and to transfer Mr Bronson to an ordinary Cat.A unit and NOT the Triple Cat. A that he is maintained. There are three levels of Cat.A. The first is the standard risk which requires normal security and is available at HMP Belmarsh, HMP Full Sutton, HMP Whitemoore and other prisons. The second is the Double Cat A which requires far more extensive security. The third is triple Cat A which is designed for terrorist inmates who would pose a grave risk to society at large and the security of the nation. Mr Bronson is held de facto in Triple Cat. A conditions but de jure (accepting but not conceeding the decision of the Cat. A Board) as an ordinary risk Cat. A. On the basis of their decision I will ask the Prison Service to forthwith relocate Mr Bronson accordingly so that he is no longer in the cages at his current prison which is a disgrace to the Home Office.

Giovanni Di Stefano