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Will radical Islam become “homegrown” and threaten the United States?
Radical Islam has spread throughout Europe. Will this militant
mindset become "homegrown" and threaten the United States?
"Homegrown," a special in the AMERICA AT A CROSSROADS series,
examines a crucial question: are U.S. prisons incubators for
radical Islam and terrorist ideology? The issue was brought to the
fore by the disruption of an alleged terrorist plot, hatched in
prison, in Los Angeles in 2005. Viewers meet key figures involved
in the case. They also meet prison imams and inmates for whom Islam
has been an increasingly popular lifeline, providing direction and
purpose to their lives. But with overcrowded correctional
facilities offering little rehabilitation for inmates and idle time
to embrace radical ideologies, should prison reform become part of
America's national security policy?