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Are you a prison officer who feels nervous about dealing with Muslims on the wings? Are you a prison chaplain who wants to know how your chaplaincy affects the lives of prisoners? Are you a policymaker who needs a robust base of evidence for Islam in prison? Are you an academic or a journalist seeking ground-breaking social science in a contentious field? Based on original evidence from 279 Muslim prisoners and 79 prison officers, we explore how Muslims come to be incarcerated, how the practice of Islam affects prison life and rehabilitation, the types of Islam and the effects of Islamic conversion in prison and the professional practice of officers and chaplains. We also investigate the common belief that incarceration fosters Islamist extremism and suggest improvements to faith provision and rehabilitative opportunities for Muslim prisoners.
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How realistic are media portrayals of radical, "homegrown" Islamic terrorists filling US prisons? With prisons a fertile recruiting ground for Islam, what impact does the religion have on life behind bars? Muslims in US Prisons systematically explores the cultural, legal, political, and religious issues shaping the Muslim prison experience. The authors probe the topic from the perspectives of both prisoners and the criminal justice system. In the process, they illuminate larger issues of race and imprisonment, inmate culture, and rehabilitation. The result is a revealing look at an often sensationalized but understudied population.
Muslim prisoners --- Prisoners --- Prisons --- Corrections --- Religious life
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Prisoners --- Muslim prisoners --- Religious life --- Religious life
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Muslim prisoners --- Terrorists --- Prisons --- Terrorism --- Recruiting --- Security measures. --- Prevention.
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Muslim prisoners --- Terrorists --- Prisons --- Terrorism --- Recruiting --- Security measures. --- Prevention.
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The Madrid train bombers, shoe-bomber Richard Reid, al-Qaeda in Iraq, and the 9/11 attacks—all were led by men radicalized behind bars. By their very nature, prisons are intended to induce transformative experiences among inmates, but today’s prisons are hotbeds for personal transformation toward terrorist beliefs and actions due to the increasingly chaotic nature of prison life caused by mass incarceration. In The Spectacular Few, Mark Hamm demonstrates how prisoners use criminal cunning, collective resistance and nihilism to incite terrorism against Western targets. A former prison guard himself, Hamm knows the realities of day-to-day prison life and understands how prisoners socialize, especially the inner-workings and power of prison gangs—be they the Aryan Brotherhood or radical Islam. He shows that while Islam is mainly a positive influence in prison, certain forces within the prison Muslim movement are aligned with the efforts of al-Qaeda and its associates to inspire convicts in the United States and Europe to conduct terrorist attacks on their own. Drawing from a wide range of sources—including historical case studies of prisoner radicalization reaching from Gandhi and Hitler to Malcolm X, Bobby Sands and the detainees of Guantanamo; a database of cases linking prisoner radicalization with evolving terrorist threats ranging from police shootouts to suicide bombings; interviews with intelligence officers, prisoners affiliated with terrorist groups and those disciplined for conducting radicalizing campaigns in prison—The Spectacular Few imagines the texture of prisoners’ lives: their criminal thinking styles, the social networks that influenced them, and personal “turning points” that set them on the pathway to violent extremism. Hamm provides a broad understanding of how prisoners can be radicalized, arguing that in order to understand the contemporary landscape of terrorism, we must come to terms with how prisoners are treated behind bars.
Terrorism --- Radicalism --- Prisoners --- Muslim prisoners --- Terrorists --- Islam and terrorism --- Islamic prisoners --- Criminals --- Religious aspects --- Islam. --- Recruiting
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Prison chaplains --- Religious work with prisoners --- Religious work with prisoners --- Muslim prisoners --- Prisoners --- Loueslati, Mohamed
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The shocking link between America's prisons and terrorism
Terrorism --- Muslim prisoners --- Prisoners --- Prisoners --- Terrorists --- Religious aspects --- Islam. --- Religious life --- Social conditions. --- Recruiting
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Prisoners --- Muslim prisoners --- Radicalism --- Religious life --- Religious aspects --- Islam --- Prisons --- Radicalisation violente. --- Terrorists --- Radicalisme --- Terroristes --- Recruiting --- Aspect religieux --- Recrutement --- Prisonniers musulmans --- Prisonniers --- Radicalisation violente --- 1990-.... --- Vie religieuse --- Prisoners - Religious life - France --- Muslim prisoners - France --- Radicalism - Religious aspects - Islam
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The Madrid train bombers, shoe-bomber Richard Reid, al-Qaeda in Iraq, and the 9/11 attacks—all were led by men radicalized behind bars. By their very nature, prisons are intended to induce transformative experiences among inmates, but today’s prisons are hotbeds for personal transformation toward terrorist beliefs and actions due to the increasingly chaotic nature of prison life caused by mass incarceration. In The Spectacular Few, Mark Hamm demonstrates how prisoners use criminal cunning, collective resistance and nihilism to incite terrorism against Western targets. A former prison guard himself, Hamm knows the realities of day-to-day prison life and understands how prisoners socialize, especially the inner-workings and power of prison gangs—be they the Aryan Brotherhood or radical Islam. He shows that while Islam is mainly a positive influence in prison, certain forces within the prison Muslim movement are aligned with the efforts of al-Qaeda and its associates to inspire convicts in the United States and Europe to conduct terrorist attacks on their own. Drawing from a wide range of sources—including historical case studies of prisoner radicalization reaching from Gandhi and Hitler to Malcolm X, Bobby Sands and the detainees of Guantanamo; a database of cases linking prisoner radicalization with evolving terrorist threats ranging from police shootouts to suicide bombings; interviews with intelligence officers, prisoners affiliated with terrorist groups and those disciplined for conducting radicalizing campaigns in prison—The Spectacular Few imagines the texture of prisoners’ lives: their criminal thinking styles, the social networks that influenced them, and personal “turning points” that set them on the pathway to violent extremism. Hamm provides a broad understanding of how prisoners can be radicalized, arguing that in order to understand the contemporary landscape of terrorism, we must come to terms with how prisoners are treated behind bars.
Terrorists --- Muslim prisoners --- Prisoners --- Radicalism --- Terrorism --- Terroristes --- Prisonniers musulmans --- Prisonniers --- Radicalisme --- Terrorisme --- Recruiting --- Religious aspects --- Islam --- Recrutement --- Aspect religieux --- Terrorists - Recruiting - United States --- Muslim prisoners - United States --- Prisoners - United State --- Radicalism - Religious aspects - Islam --- Terrorism - Religious aspects - Islam --- Terrorism - United States --- Islam.
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