Palestinian prisoners riot in Israeli jails after inmate’s death
Jewish Journal
April 2, 2013
Palestinian prisoners rioted in at least four Israeli prisons after the death of an inmate from cancer.
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Judge rules U.S. inmate has no right to matzah
Jewish Journal
August 11, 2011
A U.S. federal judge has ruled that a Jewish inmate in a New York jail does not have a constitutionally protected right to matzah and grape juice.
Montana inmate sues for kosher food
Jewish Journal
February 1, 2011
An inmate in Montana Women\’s Prison is suing the state corrections office and prison officials for not providing her with kosher food. Shelley Tischler claimed in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Billings, Mont., that she is Jewish and eats kosher food. She claims that prison officials are denying her kosher food, and that fellow inmates and prison staff are directing slurs about her Jewish faith at her, according to The Billings Gazette.
Inmates’ rights were violated on kosher meals, judge rules
Jewish Journal
November 8, 2010
The Indiana Department of Corrections violated federal law when it substituted vegan meals for kosher for its inmates, a federal judge ruled.
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