The F.B.I. takes a different approach to recruitment in prisons. They indicate seven reasons why inmates are ideal recruits for terrorist organizations. Due to the fact that the inmate is to violence, feel disenfranchised from society, desire power and influence, “…Predisposed seek revenge against those who incarcerated them, be hostile towards authority and the United States, or cling to a radical or pg. 7). Finally, the most extremist Islamic family.” (BOP, important reason is the fact that a portion of the recruits are non-Arab. If the organization is able to recruit an inmate who is of non-Arab decent, they will be able to use that person to their advantage. Some of the most recognizable examples of prison radicalization occurred in the United States and the United Kingdom. Richard Reid, who was known as the was “shoe bomber” radicalized in a U.K. prison. In 2001 he attempted to set off a bomb located in his shoe during a plane flight from Paris to Miami, but was unsuccessful. Jose Padilla was a Chicago gang member and was radicalized in a Broward County jail in Florida. He attempted to detonate a dirty bomb in the United States in 2002 but was unsuccessful (Robinson). Most recently in May of 2009, a homegrown terror cell in New York made plans to shoot a plane out of the sky with a Stinger Missile. Four radical Islamists bought plastic explosives and the missile, both of which were fake, from an undercover FBI agent. Three of the four Islamic radicals were products of Jailhouse Islam (Daley). An example of a group formed in prison which has since been deemed a national security threat, not just a gang, is called Jamiyyat Ul Islam Is Shaheed. JIS was formed by Kevin Lamar James while incarcerated in New Folsom Prison in Sacramento, California. James recruited members who swore allegiance to him, one specifically Levar Haney Washington, acted as a protégé and link to the outside once released in 2004. On the outside, Washington
The F.B.I. takes a different approach to recruitment in prisons. They indicate seven reasons why inmates are ideal recruits for terrorist organizations. Due to the fact that the inmate is “…Predisposed to violence, feel disenfranchised from society, desire power and influence, seek revenge against those who incarcerated them, be hostile towards authority and the United States, or cling to a radical or extremist Islamic family.” (BOP, pg. 7). Finally, the most important reason is the fact that a portion of the recruits are non-Arab. If the organization is able to recruit an inmate who is of non-Arab decent, they will be able to use that person to their advantage. Some of the most recognizable examples of prison radicalization occurred in the United States and the United Kingdom. Richard Reid, who was known as the “shoe bomber” was radicalized in a U.K. prison. In 2001 he attempted to set off a bomb located in his shoe during a plane flight from Paris to Miami, but was unsuccessful. Jose Padilla was a Chicago gang member and was radicalized in a Broward County jail in Florida. He attempted to detonate a dirty bomb in the United States in 2002 but was unsuccessful (Robinson). Most recently in May of 2009, a homegrown terror cell in New York made plans to shoot a plane out of the sky with a Stinger Missile. Four radical Islamists bought plastic explosives and the missile, both of which were fake, from an undercover FBI agent. Three of the four Islamic radicals were products of Jailhouse Islam (Daley). An example of a group formed in prison which has since been deemed a national security threat, not just a gang, is called Jamiyyat Ul Islam Is Shaheed. JIS was formed by Kevin Lamar James while incarcerated in New Folsom Prison in Sacramento, California. James recruited members who swore allegiance to him, one specifically Levar Haney Washington, acted as a protégé and link to the outside once released in 2004. On the outside, Washington