Bush admin. revamps prison plan after AU protest.Responding to concerns raised by Americans United for Separation of Church and State Americans United for Separation of Church and State (Americans United or AU for short) is a religious freedom advocacy group in the United States which promotes the separation of church and state, a legal doctrine seen by the AU as being enshrined in the Establishment , the Bush administration has revamped a proposed "faith-based" plan for federal prisons. Last year, the Federal Bureau of Prisons Noun 1. Federal Bureau of Prisons - the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes BoP issued a solicitation solicitation In criminal law, the act of asking, inducing, or directing someone to commit a crime. The person soliciting another becomes an accomplice to the crime. The term also refers to the act of obtaining bribes, as well as to the crime of a prostitute who offers sexual for groups to apply for public funding Public funding is money given from tax revenue or other governmental sources to an individual, organization, or entity. See also
program, programme - a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need; "he proposed an elaborate program of public works"; "working mothers rely on the day care . Americans United sent a letter to the Bureau and the U.S. Justice Department warning that such a project would violate the First Amendment principle of church-state separation. The federal proposal seemed tailored specifically for the Charles Colson-founded Prison Fellowship, an evangelical Christian ministry. In fall 2006, the Justice Department announced that it was cancelling the solicitation. Recently the department again advertised for a contractor to run rehabilitation programs for inmates. The new solicitation, as the Rockefeller Institute of Government's Roundtable E-Newsletter pointed out, is dramatically different from the original. It now requires groups offering faith-based programs to also provide a secular alternative. Americans United Senior Litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. Counsel Alex Luchenitser told the Roundtable that the government's latest effort to recruit faith-based providers is an improvement. He added, however, "It still seems to contemplate the use of federal funding for religious instruction, which is plainly unconstitutional" and that Americans United would monitor the situation. |
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