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Article • May 14, 2019
Fourth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of North Carolina Prisoner’s Lawsuit Over Celebration of Rastafarian Holy Days by On April 17, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit handed down an opinion holding that prison officials had not imposed a substantial burden on the religious practices of a …
Publication • May 13, 2019
New York City Board of Correction Annual Lockdown Report, 2019 New York City Board of Correction Annual Lockdown Report May 2019 Executive Summary Background According to New York City Department of Correction (“DOC” or “the Department”) policy, during emergency lock-ins (or “lockdowns”) people in custody are confined to their cells …
New York Muslim Prisoner Wins Injunction to Pray on Recreation Yard by In January 2018, a New York federal district court issued a preliminary injunction that required officials at the Cayuga Correctional Facility to allow a Muslim prisoner “to participate in individual, demonstrable prayer” on the prison’s recreation yard, “absent …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Nevada: Muslim Prisoner Awarded $39,260 in Damages Plus Attorney’s Fees by A Nevada federal jury initially awarded $28,800 to a state prisoner after finding that officials at the Southern Desert Correctional Center had violated his religious and equal protection rights, and one guard used excessive force. Prisoner Reginald C. Howard …
Alabama DOC Refuses Muslim Spiritual Adviser in Execution Chamber by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Domineque Hakim Marcelle Ray, 42, was put to death by lethal injection at Alabama’s Holman Correctional Facility on February 7, 2019, after his request to have his Muslim spiritual adviser, Imam Yusef Maisonet, …
Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
North Carolina Prison Guard Sues Over Religious Discrimination by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin As PLN has reported numerous times, before the Supreme Court’s ruling in Holt v. Hobbs, 135 S.Ct. 853 (2015) [PLN, Aug. 2015, p.50], Muslim prisoners were routinely denied their right to grow a beard as required …
Article • March 5, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
Filed under: RLUIPA, Religious Freedom
Eighteen Years After its Passage, Prisons and Jails Continue to Violate RLUIPA by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna After decades of complaints by prisoners that corrections officials frequently denied them the right to practice their religion, Congress took action and passed the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), …
Article • January 9, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
Filed under: Appeals, Religious Diet
New York Prisoner Entitled to Vegetarian, Dairy Tolerant, Kosher Diet Under RLUIPA by On July 10, 2018, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals held the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) had violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) by refusing to accommodate …
Brief • January 2, 2019
Al Matar v. Borchardt, IL, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2018 IN THE UNITED ST ATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN I>lYISION ITEMID AL MATAR1 ) ) .Plaintiff. ) V. THE CITY OF CHICAGO, ) ) ) ) a municipal corporation, ) Defendants. ) ) Case No,.: I 6 CV …
Pack v. Mueller, IL, Complaint, Right to Religious Worship, 2019 Case 3:17-cv-00880-MJR-SCW Document 102 Filed 01/02/19 Page 1 of 13 Page ID #406 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS JAMES L. PACK, Plaintiff, vs. ROBERT C. MUELLER, JOHN R. BALDWIN, CHRISTOPHER BOEHLER, STEPHEN KEIM, …
Publication • January 1, 2019
WA State Office of the Corrections Ombus - Summary Report on the Washington State Penitentiary Prisoner Food Preferences Survey, 2019 Summary Report on the January 2019 Washington State Penitentiary Prisoner Food Preferences Survey Report prepared for the Washington State Office of Corrections Ombuds March 2019 2 Table of Contents Executive …
Clay, et al. v. Cuyahoga County, Ohio, et al., OH, class-action complaint, unconstitutional and deplorable jail conditions, 2018 Case: 1:18-cv-02929 Doc #: 1 Filed: 12/20/18 1 of 61. PageID #: 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION TONYA CLAY, ANTHONY BONNER, JAMES MARTIN, GEORGETTE …
Federal Judge Orders Washington Prison Officials to Properly Feed Ramadan Participants by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In what could be the fastest injunction ever granted in a prison-related case, U.S. District Court Judge Ronald Leighton issued a temporary retraining order in favor of Muslim prisoners mere hours after they …
Brief • November 21, 2018
Young, et al. v. Newton, et al., VA, second amended complaint, religious discrimination against Muslim prisoners, 2018 Case 1:18-cv-00851-AJT-JFA Document 10 Filed 11/21/18 Page 1 of 44 PageID# 48 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA ALEXANDRIA DIVISION MITCHELL YOUNG, Inmate # 1399969 DESMOND HORTON, Inmate # 72575 DOMINIC …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
California Muslim Prisoner Defeats Summary Judgment Order in Mixed Appellate Ruling by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Darrell Eugene Harris is a Muslim prisoner confined in California’s prison system. He filed a civil rights suit raising state and federal claims against prison guard S. Escamilla. Harris alleged that Escamilla removed …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Federal District Court Holds Ohio Prison Cannot Cut Rastafarian Prisoner’s Hair by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 14, 2018, Senior U.S. District Court Judge Patricia A. Gaughan ruled the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) could not enforce a grooming policy that required a Rastafarian prisoner to …
Dorn v. Michigan Department of Corrections, et al., MI, settlement, retaliation against HIV prisoner, 2018 Case 1:15-cv-00359-PLM ECF No. 88 filed 11/06/18 PageID.486 Page 1 of 5 Case 1:15-cv-00359-PLM ECF No. 88 filed 11/06/18 PageID.487 Page 2 of 5 Case 1:15-cv-00359-PLM ECF No. 88 filed 11/06/18 PageID.488 Page 3 of …
Humanism to be Recognized as Approved Faith in North Carolina Prisons by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss On March 28, 2018, a federal district court entered a summary judgment order that held Humanism was in fact a faith group that must be recognized by the North Carolina Department of Public …
Florida ICE Detention Center Restricts Detainees’ Observance of Ramadan by Steve Horn by Steve Horn In the midst of Ramadan, the holiest month of the year for those of the Islamic faith, the Glades County Detention Center in Florida implemented a policy that banned some Muslim prisoners from participating in …
Paige v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Conditions of Confinement, 2018 Case 3:16-cv-00858-SMY-RJD Document 60 Filed 09/10/18 Page 1 of 19 Page ID #510 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR TH'ftEC EIVEO SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS CORY PAIGE, SEP 1 7 20!8 ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. ) KIMBERLY BUTLER, …
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