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Islam in American Prisons - Black Muslims' Challenge to American Penology (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Islam in American Prisons - Black Muslims' Challenge to American Penology (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: Law, Justice and Power
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The growth of Islam both worldwide and particularly in the United
States is especially notable among African-American inmates
incarcerated in American state and federal penitentiaries. This
growth poses a powerful challenge to American penal philosophy,
structured on the ideal of rehabilitating offenders through penance
and appropriate penal measures. Islam in American Prisons argues
that prisoners converting to Islam seek an alternative form of
redemption, one that poses a powerful epistemological as well as
ideological challenge to American penology. Meanwhile, following
the events of 9/11, some prison inmates have converted to radical
anti-Western Islam and have become sympathetic to the goals and
tactics of the Al-Qa'ida organization. This new study examines this
multifaceted phenomenon and makes a powerful argument for the
objective examination of the rehabilitative potentials of
faith-based organizations in prisons, including the faith of those
who convert to Islam.
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