ABSTRACT
The offender management system in England and Wales is familiar with the challenges posed by terrorism, extreme violence, criminal behaviour and dissocial attitudes. The questions and challenges raised by new types of terrorism, in particular Al Qaeda-influenced terrorism and the broader social phenomenon of radicalisation play to a wider audience than those traditionally interested in prison, probation and offender management. Within government, contest and the revised prevent strategy both reference prisons and offenders as areas of concern. The chapter discusses the role of chaplaincy and specifically of Muslim chaplains and imams in responding to the risks posed by extremism and radicalisation. It was a key focus of the extremist prisoners working group (EPWG) and is one of the areas of greatest divergence in terms of the scale and nature of provision between England and Wales and other administrations where provision of spiritual and pastoral support can be patchy and uncoordinated.
