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| Injunction set in fight over kosher prison food |
| By rgj.com - AP |
| Published: 02/14/2012 |
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LAS VEGAS — A federal judge in Nevada has temporarily barred state prison officials from serving a new “common fare” menu to an Orthodox Jewish inmate who adheres to a kosher diet while serving a life sentence for kidnapping. U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro also ordered the Nevada Department of Corrections to ask the other 292 prisoners who receive kosher meals whether they want to be included in the injunction she issued in Las Vegas on Friday. She set a hearing for April 18 on whether to grant class-action status to the lawsuit filed on behalf of Howard Ackerman, 51. Prison officials say the new “common fare” menu due out Feb. 21 will accommodate all diets regardless of religion. But Ackerman’s lawyer, Jacob Hafter, doesn’t believe it will meet all the requirements to be kosher and will violate his First Amendment rights. “The menu has sausage on it,” Hafter told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. “Are you kidding me?” Those who adhere to a kosher diet do not eat pork. Prison officials say the menu will be kosher and will save the department about $1.5 million in fiscal 2013. “There is quite a bit of funding here that could be saved,” Navarro said Friday. She said the case involves serious questions and could set a legal precedent for similar cases in the future. Read More. |
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