Kusha, Hamid R. <br/><br/>
Islam in American prisons :  black Muslims' challenge to American penology / 
by Hamid Reza Kusha. 
 - Farnham, Surrey, England :  Ashgate,  c2009. 
 - x, 218 p. ;  24 cm. 
 - Law, justice and power. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Judea-Christian foundations of American penology -- American penal philosophy : an overview -- Black incarceration : an historical analysis, 1960-2007 -- Adverse impacts of incarceration -- Islam in American prisons -- Islam's challenge to American penology -- Conclusions. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781840147223 (alk. paper)  RM316.05 9780754688655 (ebook) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Prisons--History.--United States