Supreme Court Limits Religious Rights in Prisons
source: http://www.bjconline.org/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=4366
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday (April 20) that prisoners who charge they are being deprived of their religious rights in jail can't sue the state for monetary damages.
The ruling came about from the case of Harvey Leroy Sossamon III, a Texas prisoner who sued that he was illegally prevented from attending religious services. Attorneys for Sossamon argued that the prison's denial of access to worship services violated RLUIPA (the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000), a statute which protects inmates' right to practice their faith.
A broad collection of religious and civil liberty organizations (including the ACLU, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the American Jewish Committee and the Interfaith Alliance Foundation) joined D.C.-based religious liberty organization, The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Freedom, in drafting an amicus brief in opposition to the Supreme Court decision.
http://www.bjconline.org/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=4366
The ruling came about from the case of Harvey Leroy Sossamon III, a Texas prisoner who sued that he was illegally prevented from attending religious services. Attorneys for Sossamon argued that the prison's denial of access to worship services violated RLUIPA (the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000), a statute which protects inmates' right to practice their faith.
A broad collection of religious and civil liberty organizations (including the ACLU, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the American Jewish Committee and the Interfaith Alliance Foundation) joined D.C.-based religious liberty organization, The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Freedom, in drafting an amicus brief in opposition to the Supreme Court decision.
http://www.bjconline.org/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=4366
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