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| Settlement in Jewish inmate case |
| By Times Argus |
| Published: 04/02/2008 |
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VERMONT - The state Corrections Department has agreed to pay $25,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a Jewish former inmate who said he was denied traditional food including matzoh at Passover and was blocked from observing the holidays of his faith. Gordon Bock, 53, of Northfield was imprisoned between Oct. 22, 2004 and May 10, 2005, on domestic assault, violation of an abuse-prevention order, attempted unlawful trespass and violation of conditions of release convictions, the Corrections Department said. He brought suit in 2005, alleging religious discrimination. Bock charged that Corrections Department personnel at the Northwest State Correctional Facility in St. Albans Town and at the Northern State Correctional Facility in Newport "knowingly, willfully and maliciously withheld basic religious accommodations that would have facilitated (Bock's) religious observance ... without hampering either the operation or security of a correctional institution." Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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