Mother A: returned Isis extremist subject to secretive counter-terror scheme

Court records offer glimpse into DDP programme, under which 116 convicted and suspected terrorists are living in the UK Mother A was enrolled in the government’s clandestine desistance and disengagement programme (DDP) after returning to the UK from Isis-held territory in Syria with a 10-month-old baby in her arms.Her story is revealed in court records, uncovered by the Guardian, that offer a glimpse at who is subject to the DDP, why they are enrolled and what – in part – the p