Prisons

Author: Staff Writer Source: The Mercury News Wire Service: AP http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_17485915 A Sikh inmate in a San Luis Obispo prison is suing the state Department of Corrections, alleging that he was unfairly disciplined for refusing to...

Author: Jay Reeves Source: The Washington Post Wire Service: AP http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/02/AR20110… Deep inside an overcrowded prison with a reputation for mayhem, convicted killers, robbers and rapists...

Author: Don Thompson Source: The Washington Post Wire Service: AP http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/25/AR20110… California's attorney general says religious beliefs aren't enough to trump a corrections department ban...

Author: Dena Potter Source: The Washington Post Wire Service: AP http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/17/AR20101… Many Rastafarians and other inmates in Virginia who have spent years in isolation for refusing to cut...

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...

Author: Jaweed Kaleem Source: The Miami Herald http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/09/16/1828829/rabbis-reach-out-to-priso… In a small, bustling office tucked into an Orthodox synagogue in Surfside, a dozen men and women spent Thursday stuffing FedEx...

Author: Manya A. Brachear Source: Newsbug.info/The Chicago Tribune Wire Service: Associated Press http://newsbug.info/articles/2010/09/01/front/state_news/doc4c7e507bdb4… Instead of stepping back into lifestyles that risk landing them in...

Author: Mari A. Schaefer Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20100731_Fired_guards_sue_Delco_pr… Three former prison guards have sued the Delaware County prison, alleging religious, sexual...

Author: Mari A. Schaefer Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20100731_Fired_guards_sue_Delco_pr… Three former prison guards have sued the Delaware County prison, alleging religious, sexual...

Author: Staff Writer Source: Google News Wire Service: AP http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gQbvkJHpaJR6xF25XfRpe… Maryland is considering becoming one of the few states to allow condemned inmates to choose a clergy member...