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SCI-CT Muslim chaplain files federal lawsuit
By newsitem.com- Rob Wheary
Published: 06/02/2014

WILLIAMSPORT - A Muslim chaplain at the State Correctional Institution in Coal Township has filed a federal lawsuit against the state Department of Corrections and prison authorities after being allegedly held against his will at the prison.

Mustafa Abuomar, of Mount Carmel, who is employed as an imam at the prison in Coal Township, filed the suit Thursday in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania against the state agency, SCI-Coal Township superintendent Vince Mooney, and Majors Edward Baumbach and Dennis Brumfield, supervisors at the prison.

In his capacity as an imam, Abuomar was responsible for organizing observances and other activities for inmates of Muslim faith.

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