This statistic shows U.S. prison chaplains responses to a question of how often cases of religious extremism in U.S. prisons were evident amongst different religious groups in the prisons where they worked as of 2011. 39 percent of chaplains surveyed said that cases of religious extremism were either very or somewhat common amongst inmates who followed Pagan/earth based religions.
U.S. prison chaplains assessment of the rate of religious extremism amongst inmates in U.S. prisons as of 2011, by religious group
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Original question: In your experience, how common, if at all, is religious extremism among each of the following groups of inmates in the prison(s) where you work? *Includes all followers of the nation of Islam and the Moorish Science Temple of America. **The survey question listed these examples: Baha'is, Rastafarians, practitioners of Santeria, Sikhs and others.
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Pew Research Center. (March 22, 2012). U.S. prison chaplains assessment of the rate of religious extremism amongst inmates in U.S. prisons as of 2011, by religious group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 10, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/234626/religious-extremism-in-us-prisons-by-religious-group/
Pew Research Center. "U.S. prison chaplains assessment of the rate of religious extremism amongst inmates in U.S. prisons as of 2011, by religious group." Chart. March 22, 2012. Statista. Accessed April 10, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/234626/religious-extremism-in-us-prisons-by-religious-group/
Pew Research Center. (2012). U.S. prison chaplains assessment of the rate of religious extremism amongst inmates in U.S. prisons as of 2011, by religious group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 10, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/234626/religious-extremism-in-us-prisons-by-religious-group/
Pew Research Center. "U.S. Prison Chaplains Assessment of The Rate of Religious Extremism amongst Inmates in U.S. Prisons as of 2011, by Religious Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Mar 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/234626/religious-extremism-in-us-prisons-by-religious-group/
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