×
You've used up your 3 free articles for this month. Subscribe today.
Religious Freedom Restoration Act Passed
Loaded on June 15, 1994
published in Prison Legal News
June, 1994, page 9
Congress has passed, and President Clinton has signed into law, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, Public Law 103-141. The new statute was passed without an exemption for prisons and jails requested by law enforcement officials including the Attorney Generals of 26 states and the Association of State Correctional …
Filed under:
Federal Statutory Law,
Religious Freedom Restoration Act,
Federal Legislation.
Location:
United States of America.
Full article and associated cases available to subscribers.
As a digital subscriber to Prison Legal News, you can access full text and downloads for this and other premium content.
Already a subscriber? Login
More from this issue:
- Three Strikes Racks 'em Up, by Paul Wright
- Habeas Doesn't Bar Section 1983
- Why the Mighty GE Can't Strike Out, by William Greider
- Stun Gun Use Violates Constitution
- Infraction No Double Jeopardy Bar
- Intake Center Prisoners Have Right of Access to Courts
- Fed Death Penalty Biased
- Modification of Consent Decree Denied
- Evidentiary Hearing Cannot Replace Trial in Beating Suit
- Public Strip Searches Unlawful
- NV Disciplinary Seg Rules Create Liberty Interest
- No Court Review of Work Credit Denial
- CO Affirms Right to Impartial Hearing Board
- Law Students Entitled to Attorney Fees
- Religious Freedom Restoration Act Passed
- UT Property Regs Create Liberty Interest
- Guards Have Duty to Protect Prisoners
- Riot at FCI Florence
- Hog-Tying Violates 8th Amendment
- Rape Victim States Claim
- ISR Seg Conditions Suit Not Frivolous
- AK Disciplinary Hearing Violates Due Process
- $35,000 Awarded for Beating
- UNICOR Sued for Illegal Sales
- DOJ Seeks More Money for Prisons
- No Miranda Rights in Prison
- IL Bans Prisoner Name Changes
- ABC Benefit Tape
- Prison Labor and the Need for Representation, by H Rosenberg
- RICO Expanded by Supreme Court, by Ray Luc Levasseur
- Repression Ohio Style, by John Perotti
- From The Editor, by Paul Wright
- A Call to Reason, by Pat O'Connell
- Court Allows Video Commitment Hearing
- AZ Prison Blues, by Reader Mail
- Computerless in Alaska, by W.C.
More from these topics:
- Trump Wants $152 Million to Turn Alcatraz Back Into a Prison, May 1, 2026. Cost of Prison Systems, Totality of Conditions, Federal Legislation, Bureau of Prisons (BOP).
- Acquitted Conduct Sentencing: Not Guilty – But Punished Anyway, March 1, 2026. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Federal Legislation, Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Acquitted Conduct/Uncharged Crimes/Dismissed Counts.
- Federal Funds Now Available for Police Drone Purchases, Jan. 1, 2026. Federal Legislation, Police State-Surveillance, Electronic Surveillance.
- FCC Issues Proposed Rule Permitting Cellphone Jammers in Prisons and Jails, Nov. 1, 2025. Statistics/Trends, Telephone Rates, Cell Phone Access, Federal Legislation, Police State-Surveillance.
- Former Prisoners’ Challenge to Virginia Constitution’s Felony Disenfranchisement Clause Allowed to Proceed, Nov. 1, 2025. Injunctions, Federal Statutory Law, Voting Rights Act, Sovereign Immunity, Constitutional Challenges/Law, Felon Disenfranchisement Statute, Prison Regulations.
- Incarcerated Students Caught in Crosshairs of Trump War on Education Department, May 1, 2025. Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Opportunities for Inmates.
- Third Circuit Unhappy with Federal Detainee’s Denied Marriage Request at Pennsylvania GEO Group Lockup, April 1, 2024. GEO Group/Wackenhut, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Marriage, Public versus Private Employees, State Actions.
- Fourth Circuit Says Virginia May Require Muslim Prisoner to Purchase Prayer Oil From Vendor Also Selling Pork and “Idols”, Sept. 1, 2022. Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Religious Practices.
- Law Proposed to End Sales of Private Data to Law Enforcement, Nov. 15, 2021. Federal Legislation, Police State-Surveillance, Warrantless Searches.
- Wyoming Supreme Court Abandons Alter Ego Rule in Relation to Defense-of-Another Claim, June 15, 2021. Federal Statutory Law.

