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Enforcing Religious Freedom in Prison.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Religion and SpiritualityPublisher: Hauppauge : Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (217 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781612096063
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Enforcing Religious Freedom in PrisonDDC classification:
  • 342.7308/52
LOC classification:
  • KF9731 -- .U553 2010eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- ENFORCING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN PRISON -- ENFORCING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN PRISON -- CONTENTS -- SUMMARY -- Note on Religious Categories -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW -- Methodology -- Ascertaining Religious Needs and Accommodations -- Incidents of Alleged Religious Discrimination -- Federal Enforcement of Prisoners' Religious Rights -- Legal Background -- I. First Amendment -- A. The Free Exercise Clause -- B. The Establishment Clause -- II. Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act of 1980 -- III. Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 -- IV. Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 -- V. State Religious Freedom Restoration Acts -- VI. Prison Litigation Reform Act -- Overview of Chapters -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 PRISONERS' FREE EXERCISE CLAIMS -- Religious Diversity of Incarcerated Persons -- Meeting the Religious Needs of Incarcerated Persons -- Chaplains, Religious Volunteers, and Faith-Based Organizations -- Magnitude of Prisoners' Religious Grievances -- Religious Grievances Filed in Federal Prisons -- Religious Grievances Filed in State Prisons -- Religious Grievances Filed in County Jails -- Religious Complaints Filed with the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights -- Nature of Religious Grievances -- Nature of Religious Grievances in Federal Prisons -- Nature of Religious Grievances in State Prisons -- Inmate Complaints Alleging Religious Discrimination Reported to Commission -- Views of Nonprofits Regarding Religious Accommodation in Prisons -- Views of Prison Officials Regarding Accommodation of Inmates' Religion -- National Security Considerations and their Impact on Prisoners' Free Exercise -- Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1996 and Burdens on Free Exercise -- Summary -- End Notes -- Chapter 3 THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'S ENFORCEMENT OF PRISONERS' FREE EXERCISE RIGHTS.
Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division -- Special Litigation Section -- Section's Role, Authority, and Responsibilities Regarding Religious Issues in Prisons -- Special Litigation Section's Enforcement Activities -- Jurisdiction -- SPL 's Complaints Management System -- Case Investigation and Resolution -- Technical Assistance, Regulations, and Other Guidance -- Other Efforts -- Coordination and Review Section -- Authority of the Coordination and Review Section to -- Enforce Religious Nondiscrimination in Prisons -- Enforcement Activities of the Coordination and Review Section -- Strategies for Conducting Compliance Reviews of Federal Recipients -- Technical Assistance to State Corrections Departments -- Office of Justice Programs and its Office for Civil Rights -- Office of Justice Programs' Civil Rights Complaints Processing -- Office of Justice Programs' Civil Rights Compliance Reviews -- Other Enforcement Activities within the Office of Justice Programs -- Federal Bureau of Prisons -- Bureau's Role, Authority, and Responsibilities for Religious Issues in Federal Prisons -- Bureau's Policy and Guidance on Religious Accommodation in Federal Prisons -- Bureau's System for Inmates to File Complaints about Religious Accommodations -- Requests through the Chaplain -- Administrative Remedy Request Program -- Outreach to Prisoners on their Religious Rights -- Bureau's Training on Religious Accommodation and Discrimination -- Training for Chaplains -- Training for Prison Staff -- Available Technical Materials -- Summary -- End Notes -- Chapter 4 JUDICIAL RESPONSE: ANALYSIS OF CASES ALLEGING RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION IN PRISON -- Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act -- Analysis of Cases -- Federal Circuits -- Bases of Complaint -- United States Participation in Litigation and Representation Status of Litigants.
Reason for Denial of Prisoner Request/Complaint -- Conclusion -- End Notes -- Chapter 5 COMMISSION'S FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- Findings -- Recommendations -- Statements of Commissioners -- Abigail Thernstrom -- Impact of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) -- The Need to Standardize Religious Classifications and Improve Data Collection -- Impact of Prisoner Religious Accommodation upon Recidivism -- Arlan Melendez and Michael Yaki -- Failure to Establish Extent of Religious Discrimination or Adequacy of Federal Response -- Misleading Reliance on Litigation Statistics: the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) -- Subverting Prisoners' Religious Freedom Rights with Generalized and Non-specific Claims of National Security -- Failure to Follow Agency Procedures in Compiling This Report -- Gail Heriot - Statement and Rebuttal -- Abigail Thernstrom - Rebuttal -- Todd F. Gaziano - Rebuttal -- Conflicting Interests and Uncertain Tradeoffs in a Prison System -- The Potential Value of the Commission's Report -- The Report's Findings and Recommendations -- Substantive Complaints Relating to Early Drafts of the Report -- The Dissenters' Curious Procedural Complaints -- End Notes -- Appendix A STATUTORY TEXT -- Religious Freedom Restoration Act -- 2000bb. Congressional Findings and Declaration of Purposes -- 2000bb-1. Free Exercise of Religion Protected -- 2000bb-2. Definitions -- 2000bb-3. Applicability -- 2000bb-4. Establishment Clause Unaffected -- Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act -- 1997. Definitions -- 1997a. Initiation of Civil Actions -- 1997b. Certification Requirements -- Attorney General to Personally Sign Certification -- 1997c. Intervention in Actions -- 1997d. Prohibition of Retaliation -- 1997e. Suits by Prisoners -- 1997f. Report to Congress -- 1997g. Priorities for Use of Funds.
