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| U.S. prisons now breeding ground for Islamic terrorists, experts warn |
| By christiantoday.com- Jonah Hicap |
| Published: 01/07/2016 |
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A former New York state official has warned that the entire U.S. federal and state prison systems have become a "breeding ground" for Islamic terrorists. Home-grown terrorists confined in these prisons could radicalise fellow inmates, who could end up as lone wolf terrorists when they are released, experts warned, according to Fox News. "If we continue to downplay the threat, we do so at our own peril," says Patrick Dunleavy, author of "The Fertile Soil of Jihad: Terrorism's Prison Connection" and retired deputy inspector general of the Criminal Intelligence Unit of the New York Department of Correctional Services. The number of convictions of domestic terrorists has reportedly risen as the Islamic State (ISIS) began ramping up its recruitment in the U.S. About 71 convicts have been sent to prison for ISIS-related charges including 56 in 2015, according to the George Washington University's Program on Extremism. Read More. |
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