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Tarrant County (Texas) Jail's 'God Pod' Unconstitutional

Loaded on Jan. 15, 2002 published in Prison Legal News January, 2002, page 12
Filed under: Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Damages, Injunctions, State Law Claims, Standing, Required Religious Programming. Location: Texas.
by Matthew T. Clarke

The Texas Supreme Court has held that the Chaplain's Education Unit (CEU) at the Tarrant County Jail unconstitutionally violates the separation of church and state.

In 1992, former Tarrant County (Texas) Sheriff David Williams initiated the CEU program, known to prisoners as the "God Pod." Prisoners …

 

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