Archive for Category: "Helping the Incarcerated"

11Oct
2012

Youth Incarceration: Real Issues Necessitating Real Solutions

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Youth Incarceration: Real Issues Necessitating Real Solutions

Youth incarceration is a national epidemic; the issues associated with it are deeply rooted and systemic. Specifically, Los Angeles County has one of the highest youth incarceration rates in the country.

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2Dec
2011

Visiting a Youth Detention Center: A Humbling Experience

in Columns, Community, Features, Helping the Incarcerated, myIslam, Students in Action 8 Comments
Visiting a Youth Detention Center: A Humbling Experience

The drive up to Camp Fred Miller is a long, slow uphill trudge. You wind through the hills of Malibu, going higher and higher until the neighborhoods below you look like plots of land and grass nestled in the mouth of one giant valley. When you get to Camp Miller and step out of the car, you notice two things.

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19Oct
2011

Breaking the Cycle: A Closer Look into the Incarceration System

in Al-Murasalah, Closer Look, Columns, Community, Features, Helping the Incarcerated, Opinion, Students in Action 3 Comments
Breaking the Cycle: A Closer Look into the Incarceration System

The American incarceration system has made it a point to imprison people, bar them from outside contact, isolate them from society and bunch them together to have “tea-parties”. Meanwhile, they fail to provide them with proper rehabilitation programs and a safe environment to foster development and change.

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23Jan
2011

Incarcerated Converts: Left Forgotten

in Closer Look, Columns, Community, Helping the Incarcerated, Opinion, Students in Action 17 Comments
Incarcerated Converts: Left Forgotten

Religion plays a major role in the life of a prisoner. After being thrown into prison, many inmates turn to religion for faith, guidance, and support to help them get through their incarceration. The largest convert populations in prison are Muslims. Although the numbers of Muslims in United States prisoners are unknown, it is estimated that between 9 to 15 percent of incarcerated prisoners are Muslim. The majority of those who convert to Islam behind bars are of African American [...]

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