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Religious Sincerity, Not Necessity, Satisfies Free Exercise Claim by Utah State prisoner Karl Kay appealed the dismissal of his § 1983 action for denial of religious materials, parole based due process violations and retaliation for seeking counsel. The court reversed dismissal of his religious materials denial claim, affirmed the balance …
Article • January 15, 2009
Iowa Court Holds Prison Chaplains At Taxpayer Expense Constitutional by Defendant Iowa State officials and plaintiff taxpayers appealed the provisions of an order enjoining the state from employing chaplains for prison based religious activity. The order was reversed. Taxpayers Delores Rudd and Charlotte Walker filed suit alleging that state paid …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Wyoming American Indian Prisoner Wins Consent Decree to Receive Feathers by Wyoming American Indian Prisoner Wins Consent Decree to Receive Feathers In a victory for American Indian prisoners, the Wyoming State Penitentiary (WSP) has entered into a consent decree that allows a prisoner to possess up to four eagle feathers …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Indiana DOC Policy Banning Group Worship by Odinists Enjoined by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On June 19, 2008, a U.S. District Court held that the Indiana Department of Corrections (IDOC) failed to meet its burden of proving that a blanket ban on group worship by Odinists was the …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Massachusetts DOC Ordered to Provide Vegan Meals to Buddhist Prisoner by Massachusetts DOC Ordered to Provide Vegan Meals to Buddhist Prisoner On June 11, 2008, following a non-jury trial in an action brought under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), a U.S. District Court directed the Commissioner …
Brief • December 3, 2008
Thompson v. Ricci, NJ, Complaint, prohibition of inmate preaching religious services, 2008
Brief • December 3, 2008
Thompson v. Ricci, NJ, MiS Plf Mot PI, prohibition of inmate preaching religious services, 2008
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Effects of Florida’s Faith Based Prisons Found to Be Promising in Reducing Recidivism by David Reutter Effects of Florida’s Faith Based Prisons Found to Be Promising in Reducing Recidivism by David M. Reutter A report by the Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center concluded the statistically significant difference between the share …
Fallen Women - Santa Fe Reporter article by Silja Talvi by Silja JA Talvi Fallen Women For incarcerated women, there is little justice to be found By Silja JA Talvi Three years ago, I journeyed back to Santa Fe to return to a city where I had once lived—and that …
$204,856 in Attorney’s Fees and Costs Awarded in Nebraska Kosher Diet and Muslim Prayer Case by Brandon Sample $204,856 in Attorney’s Fees and Costs Awarded in Nebraska Kosher Diet and Muslim Prayer Case by Brandon Sample On May 5, 2008, Joseph F. Batallion, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court …
Segregated Massachusetts Nation of Islam Prisoners Entitled to Halal Menu and Jum’ah Prayers; $237,299.25 in Attorney Fees Awarded by The U.S. District Court for Massachusetts granted declaratory relief to two maximum-security Nation of Islam (NOI) prisoners who had sued for a Halal (Muslim religious dietary) menu and participation in daily …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
Federal Prisoner in State Jail Custody Illegally Denied State Court Name Change Petition by Federal Prisoner in State Jail Custody Illegally Denied State Court Name Change Petition The California Court of Appeal has reversed the Fresno Superior Court’s denial of a name-change petition filed by a federal prisoner awaiting sentencing …
Brief • September 30, 2008
Filed under: Religious Freedom
Kinslow v. New Mexico Corrections Dept., Order Adopting Second Report and Rec, Native American RLUIPA Violation, 2008 Case 6:07-cv-01164-MV-RLP Document 50 Filed 09/30/2008 Page 1 of 1 FILED UNITED STATES !;)ISTRICT COURT COURT SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO SEP 30 …
Sample v. Lappin, DC, Settlement Agreement and Dismissal, 2008 Case 1:05-cv-00596-PLF Document 67 Filed 09/24/2008 Page 1 of 7 FILED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SEP 2 Ii 2008 NANCY M/IYER WHITTINGTON, CLERK u.s. DISTRICT COURT BRANDON SAMPLE, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 05-596 PLF HARLEY …
Limbaugh v. Alabama DOC, CO, Expert Report, 2008 STATEOFCOLORADO ) COUNTY OF BOULDER ) EXPERT REPORT OF DEWARD E. WALKER, JR.. PH.D. 1. I was asked by Mark Sabel, attorney for the Plaintiffs in the case of Limbaugh v. Alabama DOC,93 :cv-1404-WHA, to provide this report and state my opinion …
Article • August 15, 2008 • from PLN August, 2008
Vermont DOC Settles Religious Practice Denial Suit For $25,000 by The Vermont Department of Corrections (VDOC) settled a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by a former prisoner claiming he had been denied traditional food for Jewish holidays that had been donated by an outside philanthropic organization. Gordon Bock, 53, was incarcerated …
Article • August 15, 2008
Hebrew Israelite Prisoner Fails to Show Medallion is Religious by The plaintiff, a Hebrew Israelite, was deprived of his gold leaf medallion; a Catholic priest said he'd never heard of a religion that used a gold leaf medallion, and several Muslims said it was not a religious emblem. The plaintiff …
Outside Clergy Requirement for Ramadan Services Upheld by Officials at a county prison provided for communal worship during Ramadan only if an outside leader could be found. This restriction did not violate the Turner standard because the Ramadan participants came from different housing units, raising order and security concerns; the …
Article • August 15, 2008
Retaliation Against Chaplain for Trying to Educate Prisoner Upheld by The plaintiff, a prison chaplain, tried to arrange literacy training for a "circuit rider," a prisoner kept permanently in segregation and frequently transferred. The warden refused to let him do it, suggesting an educator would be a more appropriate choice. …
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