Think Like a Terrorist to Combat Terrorism and Radicalization in Prison

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Think Like a Terrorist to Combat Terrorism and Radicalization in Prison provides guidelines for hardening facilities, training staff, preparing for radicalized-terrorist inmates’ incarceration, and monitoring these inmates after their release. The book combines practitioner experience with scholarly insights to offer practical suggestions bolstered by research. The authors offer suggestions for housing, programming, security, and staff training with the ultimate goal of keeping correctional facilities, staff, and other inmates, safe from radicalization and spreading terrorist doctrines and terrorist acts, which requires examining and potentially changing prison and correctional officer policies and procedures, hiring and training suitable staff, and ensuring technology is available.

Correctional facilities can curtail the recruitment and radicalization of inmates by developing staff training, de-radicalization programs, management methods, techniques, and practices that address the recruitment issues associated with this threat. The need for understanding, and the role line correctional officers and first-line supervisors play in preventing radicalization, is critical in this process. It is also vital to connect with and maintain communication with appropriate security and intelligence agencies as needed.

Key Features:

• Outlines common terrorist and extremist activities in prison using relevant real-world examples

• Instructs on how to detect and recognize such efforts as recruitment and radicalization and how to curtail and prevent such activity

• Provides guidance on establishing de-radicalization programs within prison facilities

• Presents recommendations on collecting, analyzing, and disseminating intelligence to correctional, law-enforcement, and intelligence agencies on potential terrorist activities and recruitment efforts

Author(s): William P. Sturgeon, Francesca Spina
Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 2022

Language: English
Pages: 248
City: Boca Raton

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
About the Authors
A Note to the Reader
Introduction
Topics Discussed
1. Extremist-Terrorist Inmates and Others
Protests
Constitutionality
Role of Jails
Violence of Extremists
It Was Inevitable
Right-Wing Extremists Versus Terrorists
Conclusions
2. The Scope of Terrorism
The Scope of the Problem
The Extent of Prisoner Radicalization
Concerns about Radicalization in Prisons
Conclusions
3. Characteristics of Radicals
Radical Base—Who Are They?
US Terrorists: Risk Factors
Why Does Right-Wing Extremism Appeal?
Conclusions
4. Terrorist-Extremists versus Criminal Inmates
Characteristics of Criminal Inmates
What Is Terrorism?
Terrorist-Extremists Differ from Other Inmates
Conclusions
5. Planning and Implementing Change
Policies and Procedures
Paper
Policy Implications
Contents of Emergency Plans
Operationally Functional Policies
Security Policies and Procedures
Transporting Inmates
Classification
Conclusions
6. People in the Matrix
Overcoming Language Disadvantages
Conclusions
7. Places and Technology in the Matrix
Hardening Security Throughout
Technology, Equipment, and Materials (TEM)
Day-to-Day Operations
Emergency Operations: Assess-Response-Engage/ Control-Repel/Contain/Recover
Assess
Response
Engage/Control
Recovery
Tunnels
Classification of Terrorist-Extremist Inmates
Conclusions
8. Staff Recruitment and Training
Recruitment for Staff Diversity
Why Training Is Crucial
Variety of Training
Role of the Correctional Officer
Get Ready Now
Content of Training Programs
Sample Training Curriculum for Correctional Personnel with Direct Contact with Extremist-Terrorist Inmates
Self-Defense Techniques
Training on Customs/Religion
Emergency Procedures
Conclusions
9. Classification, and Other Essentials
Classification
Inmate Movement—Internal and External
Risk Assessment
Risk-Assessment Tools
Perimeter Security (Internal and External)
Monitoring Terrorist-Extremist Inmates
Intelligence
Visiting
Inspecting Outside Visitors
Reviewing Materials Entering Prisons
Conclusions
10. Inmate Programs to Limit Radicalization
Conclusion
11. Islam, Conversions, Chaplains, and Imams
Islam
Religious Policies
Examples of Prison Converts
Inmate Belief Systems
Inmates Radicalized in Prison
Factors Contributing to Radicalization
Need for Personal Meaning and Identity
Need for Belonging
Perceived Injustices
Summary of Causes of Radicalization
Prison Chaplains and Imams
Religious Conversion
Conclusions
12. Radicalization Recruitment in Facilities
The Recruiting Process
al-Qaeda Training Manual Exert
Target Recruits
Recruitment in Prison
The Radicalization Process
Recruitment
Outside Influences
Conditions of Prisons
Training
Conclusions
13. Inmate Vulnerability and Correctional Facility Practices
Conclusions
14. Future Challenges
White Supremacists/Neo-Nazis
What-If Scenarios
Women
Checklist of Actions
Role of Staff
Conclusions
15. Inmate Release and Probation and Parole
Preparation for Release
Probation and Parole
Post-Release
Conclusions
16. The Next Steps
Conclusions
Appendix 1: The Captured al-Qaeda Training Manual
First Lesson: General Introduction
Second Lesson: Necessary Qualifications
Third Lesson: Counterfeit Currency and Forged Documents
Fourth Lesson: Organization Military Bases "Apartments-Hiding Places"
Appendix 2: Radicalization and Intelligence Gathering in Correctional Institutions
Part I: Awareness of Inmates
Part II: Common Themes
Similarity of Gang Recruitment and Radicalization
Conclusions
Appendix 3: Religious Issues
Appendix 4: "Posse Comitatus"
Bibliography
Index