Establishing a Deradicalization/Disengagement Model for America's Correctional Facilities: Recommendations for Countering Prison Radicalization.

摘要

Prison radicalization has been identified as a potentially significant threat to America's homeland security. When considering the inmate population with a terrorism nexus currently housed within the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the fact that 95 percent of our inmate population will return to our communities, the need for a proactive posture to prison radicalization becomes evident. Currently, the United States has no prison deradicalization program. This thesis provides a comparative analysis of two deradicalization/disengagement programs currently utilized in Singapore and Saudi Arabia. The analysis identifies externally valid data that provide the basis for recommendations for United States correctional policymakers in building a framework for a United States prison deradicalization model. The thesis also examines the current literature relevant to prison radicalization and the prison environment that may promote prison radicalization. Through an analysis of these environmental elements, specific recommendations are made that attempt to counter the contributing factors, within the prison environment, that make the prison setting a fertile ground for radicalization.