Author: Staff Writer

Source: Examiner.com

Wire Service: AP

http://www.examiner.com/a-1448820~Prisons_system_ordered_to_provide_vegan_meals_to_inmate.html

A federal judge has ruled that the state's prison system violated a convicted child killer's civil rights by denying him a vegan diet.

U.S. Chief District Judge Mark Wolf ruled this week that the Department of Correction violated federal law protecting religious freedom and ordered the department to provide Daniel Yeboah-Sefah a diet in line with his Buddhist beliefs.