FEDERAL COURTS UNDERSTAND the First Amendment ban on establishing religion to mean that government may not prefer one religion, or sect, over another. Why then has New York state, in treating the ...

Pair allege discrimination of faith by failure of State Correctional Institution at Retreat to provide special food for Islamic holidays. SCRANTON – Two Muslim inmates at the State Correctional ...

BONNE TERRE, Mo. — At a Missouri Department of Corrections facility in Bonne Terre, nine inmates stood shoulder to shoulder, preparing to kneel, prostrate, and praise God — an act of worship they’ve ...

In many of Pennsylvania’s jails, inmates are issued three things when they arrive: a small bar of soap, a bed sheet and a towel. Sometimes prisoners receive clothing, though someone arriving without ...

FLINT, MI - Shahanna Thorns never imagined she would find faith behind bars. She has spent the last 10 months in the Genesee County Jail in Flint. But it was here, in a place often associated with ...

Many people in prison would like the services of a chaplain, and if you're Muslim, you find that chaplains are in short supply in prison. So a new program in Maine offers classes to inmates. Ari ...

Muslim men held at the ACI are suing over alleged religious discrimination. They say they are being denied communal prayer and access to spiritual leaders. They also say the prison has structured ...

BONNE TERRE, Mo. — At a Missouri Department of Corrections facility in Bonne Terre, nine inmates stood shoulder to shoulder, preparing to kneel, prostrate, and praise God — an act of worship they’ve ...