Citizens Against Recidivism, Inc.
Stopping the revolving door . . . .
Neither imprisonment or the life after should mean the loss of all the rights and attributes of citizenship.
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Citizens Against Recidivism, Inc. Stopping the revolving door . . . . Neither imprisonment or the life after should mean the loss of all the rights and attributes of citizenship.
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Photos from First Annual Citizens Awards
Characteristics of people on parole in NY State - 2007 Policy Recommendation to increase higher education Opportunities for people in prison
Fact Sheet on Muslims in NYS prisons
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Fact SheetIncarcerated Muslims in New York
Number of Muslims in New York state prisons: 9,768
GenderNumber of Muslim men: 9,549 Number of Muslim women: 319
Race/ethnicity of the Muslim prison populationPercent of incarcerated Muslims who are White: 3% Percent of incarcerated Muslims who are Black: 85% Percent of incarcerated Muslims who are Hispanic: 10% Percent of incarcerated Muslims who are Native American, Asian or other races: 2%
BirthplacePercent of incarcerated Muslims born in the United States: 91% Percent of incarcerated Muslims born in New York: 77% Percent of incarcerated Muslims born in Puerto Rico or other U.S. possessions: 5% Percent of incarcerated Muslims born in the Caribbean excluding Puerto Rico: 5%
Language: Number of incarcerated Muslims for whom English is their dominant language: 9,704 Number of incarcerated Muslims for whom Spanish is their dominant language: 80 Number of incarcerated Muslims for whom another language is their dominant language: 53
All statistics are for the New York State prison population in 2003 and are based on the New York State Department of Correctional Services report “Religious Affiliation of Undercustody Population, 2003”. This fact sheet, and the NYDOCS report on which it is based, does not include the 2,900 members of the Nation of Islam within the Muslim statistics. Prepared with the assistance of the Prison Policy Initiative
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