Radicalisation in Danish PrisonsWhy do inmates radicalize, and how can it be dealt with?The polarized environment in prisons increases the risk of radicalization among the inmates, especially among newly converted youth. The inmates organize their surroundings in strongly separated groups and construct their identity and affiliation towards these, by rhetorically dissociating themselves from others. In this DIIS Brief Jon A. Olsen reflects firstly on the connection between religious conversion in Danish prisons and radical religiosity, and secondly on how the spreading of radical religious ideas can be prevented in Danish prisons, for instance by preventing radical inmates from gaining religious authority among other inmates. |
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