1997h. Notice to Federal Departments -- 1997i. Disclaimer Respecting Standards of Care -- 1997j. Disclaimer Respecting Private Litigation -- Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act -- 2000cc. Protection of Land Use as Religious Exercise -- 2000cc-1. Protection of Religious Exercise of Iinstitutionalized Persons -- 2000cc-2. Judicial Relief -- 2000cc-3. Rules of Construction -- 2000cc-4. Establishment Clause Unaffected -- 2000cc-5. Definitions -- Appendix B METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES -- Methodology for Selecting Correctional Institutions and Nonprofit Organizations -- Methodology for Selecting Correctional Institutions -- Identification and Selection of Purposive Samples -- Federal Prisons -- State Prisons -- County Jails -- Correctional Institutions Reporting of Inmates' Religious Affiliations -- Methodology for Selecting Advocacy Groups and Faith-Based Organizations -- Profile of the Nonprofit Organizations' Missions -- The Aleph Institute -- Alpha for Prisons and Re-Entry -- American Friends Service Committee, New England Regional Office, Maine -- Americans United for Separation of Church and State -- The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty -- InnerChange Freedom Initiative -- Muslim Chaplains Association -- Muslim Public Affairs Council -- The National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union -- Pacific Justice Institute -- Prison Legal News -- Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund -- End Notes -- Appendix C RELIGIOUS GRIEVANCES AT SELECTED FEDERAL/STATE PRISONS, COUNTY JAILS -- Appendix D SUPPLEMENTAL TABLES FOR ANALYSIS OF RLUIPA CASES -- INDEX -- Blank Page.
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Intro -- ENFORCING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN PRISON -- ENFORCING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN PRISON -- CONTENTS -- SUMMARY -- Note on Religious Categories -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW -- Methodology -- Ascertaining Religious Needs and Accommodations -- Incidents of Alleged Religious Discrimination -- Federal Enforcement of Prisoners' Religious Rights -- Legal Background -- I. First Amendment -- A. The Free Exercise Clause -- B. The Establishment Clause -- II. Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act of 1980 -- III. Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 -- IV. Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 -- V. State Religious Freedom Restoration Acts -- VI. Prison Litigation Reform Act -- Overview of Chapters -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 PRISONERS' FREE EXERCISE CLAIMS -- Religious Diversity of Incarcerated Persons -- Meeting the Religious Needs of Incarcerated Persons -- Chaplains, Religious Volunteers, and Faith-Based Organizations -- Magnitude of Prisoners' Religious Grievances -- Religious Grievances Filed in Federal Prisons -- Religious Grievances Filed in State Prisons -- Religious Grievances Filed in County Jails -- Religious Complaints Filed with the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights -- Nature of Religious Grievances -- Nature of Religious Grievances in Federal Prisons -- Nature of Religious Grievances in State Prisons -- Inmate Complaints Alleging Religious Discrimination Reported to Commission -- Views of Nonprofits Regarding Religious Accommodation in Prisons -- Views of Prison Officials Regarding Accommodation of Inmates' Religion -- National Security Considerations and their Impact on Prisoners' Free Exercise -- Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1996 and Burdens on Free Exercise -- Summary -- End Notes -- Chapter 3 THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'S ENFORCEMENT OF PRISONERS' FREE EXERCISE RIGHTS.

Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division -- Special Litigation Section -- Section's Role, Authority, and Responsibilities Regarding Religious Issues in Prisons -- Special Litigation Section's Enforcement Activities -- Jurisdiction -- SPL 's Complaints Management System -- Case Investigation and Resolution -- Technical Assistance, Regulations, and Other Guidance -- Other Efforts -- Coordination and Review Section -- Authority of the Coordination and Review Section to -- Enforce Religious Nondiscrimination in Prisons -- Enforcement Activities of the Coordination and Review Section -- Strategies for Conducting Compliance Reviews of Federal Recipients -- Technical Assistance to State Corrections Departments -- Office of Justice Programs and its Office for Civil Rights -- Office of Justice Programs' Civil Rights Complaints Processing -- Office of Justice Programs' Civil Rights Compliance Reviews -- Other Enforcement Activities within the Office of Justice Programs -- Federal Bureau of Prisons -- Bureau's Role, Authority, and Responsibilities for Religious Issues in Federal Prisons -- Bureau's Policy and Guidance on Religious Accommodation in Federal Prisons -- Bureau's System for Inmates to File Complaints about Religious Accommodations -- Requests through the Chaplain -- Administrative Remedy Request Program -- Outreach to Prisoners on their Religious Rights -- Bureau's Training on Religious Accommodation and Discrimination -- Training for Chaplains -- Training for Prison Staff -- Available Technical Materials -- Summary -- End Notes -- Chapter 4 JUDICIAL RESPONSE: ANALYSIS OF CASES ALLEGING RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION IN PRISON -- Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act -- Analysis of Cases -- Federal Circuits -- Bases of Complaint -- United States Participation in Litigation and Representation Status of Litigants.

Reason for Denial of Prisoner Request/Complaint -- Conclusion -- End Notes -- Chapter 5 COMMISSION'S FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- Findings -- Recommendations -- Statements of Commissioners -- Abigail Thernstrom -- Impact of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) -- The Need to Standardize Religious Classifications and Improve Data Collection -- Impact of Prisoner Religious Accommodation upon Recidivism -- Arlan Melendez and Michael Yaki -- Failure to Establish Extent of Religious Discrimination or Adequacy of Federal Response -- Misleading Reliance on Litigation Statistics: the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) -- Subverting Prisoners' Religious Freedom Rights with Generalized and Non-specific Claims of National Security -- Failure to Follow Agency Procedures in Compiling This Report -- Gail Heriot - Statement and Rebuttal -- Abigail Thernstrom - Rebuttal -- Todd F. Gaziano - Rebuttal -- Conflicting Interests and Uncertain Tradeoffs in a Prison System -- The Potential Value of the Commission's Report -- The Report's Findings and Recommendations -- Substantive Complaints Relating to Early Drafts of the Report -- The Dissenters' Curious Procedural Complaints -- End Notes -- Appendix A STATUTORY TEXT -- Religious Freedom Restoration Act -- 2000bb. Congressional Findings and Declaration of Purposes -- 2000bb-1. Free Exercise of Religion Protected -- 2000bb-2. Definitions -- 2000bb-3. Applicability -- 2000bb-4. Establishment Clause Unaffected -- Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act -- 1997. Definitions -- 1997a. Initiation of Civil Actions -- 1997b. Certification Requirements -- Attorney General to Personally Sign Certification -- 1997c. Intervention in Actions -- 1997d. Prohibition of Retaliation -- 1997e. Suits by Prisoners -- 1997f. Report to Congress -- 1997g. Priorities for Use of Funds.

1997h. Notice to Federal Departments -- 1997i. Disclaimer Respecting Standards of Care -- 1997j. Disclaimer Respecting Private Litigation -- Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act -- 2000cc. Protection of Land Use as Religious Exercise -- 2000cc-1. Protection of Religious Exercise of Iinstitutionalized Persons -- 2000cc-2. Judicial Relief -- 2000cc-3. Rules of Construction -- 2000cc-4. Establishment Clause Unaffected -- 2000cc-5. Definitions -- Appendix B METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES -- Methodology for Selecting Correctional Institutions and Nonprofit Organizations -- Methodology for Selecting Correctional Institutions -- Identification and Selection of Purposive Samples -- Federal Prisons -- State Prisons -- County Jails -- Correctional Institutions Reporting of Inmates' Religious Affiliations -- Methodology for Selecting Advocacy Groups and Faith-Based Organizations -- Profile of the Nonprofit Organizations' Missions -- The Aleph Institute -- Alpha for Prisons and Re-Entry -- American Friends Service Committee, New England Regional Office, Maine -- Americans United for Separation of Church and State -- The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty -- InnerChange Freedom Initiative -- Muslim Chaplains Association -- Muslim Public Affairs Council -- The National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union -- Pacific Justice Institute -- Prison Legal News -- Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund -- End Notes -- Appendix C RELIGIOUS GRIEVANCES AT SELECTED FEDERAL/STATE PRISONS, COUNTY JAILS -- Appendix D SUPPLEMENTAL TABLES FOR ANALYSIS OF RLUIPA CASES -- INDEX -- Blank Page.

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