ABSTRACT
People in the U.S. and Canada are increasingly reconsidering their religious and spiritual identities. Incarcerated individuals are no exception. Still, the corrections populations in these countries have become more diverse in terms of religion and ethnicity. While the religious landscape in the U.S. and Canadian prison settings is vast and varied, there remains relatively little attention toward Islam and Islamophobia within these settings. This conceptual chapter endeavors to summarize what is known about Islam and Islamophobia in prison settings, while simultaneously outlining emerging areas of theoretical work that shed light on aspects of the carceral experience.
