Posted on 05/25/2018 2:46:39 PM PDT by Simon Green
A federal judge granted a restraining order Thursday forcing prison guards in Alaska to stop giving Muslim inmates pork as they break their fasts during Ramadan, rights campaigners said.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) filed a lawsuit on Tuesday claiming Anchorage Correctional Complex had violated constitutional prohibitions against "cruel and unusual punishment."
CAIR said the US District Court for Alaska had granted its request for an emergency temporary order requiring guards to provide adequate meals in accordance with government health guidelines.
"CAIR has reported an unprecedented spike in bigotry targeting American Muslims and members of other minority groups since the election of Donald Trump as president," the Washington-based organization said in a statement.
Muslims are currently marking the holy month of Ramadan, fasting from dawn until sunset, which means going without food for around 18 hours in Anchorage.
Inmates observing the festival are given rations equating to 1,100 calories a day at most, according to the complaint, far short of the recommended daily amount of around 2,500 calories for men.
The packages contain food made of pork, which is forbidden in Islam, rendering the actual nutritional value of the meals even more inadequate.
CAIR said the treatment contravened the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act and violated First and 14th Amendment rights to equal protection and free exercise of religion.
The suit seeks a "balanced nutritional diet" for inmates, as well as policy changes and compensatory and punitive damages.
The Alaska corrections department did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Ramadan began on May 16 in the United States and will end on or around June 1
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We get in Treadwell and then President Trump can appoint the old hag, Princess Lisa, as Ambassador to Mozambique and Treadwell can appoint a Conservative to the Senate seat (like ex-Gov. Sean Parnell or Joe Miller).
Treadwell’s involvement with the Cherry2000 sex robot may be a minor scandal in Alaska. But he has to avoid the fate of his brother, who was eaten by a friend. A grizzly
A little early to be hitting the maple syrup, eh, Petey ?
Pamela Gidley, the actress that played Cherry 2000 passed away in April. She was only 52.
Melanie “2 packs a day” Griffith looked pretty choice with her fake red head but I’d have stuck with Cherry. I wonder how you clean her if she can’t get wet though?
Turkey spam
sponge bath?
tame movie considering it was about a sex robot
I’m not sure I ever saw that movie. Gidley was in “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me” as Leland Palmer’s mistress, and future victim (whom he was “dating” because, he noted, she looked like his daughter, Laura).
Did Pamela die due to dishwasher overflowing onto kitchen floor?
Maybe, no specific COD has been revealed to the public, her obit says she died peacefully in her home. I like the way her name sounds.
I remember she had a role on the “The Pretender” odd show, never seen it in syndication.
We gotta find Brian Williams a chick that looks his daughter.
I readily admit to having a terrible crush on his daughter. A girl I found on Match (the one I signed up to talk to, but she never replied to me) looked very similar to her. :-\
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