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Permanent Injunction Granted for Kosher Diets
Loaded on March 15, 2001
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2001, page 19
The Colorado Federal District Court granted a permanent injunction against the Department of Corrections (CDOC) finding the CDOC in violation of the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment for failing to provide Colorado Prisoners with a kosher diet. As reported in the December1998 issue of PLN, a preliminary injunction ...
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