Houston,
TX, USA -- SpearIt's American Prisons: A Critical Primer on
Culture and Conversion to Islam is a critical exploration of
prisons in contemporary America. Paying special attention to race and
Islam, the work draws on a range of data and sources, including
interviews and written correspondence with current and ex-prisoners,
documentary research, and congressional hearings on topics that
include criminal justice and religion, culture, conversion,
radicalization, and reform.
"The
overarching message of my anthology, American Prisons: A
Critical Primer on Culture and Conversion to Islam, is that
problems in prison are not isolated from society, and unlike the Las
Vegas slogan, what happens in prison doesn't stay in prison. Prisons
are not neatly cornered off from society, but rather, are partners in
toxic relationships with the communities to which ex-prisoners
return."
SpearIt
is an Associate Professor of Law at Thurgood Marshall School of Law,
Texas Southern University. He has taught for the Prison University
Project at California's death-row facility, San Quentin State Prison,
as well as taught Corrections Law at Saint Louis University School of
Law, in addition to serving on the Advisory Board of the Prison
Program--a program that offers courses to both inmates and staff. He
is currently active in the American Bar Association's Corrections
Committee and its work to restore Pell Grant Funding for prisoners.
Genre
- American Prisons, Islam, Muslim, Conversion, Culture, Criminal
Justice, Race, Religion, Latinos, Radicalization
The
ebook version of American Prisons: A Critical Primer on Culture
and Conversion to Islam ISBN 9781506904887, published by
First Edition Design Publishing
(http://www.firsteditiondesignpublishing.com),
is available on-line wherever ebooks are sold. The 192 page print
book version, ISBN 9781506904870 is published by First Edition Design
Publishing and distributed worldwide to online booksellers.
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