Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Muslims and French prisons

About 60-70% of all inmates in France's prison system are Muslim though Muslims make up only about 12% of the country's population. In Britain, 11% of prisoners are Muslim in contrast to about 3% of all inhabitants. In the Netherlands, 20% of adult prisoners and 26% of all juvenile offenders are Muslim even though the country is about 5.5% Muslim. In Belgium, Muslims from Morocco and Turkey make up at least 16% of the prison population, compared with 2% of the general populace.

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