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| Jailed Vt. Muslims say they must push for needs |
| By benningtonbanner.com - AP |
| Published: 11/29/2011 |
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BURLINGTON (AP) -- A group of Muslim prison inmates say they have had to push prison staff to make accommodations for their religion even though Vermont Department of Corrections policy calls for meeting the special religious needs of inmates. Inmate Gregory Sierras said he had to push staff at the Northern State Correctional Facility in Newport to hold Friday prayer services and allow Muslim inmates to receive pre-dawn and after-dusk meals during Ramadan. "They have this backwards idea of what Islam is," said Sierras, who has since been transferred to the Northwest State Correctional Facility in St. Albans. "We're not allowed to make our prayers together, we're not allowed to congregate." Read More. |
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