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Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: Settlements, Religious Diet
Georgia Sheriff Agrees To Provide Muslim Prisoners With Halal Meals for Ramadan by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On April 19, 2022, Georgia’s DeKalb County Jail (DCJ) and county Sheriff Melody M. Maddox filed a stipulation in a civil suit agreeing to provide religious meals for Muslim prisoners observing daylight …
Fourth Circuit Says Virginia May Require Muslim Prisoner to Purchase Prayer Oil From Vendor Also Selling Pork and “Idols” by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 1, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that the Virginia Department of Corrections (DOC) did not violate the …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court Grants Texas Prisoner Religious Touch and Audible Prayer During Execution by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) held that a Texas death row prisoner was likely to prevail on his claims under the Religious Land Use …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Ninth Circuit Strikes Nevada Ban on Muslim Prisoner’s Scented Prayer Oil, Allows Conditions-of-Confinement Claim Also to Proceed by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On January 26, 2022, a Muslim Nevada prisoner notched his second victory in as many months against state prison officials at the U.S. Court of Appeals for …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Tenth Circuit Reinstates Federal Prisoner’s Claim Against BOP Over Denial of Muslim Group Prayer Five Times a Day by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 9, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit reinstated the claim of a Muslim federal prisoner allegedly frustrated in his attempts …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
“One of the Most Egregious Violations of Church-State Separation” Prisons Welcome Fundamentalist Christian Education Programs Despite Conflicts with the Constitution by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett At a graduation ceremony held in the Nash Correctional Institution gym on December 15, 2021, a degree in pastoral ministry was awarded to 24 …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Sixth Circuit: Michigan DOC’s Years-Long Delay in Access to Religious Services and Items Constitutes Constructive Denial of Religious Exercise by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On November 9, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that a six-year delay in replying to a Michigan prisoner’s request …
Article • May 1, 2022 • from PLN May, 2022
Filed under: Food, Religious Diet
Preliminary Injunction Granted to Illinois Prisoner to Receive Non-Allergenic Kosher Meals by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An Illinois federal district court issued a preliminary injunction in favor of a state prisoner on October 12, 2021, requiring prison officials to provide him fresh or frozen kosher meal entrées because …
Article • May 1, 2022 • from PLN May, 2022
Tenth Circuit Says Parolee May Not be Forced to Participate in Religious Program Under Threat of Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In a lawsuit alleging prison officials used coercion to force an atheist parolee into participating in Christian programming, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth …
Brief • April 29, 2022
Thurman v. Crews, KY, Complaint, Religious Freedom, 2022 Case: 5:22-cv-00109-DCR-CJS Doc #: 1 Filed: 04/29/22 Page: 1 of 16 - Page ID#: 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY CARLOS THURMAN, Plaintiff, v. COOKIE CREWS, in her official and individual capacity as Commissioner of …
Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022
Michigan DOC Agrees to Expand Recognition of Religious Groups After DOJ Investigation by On October 29, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it had reached an agreement with the Michigan Department of Corrections (DOC) that resolves an investigation begun nearly two years earlier into denial of religious exercise …
Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022
Michigan Prisons Ordered to Provide Jewish Prisoners Meat and Dairy on Sabbath and Holidays; Sixth Circuit Affirms by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On October 12, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a district court’s judgment in favor of Michigan prisoners who sought a …
Former AZ Assistant AG Disciplined for Misconduct in Muslim Prisoner’s Lawsuit by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney  In August 2021, the Arizona State Bar disciplined a former state Assistant Attorney General, Michael John Hrnicek, for his misconduct while opposing a prisoner’s lawsuit against several employees of the state Department of …
Article • December 10, 2021
Non-Incarcerated and Incarcerated Plaintiffs Have Article III Standing to Challenge the Policy Changes by On October 18, 2021 the United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of prisoners and several unincorporated associations and individual members of the Religious Society of Friends ("Quakers") motion for a …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Audit Reveals Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Chaplaincy Services Branch Critically Depleted by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian The Office of the Inspector General completed an audit of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Chaplaincy Services Branch (CSB) in July 2021. The CSB is responsible for the BOP’s religious services …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Filed under: Religious Grooming
Forced Shaving of Muslim Colorado Prisoner’s Beard Unconstitutional by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a Colorado prisoner’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging a guard violated his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights by forcing him to shave off his …
Pickens v. McMahon, IL, Settlement, Religious Worship, 2021 FULL AND FINAL RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS FOR THE SOLE AND ONLY CONSIDERATION of a total of FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS ($4,000.00), paid by and on behalf of DUSTIN HEUERMAN, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL AND/OR HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY, AND CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, ILLINOIS, (hereinafter referred …
Publication • July 7, 2021
Inspector General Audit of BOP Management of Chaplaincy Services Program - July 2021 Audit of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Management and Oversight of its Chaplaincy Services Program *** 21-091 JULY 2021 EX ECUTIVE SUMMARY Audit of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Management and Oversight of its Chaplaincy Services Program …
Conyer v. Quay, 2nd Circuit, Amicus Brief, Qualified Immunity, 2021 Case 19-3575, Document 58, 06/16/2021, 3121712, Page1 of 43 19-3575 IN THE United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit RAFIQ SABIR, JAMES J. CONYERS, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. D.K. WILLIAMS, HERMAN QUAY, Defendants-Appellants. On Appeal from the United States District …
DOJ Settlement Between USA and Michigan DOC, Right to Religious Worship, 2021 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS (“AGREEMENT”) I. 1. INTRODUCTION On December 10, 2019, the United States began an investigation into the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) pursuant to the Religious Land Use …
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