Posted on May 19, 2011

Va. Inmate’s Win in Suit Against Government a Rarity

Tim McGlone, Virginian-Pilot (Hampton Roads, Virginia), May 15, 2011

Rashid Qawi Al-Amin {snip} won a settlement with the state that forces the prison system to supply him, and the Greensville Correctional Center library, with Muslim reading materials, CDs and DVDs. He’ll also receive $2,000.















11 responses to “Va. Inmate’s Win in Suit Against Government a Rarity”

  1. Eric says:

    Islam is a jailhouse religion. Irony of the highest order that the convicted murderer sees himself as “wise, strong and trustworthy.” Who says that blacks have a lack of self esteem?

  2. Question Diversity says:

    Why is this called a “rarity?” Seems to me that black Muslim prison inmate gets what he wants almost all the time. In a sane society with a sane incarceration system, with the history that these sorts of inmates have both in the joint and after release, they shouldn’t have 1% of the privileges they are receiving.

    I’m a bit disappointed that Cuccinelli caved in. He’s supposed to be one of the best AGs in the country.

  3. CO says:

    After working in the prison system for over 17 years: #1 these jailhouse muslim’s are nothing but a gang that is sanction by the prison system. #2 it is for protection. #3 if they would have committed their crime in the middle east most would be dead!

  4. Lakeviw Senior says:

    If this guy was sentenced in 1989 for a term of 52 years that should mean he shouldn’t be released until 2041. So, he murdered someone and soon he’ll be free as a bird. Funny too how they all get religion while they are in prison. Are these judges really serious? Now the the overworked tax payer will have to pick up the tab so this guy can practice this religion of peace as Gorge Bush put it a long time ago.

  5. Fr. John says:

    Since when does a prisoner get Taxpayer funds, for ‘estabishing a religion’? – even if it makes him a more gentle, loving person…. oh wait, Islam.

    Never mind……

  6. Jack D.R. says:

    This just shows what type of a system we (European Americans/Europeans) have been given. Also, as America continues its downward swirl within the abyss of multiculturalism, look to read and be made aware of more and more of these type situations.

  7. SKIP says:

    “Seems to me that black Muslim prison inmate gets what he wants almost all the time”

    Only true in the I can GUARANTEE muslim inmates in a muslim prison in a muslim country are ON THEIR OWN…they get nothing unless their family brings it to them. Muslim prisons also do not have people on death row for 10, 20 or more years!! you get a year or less or you get hanged! Quite a lot of crimes draw the death penalty in muslim countries and when you get that, 10 days or so later you are buried! Not a bad idea really.

  8. Sid Sarcastic says:

    In addition to the religious books and cd’s the state will also be providing the inmate with:

    1. New carpet for his cell ($1440.00)

    2. 50 Sony Flatscreen Color TV ($5400.00)

    3. New I Phone White 4 ($860.00)

    5 New handcrafted leather chair/recliner ($6350.00)

    6. Custom made Gucci shoes and prisonwear ($4250.00)

    7. Use of Trumps interior decorator to redo cell ($22,500.00)

    8. $4400.00 per month allowance for incidental prison expenses.

    9. Private Chef from Spago’s in Hollywood to prepare his special

    dinners and to meet his religious eating requirements.

    ($2400.00 per week) Cost of foods Not included.

    As wacky as this list is, is it really that far off?

  9. ProudtobeWhite says:

    Say What???! Cons should spend their days turning big rocks into little rocks, not promulgating their violent and intolerant religion at taxpayer expense. Prison should be a deterrent, not an alternative lifestyle. This is outrageous!

  10. Anonymous says:

    The ‘problem’ with crime is recidivism. At present time, a person who is a pathological criminal cannot prove it, to the state, unless he is allowed out to continue to do what he does, naturally.

    Why is it important to look at things this way?

    1. It takes 30-40,000 dollars, per year, to incarcerate an inmate. 40,000 X 52 in this case = 2.08 million dollars. Which would you rather do: pay the victim an insurance policy from the state for the loss. Or house and feed, _for free_, a murderer?

    2. They just become better criminals. Take this example. The man is dedicated. He is trained in the legal martial arts. He has a huge organization behind him to encourage and support him and he must be given his due process rather than have to pay for every thing on his own. Perhaps most importantly, he has _free time_ to assist his progress in aiding what is likely going to become one of the largest insurrectionist gang groups in America, when things melt down. All of a color…

    3. We are not sheep. We -should- know how to organize (it saves money for one thing) so that we can move around (shop, movies, restaurants) in groups with concealed carry permits. And if we can protect ourselves, then letting criminals back out on the streets means you can enforce a three strikes and you’re _dead_ law.

    People change, roughly every 5-7 years, as they mature and their brains gain or lose function while (in males) their testes become less effective so that they ‘mellow out’ with age.

    Punishing someone with a maximum sentence of more than that time, for all but the most heinous (serial killers/rapists, child molestors, drug dealers etc.) is a bad idea.

    Because we end up PAYING for them to become even more useless to society. Give them 2-3 for a ‘Class 1’ felony, 3-5 for a ‘Class 2’ and 6-7 for a ‘Class 3’ and then pay the victim the difference on what would have been a nickel/dime/quarter.

    We won’t kill you for one crime. But we won’t pay you to be a life long criminal. Show us, three times, that you don’t want or deserve to be alive, and we’ll accomodate you.

    It’s as simple as that.

    Latin: Recidīvus re = “back” + cadō = “I fall”

    Sometimes, you have to let them fall and -not- offer a hand to get back up. It’s in your best interest to do so.

  11. sedonaman says:

    Black prisoners become converts to Islam because it is not white European man’s religion, and it’s one of the few ways they can “get back” at the system. The irony is that the majority of black slaves down through history have been made slaves by Arab Muslims.