I started in Corrections in '80 and there were Muslims in the system back then. In fact, there were two groups of Muslims: The American Muslim Mission and the Sunni. They did not worship together and the facility made arrangements for them to each have their own mosque areas in the prison. Over the years, the groups (at least in the prison), began attending Jumah services together. I never noticed any problems at my facility regarding conversions. It went on regularly. The important thing was that we had a very good Imam who kept the group in line and didn't allow the inmates to abuse their membership in the group. If they didn't attend services or comport themselves as good Muslims, he wouldn't let them participate. I credit him with keeping our Muslim population in line. He only dealt with those practicing members of the Muslim religion. He wasn't associated with the Nation of Islam in any way. They had their own civilian advisor who attended their meetings at the facility once or twice a night during the week.