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| IN DOC In Hot Water For Lack Of Kosher Meals |
| By idsnews.com |
| Published: 11/12/2010 |
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The lack of kosher meals for prisoners has landed the Indiana Department of Corrections in violation of the law, according to a federal judge’s ruling last week. An Orthodox Jew inmate at Miami Correctional Facility in Bunker Hill, Ind., Matson Willis, filed a class action suit in 2009 after the agency began replacing kosher meals with vegan meals. Kosher dietary laws, practiced by observant Jews, prohibit eating certain animals, and the ones that are permitted must be killed, butchered and served according to a specific set of religious rules. The department claims the removal of kosher meals was due to staggering costs, but Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson ruled in favor of Willis, asserting it was an abridgement of his religious rights. Read More. |
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