73% of chaplains say prisoners trying to convert fellow inmates, Pew

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) March 22, 2012 – A new study finds that faith is alive and well behind bars.
According to the Pew Research Center’s latest poll, Religion in Prisons: A 50-State Survey of Prison Chaplains, 73 percent of chaplains said it is common — or very common — for inmates to proselytize to other inmates.
The survey also finds that three-quarters of the chaplains surveyed said some inmates do switch faiths. Chaplains reported that those switching faiths included Muslims and Protestant Christians.
Forty-one percent of chaplains surveyed said religious extremism is common or very common in prison, noting extremism is especially common among Muslim inmates and pagan or earth-based religions.
The survey of 730 chaplains was conducted from Sept. 21 to Dec. 23, 2011.  No margin of error was provided.