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Segregated Prisoners Retain Religious Congregation Rights

Loaded on Dec. 15, 1998 published in Prison Legal News December, 1998, page 20
Filed under: Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Civil Procedure, Summary Judgment, Discovery, Sanctions, Qualified Immunity, Supervisory Liability, Denial of Religious Services. Location: New York.
Prisoners in disciplinary segregation (keeplock) in the Second Circuit have a clearly established right to attend religious services according to a New York federal district court. The court also required the attorney general's office to explain why it should not be sanctioned for repeated misconduct.

In July, 1985, Sullivan Correctional …

 

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