Showing posts with label Prisons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Prisons. Show all posts
Thursday, August 08, 2024

Jail Guard's Required Training in Treatment of LGBTQI+ Inmates Did Not Violate His Free Exercise Rights

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In Goodknight v. County of Douglas ,  (D OR, Aug. 6, 2024), an Oregon federal district court rejected religious discrimination claims brough...
Thursday, June 06, 2024

Louisiana Governor Signs Women's Safety and Protection Act, Rejecting Gender Identity Classifications

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On June 3, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed HB 608, the Women's Safety and Protection Act ( full text ) into law. The law states a...
Monday, May 20, 2024

Civil Rights Commission Holds Briefing on Prisoners' Religious Freedom

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Last Friday, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights held a lengthy hearing on The Federal Role in Enforcing Religious Freedom in Prisons. A vid...
Wednesday, March 27, 2024

DOJ Sues California Prisons for Failing to Accommodate Officers' Religious Beard Requirements

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The Department of Justice this week filed suit in a California federal district court seeking to enjoin the California correctional system f...
Wednesday, June 28, 2023

6th Circuit: Michigan Prisons Must Recognize Christian Identity As A Religion

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In Fox v. Washington ,  (6th Cir., June 26, 2023), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Michigan Department of Corrections ha...
Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Kansas AG Says Previously Modified Birth Certificates Must Be Changed Back to Reflect Biological Sex

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In April, the Kansas legislature overrode Governor Kelly's veto of Senate Bill 180  which defines "sex" as biological sex for...
Tuesday, May 02, 2023

Clergy Sue Federal Penitentiary To Obtain Physical Contact With Death Row Inmates

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Suit was filed last week in an Indiana federal district court by two ministers who regularly visit death row inmates in a federal penitentia...
Wednesday, February 02, 2022

Health Care Company Will Pay $75,000 To Settle Christian Nurse's Religious Accommodation Claim

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The EEOC announced yesterday that Wellpath, a provider of health services in correctional institutions, has agreed to settle a religious di...
Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Wisconsin Courts End COVID Suspension of Prison Religious Services

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 In Archdiocese of Milwaukee v. Wisconsin Department of Corrections ,  (WI Cir. Ct., June 21, 2021), a Wisconsin trial court issued a Provis...
Thursday, June 17, 2021

Judge Jack Weinstein Dies At Age 99-- Supporter of Jewish Group's Criminal Justice Reform Efforts

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U.S. federal district Judge Jack B. Weinstein died on Tuesday at the age of 99. He served on the Eastern District of New York for 53 years--...
Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Sues Prison Officials To Obtain A Quran

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According to reports from  AP  and The Hill , imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is suing prison officials to obtain access...
Tuesday, July 30, 2019

New Report On Muslim Inmates In State Prisons In U.S.

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In a press release last week, Muslim Advocates announced the release of a report documenting the size of the Muslim population in state pri...
Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Federal Prison With Special Accommodations For Jewish Inmates

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Today's New York Times reports on the religious accommodations for Jewish inmates in the prison at which President Trump's former la...
Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Popularity of Kosher Food Requests In Prisons

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Tablet Magazine  yesterday reports on the surprising popularity of kosher food requests in prisons, saying in part: According to the 2013 ...
Thursday, August 02, 2018

President Meets With Inner City Pastors

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Yesterday afternoon, President Trump met at the White House with a group of inner city pastors.  The White House has posted a transcript of ...
Tuesday, December 05, 2017

Settlement Reached In Correctional Employee's Suit Over Religious Curriculum for Inmates

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The state of Tennessee last month agreed to a settlement of $45,948, plus up to $35,000 in attorneys' fees, in a suit that was brought b...
Thursday, July 06, 2017

Scotland Investigates Upsurge In Prisoner Requests For Kosher Meals

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The Forward reported yesterday that in Scotland, the Inspectorate of Prisons has begun an investigation into why there has been a huge upsur...
Sunday, June 18, 2017

Nebraska Cuts Back On Religious Accommodation of Inmates

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As reported by the Lincoln Journal Star , on June 2, the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services issued a Memo ( full text ) cutting ba...
Wednesday, August 24, 2016

British Report On Islamist Extremism In Prisons

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On Monday, Britain's Ministry of Justice released a summary of the main findings of a classified report on Islamist extremism in British...
Saturday, October 10, 2015

Federal Prisons Will No Longer Serve Pork Products

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The Washington Post reported yesterday that federal Bureau of Prisons is removing all pork products from its national menu for federal inma...