U.S. Department of Justice

Enforcing Religious Freedom in Prison

Publication year: 2008 | Cataloged on: Mar. 08, 2012

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  • 025577

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  • 2008
  • 232 pages

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Thumbnail preview ANNOTATION: Efforts are reported that make sure federal civil rights laws prohibiting religious discrimination in federal and state prisons are enforced. Five chapters follow an executive summary: introduction and overview; prisoners’ Free Exercise claims; the U.S. Department of Justice’s enforcement of prisoners’ Free Exercise rights; judicial response—analysis of cases alleging religious discrimination in prisons; and the Commission’s findings and recommendations. “With the intent of furthering religious freedom in prisons while maintaining security, the Commission developed findings and recommendations based on its social science research, case law review, briefing testimony, and interrogatory responses received from the Department of Justice, several state and federal prisons, various prisoner advocacy groups, and other organizations” (p. xiii).
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