Today
JTA reports that the Florida Department of Corrections agreed last week to reinstitute kosher food availability for Jewish inmates. Florida cancelled its kosher food program 5 years ago. Last year the U.S. Justice Department sued the state under RLUIPA challenging the food program cancellation. (See
prior posting.) A state study group on the issue says that kosher meals cost the state $146,000 per year.
[Thanks to Joel Katz (Relig. & State in Israel) for the lead.]