Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Administrative Segregation Does Not Violate Prisoner's Religious Rights

In Grimes v. Cunningham, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 32099 (D. Del., Dec. 8, 2005), a Delaware federal district court rejected a prisoner's First Amendment challenge to his administrative segregation for security reasons. Russell Grimes, a pre-trial detainee, had argued that the detention prevented him from attending communal worship services.