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Prison Alcohol Program May Violate Free Speech
Loaded on Nov. 15, 1994
published in Prison Legal News
November, 1994, page 7
The Iowa Civil Liberties Union (ICLU) and prisoners at the Clarinda Correctional Facility (CCF) filed suit under § 1983 challenging the DOC's expenditure of taxpayer funds on an alcohol rehabilitation program called "The Other Way." According to the complaint, this program has a heavy religious component which requires participants to ...
Filed under:
Civil Procedure,
Standing,
Mootness,
Qualified Immunity,
Drug Treatment/Rehab,
Required Religious Programming.
Location:
Iowa.
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