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Kusha (East Carolina U.) examines the rapid growth of Islam among African-Americans US prisons, arguing that it poses an epistemological and ideological challenge to American penal philosophy, which theoretically is structured on the ideal of rehabilitating offenders through penance and appropriate penal measures even as its dehumanizing practice and racial character undermine those ideals. Prison-bound conversion to Islam, particularly with regards to the Nation of Islam, which has achieved significant success due to its provision of an effective mechanism of protection for its converts and its promises of reintegration into its social and economic infrastructures following release, thus poses a counter-narrative of rehabilitation that resonates strongly among African Americans who have experienced the racist brutality of American penology. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
