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Iowa Faith-Based Program Finally Closed by After a five-year court battle and public controversy, the Iowa Department of Corrections (IDOC) has decided to close a Bible-oriented re-entry program at the Newton Correctional Facility. The program, operated by Virginia-based Prison Fellowship Ministries, was part of the InnerChange Freedom Initiative. PLN has …
Eighth Circuit Holds State Funding of Iowa Faith-Based Prison Unconstitutional by Michael Rigby On December 3, 2007, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals held that partial state funding of a religious-based prison program in Iowa was unconstitutional. The Court further held that InnerChange, a division …
Article • January 15, 2008 • from PLN January, 2008
Iowa Faith-Based Program Held Unconstitutional by 8th Circuit; Continues with Private Funding by Previously, PLN reported an Iowa federal district court ruling which held that the InnerChange Freedom Initiatives, a faith-based prison program that received state funding, violated the First Amendment?s establishment clause. [See: PLN, July 2006, pg.18]. As noted …
Summary Judgment Reversed on Denial of Prisoner Atheist Group by Bob Williams By Bob Williams The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has reversed a summary judgment against a Wisconsin state prisoner whose request to form a prisoner atheist group was denied by the Wisconsin Department of …
Eighth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Forced Religion Claim by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a prisoner?s Establishment Clause Claim as frivolous. In June 2000, Arkansas prisoner James Munson was granted parole, contingent upon completion of a year long sex offender treatment program called Reduction of …
Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
BOP Cancels Solicitation of Proposal for Single-Faith Program by On October 26, 2006, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) announced that it was canceling its solicitation of proposals for single-faith, faith-based residential re-entry programs. The move came after a lawsuit was filed by the Madison, Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation …
Dismissal of Prisoner Civil Rights Complaint Against State Sponsored Substance Abuse Program Affirmed by Dismissal of Prisoner Civil Rights Complaint Against State Sponsored Substance Abuse Program Affirmed Colorado state prisoner David K. Jenner, and several other prisoners, filed a federal complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985 alleging …
Forced Prayers in Drug Treatment Program May Violate Establishment Clause by The plaintiff alleged that she enrolled in a voluntary drug treatment program which turned out to close every day with a prayer ceremony. Though she was not required to verbalize a prayer, she was required to participate by standing …
Shi'ite Prisoner's Complaint States §1983 Claim Against DOCS' Sunni Imams by Shi'ite Prisoner's Complaint States §1983 Claim Against DOCS' Sunni Imams The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, on motions for partial summary judgment and to dismiss, held that a New York Department of Correctional Services …
Wisconsin Religious Work Release Contract May Violate Constitution by A contract between the Department of Correction and "Faith Works," a "faith-based program designed to meet the needs of individuals recovering from addiction to alcohol and other drugs," to operate a halfway house raises an Establishment Clause issue because Faith Works …
Iowa Sued Over Proselytizing Fundamentalist Christian Prison Program by Matthew T. Clarke Iowa Sued Over Proselytizing Fundamentalist Christian Prison Program by Matthew T. Clarke On February 13, 2003, Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AUSCS) filed two lawsuits in federal court, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against officials …
$9,000 Jury Award Against Missouri: Religious Halfway House by A Missouri federal district court upheld a jury's verdict and damage award, but reversed the award of punitive damages. The suit was filed by a probationer sentenced to the Agape House, a state sponsored halfway house in Sedalia, who alleged the …
Overcrowding, Bad Prison Conditions Enjoined by The court of appeals for the eighth circuit held that a district court erred when it dismissed a suit against a an Arkansas county jail. The court held the plaintiffs had presented sufficient evidence of a deficient diet, overcrowding, inadequate excercise, and forced exposure …
Article • May 15, 2007
Contract Rabbi Acting In Ecclesiastical Nature by Washington state prisoner James Shilling, a converted orthodox Jew, filed a Federal civil rights complaint against Washington and Nevada Department of Corrections (DOC) personnel, as well as Rabbi Gary Friedman, alleging that they denied him kosher meals while housed in Nevada DOC as …
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
Utah House of Refuge a House of Horrors by Gary Hunter A Utah faith based halfway house for probationers, jail releasees and homeless men, called the House of Refuge, turned out to be a house of horrors for those who lived there. On February 2, 2006, state licensing officials shut …
A Captive Audience For Salvation by Jane Lampman A for-profit prison company stirs hope - and church-state issues - pursuing partnerships with Evangelical Christian ministries. NASHVILLE, TENN. - America has the highest incarceration level in the world, and its prisons serve too consistently as revolving doors. Are faith-based programs in …
Federal Judge Strikes Down Iowa Prisons Faith-Based Rehabilitation Program by Michael Rigby Federal Judge Strikes Down Iowa Prisons Faith-Based Rehabilitation Program by Michael Rigby A federal judge in Iowa has ruled that the states partial funding of a Christian rehabilitation program is unconstitutional. In a 140-page opinion issued on June …
Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006
Alleged Attacks Plotted By New Folsom Prisoners Uncovered by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke A federal grand jury has indicted four men--two of whom have been prisoners at the California State Prison-Sacramento (New Folsom Prison)--with conspiracy to levy war against the United States, to possess and use firearms in …
Beyond the God Pod by Silja da Talvi By Silja Ja Talvi Published: March 9, 2005 "Don't forget that Jesus himself was a prisoner." --New Mexico Department of Corrections Secretary Joe Williams, at the American Correctional Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, January 2005. "Strongly guarded & is the separation between religion …
Prisons, Profits and Prophets by Bill Berkowitz The nation's largest private prison corporation is joining forces with conservative faith-based ministries by Bill Berkowitz In an era where the Bush Administration touts faith-based organizations as engines of individual and social transformation, and is actively recruiting and funding religious organizations to deliver …
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