Prison Radicalisation

Prison culture or the “values, norms and attitudes that inmates form in terms of institutional survival” (Bartollas, 2013), can be described in one of three models. The Deprivation Model describes the inmate’s behavior as the product of the environment, more specifically the attempt to adapt to that which he is deprived of as a result of incarceration (Bartollas, 2013). An example of such would be the pseudo family unit or physical relationships that inmates form as a result of the absence of such relationships while incarcerated.

New Life Prison is a private prison located in an unincorporated area of Brentwood, CA New Life prison is a dormitory setting and a minimum security prison for level one and two male inmate population of 500. New Life Prison is too focused on lowering the recidivism rate in CA. New Life prison is a new private prison and receives funding from grants and donations. New Life mission is to focus on the level one and two inmate’s within the state prison system. New Life mission is to help these individuals move on passed the crime they have committed and began to live their life again. In 2004 Folsom state prison was able to move their level one and two inmates to a minimum security facility (Department of Correction 2015). Most of these inmates

In the United States today, 4.7 million citizens—more than two percent of the adult population—are deprived of the right to vote because they have been convicted of a felony. Of these, 1.7 million have completed their sentences and are no longer under any form of criminal justice supervision.1 I shall argue that disenfranchisement of offenders who have completed their sentences is morally wrong, and that enfranchising all offenders—even those in prison—would be good social policy. Arguments about felony disenfranchisement are often framed along the lines of classical liberal and classical republican theories of citizenship, and I will follow this practice. The standard classical liberal argument for disenfranchisement of convicted felons is

Sharnecia, I agree with you that inmates should have the right to freedom of religion, but I have to disagree with you on the freedom of speech. I say that because, I have worked in a jail facility with inmates. There are certain things that I have seen in the jail facility that anyone should have the right to speak up on. Just look at it as you or one of your children, yes they are there for punishment, but at the end of the day they are still human. I am not saying letting the inmates take the freedom of speech to the point where they are running the facility, but they have feelings too and as well as thoughts. Just as they would out here in the free world. People fail to realize working in a jail facility difficultiness all depends on how

The growing Prison Industrial Complex is an intricate web of profit-maximizing business endeavors at the expense of the livelihood of people of color in the continental United States and abroad. With immigration from Mexico and Latin America increasing each year and definitions of who is “legal” becoming more constricting as the Obama administration cracking down on illegal border crossing, undocumented immigrants are the fastest growing prison population.

When an individual decides to be a part of a gang they are subject to being victimized at one point or another. Whether an individual is part of a street gang or a prison gang victimization can occur once or multiple times. Fox et al., studies prison inmates and how gang membership and non-gang membership amongst those inmates' leads to crime victimization (Fox et al., 2012). The authors indicate that prior empirical studies have only begun to touch the surface on this subject especially with special populations like prison inmates (Fox et al., 2012). The aims of this study are to identify what the characteristics are in regards to victimization for gang and non-gang inmates as well as what the descriptors are amongst gang membership when

To combat these issues various steps need to be taken three different areas of reform. The first being preparing prisoners for reentry into the community. Starting namely with keeping the prisoners with longer sentences updated on relevant technology and social, political, and legal changes so they know how to operate and function in a modern society upon release. Another essential part of preparing offenders for reentry would be providing housing upon release for all those who are unable to afford housing or do not have housing that does not violate probation requirements. Secondly, training offenders valuable life skills while imprisoned should heighten their chance for success upon release. Continuing programs that allow offenders to obtain

To first understand what causes a prison riot one must comprehend the definition. A riot occurs when a substantial number of inmates control a major portion of the prison for a significant period of time. Riots greatly differ from a disturbance or incident, which in most cases, are on a much smaller scale with the inmates having little or no control of the prison. Most would contend that riots or disturbances are not well organized when in fact, it is the prisons own disorganization and basic lack of concern for their inmates, that normally lead to the unrest (Barnhart, 2010). The inmate population has more that quintupled in the last 30 years while unrest has slightly decreased. The decrease is attributed to several reasons; court rulings defining livings conditions, in most prisons, as cruel and unusual punishment; better training for correctional staff; and the emergence of (CERT) Correctional Emergency Response Teams (Bernstein, 2013).

In 2010, the then Chief Inspector of Prisons, Dame Anne Owers, published a report on the experience of Muslim prisoners in prison, like the Young review she linked the growth in numbers to the age and socio-economic profiles of the Muslim population. Additionally, her report highlights that up to 2010 30% of Muslims in prison had converted to Islam the report explains that this is usually driven to instill discipline into a prisoner’s life.

In today's modern society prisons are seen as a dirty, old, and scary place where those who have committed crimes go to spend time depending on what crime they committed. The idea behind prisons is that no one will ever leave because of all the actions taken in order to avoid a prison break, but in actuality prisons are more easy to break out from than people think, due to the psychological aspect or how guards treat the inmates, food, and how big or small the prison may be.

Radicalization process in prisons in not a new phenomenon. Prisons have served as a school for criminals throughout history. The education the inmates receive in these institutions can be either positive and allow them to progress once they are out, or very negative and lead to radicalize inmates with extreme ideologies. It is crucial to understand the definition of radicalization, which is a process by which an individual or a group comes to adopt increasingly extreme political, social, or religious ideals and aspirations that reject or undermine the status quo or reject and/or undermine contemporary ideas and expressions of freedom of choice. Throughout history prisons have bred racial ideologies that spread not only in prison but throughout

He was able to convince his attorney to illegally pass information to the extremist group known as Islamic Group (Schmalleger & Smykla, 2015). Another area that was infiltrated was the organization the federal government uses to select its chaplains, which leads to more Americans being radicalized (Schmalleger & Smykla, 2015). Utilizing everyone in the facility, including staff, officers, and inmates can be an effective way to gather intelligence (Schmalleger & Smykla, 2015). Listed below are specific suggestions that come from the Maryland Division of Corrections to address ways to protect your prison from terrorist

“We couldn’t do anything about the orders from the U.S. government. I just lived from day to day without any purpose. I felt empty.… I frittered away every day. I don’t remember anything much.… I just felt vacant.”— Osuke Takizawa, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno. The Japanese were considered prisoners and didn’t get everything that they needed. But the U.S. government was scared of spies and disloyalty to the United States.

Neumann, Prisons matter. They have played an enormous role in the narratives of every radical and militant movement in the modern period. They are ‘places of vulnerability’ in which radicalization takes place. Yet they have also served as incubators for peaceful change and transformation. Much of the current discourse about prisons and radicalization is negative. But prisons are not just a threat – they can play a positive role in tackling problems of radicalization and terrorism in society as a whole. Many of the examples in this report demonstrate how prisons can become net contributors to the fight against terrorism. therefore, for many prison systems, the first and most important recommendation is to improve general conditions, avoid over-crowding, train staff, and provide meaningful programming that allows prisoners to develop stable inmate identities. Prison imams are important in denying religious space to extremists, but they are not a panacea. finally, while certain countries fall short of even the most basic good practices, others have recognized the enormous potential for prisons to become net contributors in the fight against terrorism. ( Peter R. Neumann. 2010. Prisons and Terrorism.

Research carried out on mental health among ethnic minorities in prison has revealed that there is fewer mental ill health among African-Caribbean prisoners than among white prisoners. Still, these findings may be due to the failure of staff to recognise and a reluctance to look for help among this group of prisoners. In connection to this, Haycock proposed that primarily white prison officers selectively deal with intentional self-injury and that notably lower rates of Intentional self-harm among black prisoners is not simply because they seldom self-injure, but more so due to officers disregarding it. (Knight, L, and Stephens, m. 2009).