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Article • August 15, 1999 • from PLN August, 1999
Tarrant County Jail's Christian Education Unit May Violate Texas and Federal Establishment Clauses by In a detailed and well-reasoned opinion, a Texas state appellate court held that the establishment of a Christian Education Unit (CEU) in a county jail may violate the Establishment Clauses in the Texas and federal constitutions. …
AA Probation Requirement Continues to Violate Establishment Clause by In a long running case, the court of appeals for the Second circuit held that requiring an atheist to attend Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings as a probation condition, violates the establishment clause of the First amendment to the U.S. constitution. Robert …
Article • March 15, 1999 • from PLN March, 1999
Arkansas Sheriff Bent on "Saving" Prisoners by Arkansas Sheriff Bent on "Saving" Prisoners They call him "Sheriff Andy," you know, just like the TV show. But if your butt lands in Sheriff Andy Lee's Benton County (Arkansas) jail, you won't think you're stuck in a Mayberry R.F.D. rerun. More like …
PLRA Physical Injury Requirement Does Not Apply to Ex-Cons by The court of appeals for the Seventh circuit held that the PLRA's physical injury requirement does not apply to suits filed after a prisoner is released from prison. The court also held that secular substance abuse programs do not violate …
AA Still Violates the Establishment Clause by A federal district court in New York reaffirmed its earlier decision holding that a condition of probation requiring an atheist to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings violates the establishment clause of the First Amendment. A nominal damage award of $1 was reinstated. This case …
New York AA Program Violates Establishment Clause by The court of appeals of New York (the highest state court) held that the establishment clause of the U.S. constitution is violated when an atheist prisoner was deprived of family visits for refusing to participate in a religious oriented Alcohol and Substance …
AA Probation Requirement Violates Establishment Clause by The court of appeals for the second circuit affirmed a lower court ruling that a probation condition requiring an atheist probationer to attend Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings violated the establishment clause of the first amendment. In the July, 1995, issue of PLN we …
Prison NA Meetings Violate Establishment Clause by The court of appeals for the seventh circuit held that a prisoner's forced attendance at a religion based substance abuse counseling program violates the establishment clause of the first amendment. James Kerr is a Wisconsin state prisoner in a minimum security prison. Prison …
Michigan ACLU Protests Religious Prison College by The ACLU of Michigan has sent a complaint to the attorney general's office against Spring Arbor College, which holds a $560,000 DOC contract to teach college courses at four Michigan state prisons. The complaint was filed after the school sent out letters to …
AA Probation Requirement Illegal for Atheist by In the May, 1994, issue of PLN we reported Warner v. Orange County Dept. of Probation, 827 F. Supp. 261 (SD NY 1993) which refused to dismiss a probationers claim that being forced to attend Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings as a condition of …
Prison Alcohol Program May Violate Free Speech by The Iowa Civil Liberties Union (ICLU) and prisoners at the Clarinda Correctional Facility (CCF) filed suit under § 1983 challenging the DOC's expenditure of taxpayer funds on an alcohol rehabilitation program called "The Other Way." According to the complaint, this program has …
Prisoners Retain Right Against Self-Incrimination by Coy Phelps is a patient involuntarily committed in a Federal Medical Center (FMC) after having been acquitted of criminal charges by reason of insanity. He filed suit challenging both the statutes allowing his commitment and the conditions of confinement he was subjected to. He …
Atheist Challenges AA Probation Requirement by Robert Warner was convicted of drunk driving in New York state and sentenced to three years probation. One of the probation conditions was that he attend meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Warner is an atheist and objects to compulsory attendance of AA meetings because …
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