“Radicalization,” according to one inmate, is when “prisons try to promote Christianity and starve Islam.” This statement came in a letter from a Muslim inmate, Abdullah al-Muhajair, sent to Representative Peter King in his role as chair of the 2011 US congressional hearings entitled The Threat of Muslim-American Radicalization in U.S. Prisons. Representative King’s opinion on this matter sees Islamic radicalization as a unique threat since Muslims are, as he claims, “the only group in prison which is tied to overseas terrorists which is part of an existential threat to the United States.” Hence, his account of the problem sits diametrically opposed to al-Muhajair’s views, and together they underscore the critical need to approach the question of prisoner radicalization with a sense of caution and consistency.