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
(Excerpt) Read more at afp.com ...
The Constitution is for everyone.
Interesting, however, how a convicted felon can retain the rights guaranteed under those Amendments, and yet still be stripped of their Second Amendment rights!
I'm sure there's a legal rationale around that somewhere...
Do Jews get kosher meals in prison?
OR,,,,,, outsource the catering business to North Korea. Let the muslims live on a diet of tree bark, dirt and tapeworms. Win Win, if NK agrees to join the 21st century.
If this is in Alaska, move them far enough North so that the Sun doesn’t set. Then the point of what to feed them after sunset becomes moot.
LOL
Tough. We don’t care about your rights anymore. You’re prisoners. Y0ou don’t have any rights.
“...goat and sheep are in short supply in Alaska.”
I suppose it would be too cruel to the animals, but you could put just one in the prison alive and the prisoners could figure it out. And don’t stop the riot when half of the prisoners finally get hungry, and the other half don’t want their “girlfriend” killed.
O’ the horror!
Most states (about 40 now) offer Kosher meals to prisoners, often by court order. The vast majority of those who request/demand Kosher are not Jewish, just crooks who want better food and are cheating the system.
The Afghans I know asked me to share my ham and bacon with them because they like it.
Ok, obvious question but I gotta ask: how many Muslims could there possibly be in Alaska prisons? Two? Three?
Get them to stop raping burning and killing and they can have a big steak.
Good. Maybe they will become human beings.
“how many Muslims could there possibly be in Alaska prisons? Two? Three?”
I call fake news on this whole story.
Pigs eating pigs!!!!!
Excellent news in Alaska.
No, not this, I’m talking about the gubernatorial election.
“Independent” Governor Bill Walker was illegally running in the rat primary, if he had won he’d have declined the nomination and there would have been no official rat nominee to take votes from him.
But guess what, Former Senator Mark Begich is running, so Walker has ditched his rat primary plan, there WILL be a split in the leftist vote, which should facilitate a Republican reclamation of the office.
Ping to #57
It the new Gop gov is part of the corrupt bastards, he ain’t needed
Ex-Lt Gov. Mead Treadwell jumped in at the last minute on the GOP side for Governor. It should be his to lose (although he placed a poor 3rd when he ran at the end of his term for the Senate in the GOP primary).
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.