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AZ Jail's Discriminatory Treatment of Muslims Requires Trial
Loaded on March 15, 1998
published in Prison Legal News
March, 1998, page 15
The court of appeals for the ninth circuit held that a district court erred when it granted summary judgment to jail officials regarding claims of discriminatory treatment by a Muslim jail prisoner. Benjamin Freeman was held in the Maricopa county jail in Arizona for nine months. Freeman, a practicing Muslim, …
Filed under:
Discrimination,
Religious Discrimination,
Jail Specific,
Restraints,
Religious Freedom Restoration Act,
Denial of Religious Services.
Location:
Arizona.
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