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Meditation Class Helps Lower Violence at Alabama Prison

February 2, 2011

Author: Jay Reeves

Source: The Washington Post

Wire Service: AP

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/02/AR2011020201052_pf.html

Deep inside an overcrowded prison with a reputation for mayhem, convicted killers, robbers and rapists gather in a small room. Eyes closed, they sit silently with their thoughts and consciences.

Their everyday life is just...

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ACLU Sues S.C. Jail Over Bible-Only Policy

October 7, 2010

Author: Staff Writer

Source: NPR

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130409561

The American Civil Liberties Union is suing a South Carolina jail over a policy that prohibits inmates from having any reading materials other than the Bible.

 

The ACLU filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday seeking to overturn the policy on behalf of Prison Legal News, a monthly journal on prison law. Since 2008, the magazine's...

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Rabbis Reach Out to Prisoners, Soldiers for Yom Kippur

September 16, 2010

Author: Jaweed Kaleem

Source: The Miami Herald

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/09/16/1828829/rabbis-reach-out-to-prisoners.html

In a small, bustling office tucked into an Orthodox synagogue in Surfside, a dozen men and women spent Thursday stuffing FedEx boxes with the markings of Jewish worship: Hebrew prayer books, camouflage yarmulkes, shawls and shofars.

 

It was crunch time at Aleph Institute,...

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Re-Entry Program Gives Muslims Second Chance

September 1, 2010

Author: Manya A. Brachear

Source: Newsbug.info/The Chicago Tribune

Wire Service: Associated Press

http://newsbug.info/articles/2010/09/01/front/state_news/doc4c7e507bdb4e3795488064.txt

Instead of stepping back into lifestyles that risk landing them in prison again, a handful of former inmates who embraced Islam behind bars are spending their days constructing green transitional...

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Fired Guards Sue Delco Prison Over Grooming Rules

July 31, 2010

Author: Mari A. Schaefer

Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20100731_Fired_guards_sue_Delco_prison_over_grooming_rules.html

Three former prison guards have sued the Delaware County prison, alleging religious, sexual, and racial discrimination after they were fired for not cutting their hair, which they say their religion forbids.

Nigel LeBlanc, Eugene Briggs...

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Fired Guards Sue Delco Prison Over Grooming Rules

July 31, 2010

Author: Mari A. Schaefer

Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20100731_Fired_guards_sue_Delco_prison_over_grooming_rules.html

Three former prison guards have sued the Delaware County prison, alleging religious, sexual, and racial discrimination after they were fired for not cutting their hair, which they say their religion forbids.

Nigel LeBlanc, Eugene Briggs...

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Md. Weighs Allowing Inmates' Own Clergy At Death

July 19, 2010

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Google News

Wire Service: AP

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gQbvkJHpaJR6xF25XfRpew2939yAD9H20CM06

Maryland is considering becoming one of the few states to allow condemned inmates to choose a clergy member not employed by the state to be in the execution chamber when they die.

Corrections officials must balance the sensitive...

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