Coronel v. Paul.U.S. District Court RELIGIOUS SERVICES Coronel v. Paul, 316 F.Supp.2d 868 (D.Ariz. 2004). An inmate brought an action against a private prison, alleging violations of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, Pub.L. 106-274, 42 U.S.C. 2000cc-1 et seq. (RLUIPA) is a United States federal law that prohibits the imposition of burdens on the ability of prisoners to worship as they please, as well as making it easier (RLUIPA RLUIPA Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 ) and the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment The Free Exercise Clause is the accompanying clause with the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights (part of the Constitution). As it states in full: . The district court denied summary judgment for all parties. The court held that issues of fast existed as to whether the prison's refusal to allow the inmate, a Dianic pagan who was not a Pasqua Yaqui or native Hawaiian, to attend Pasqua Yaqui and native Hawaiian religious ceremonies, placed a substantial burden on the inmate's religious exercise. (Florence Correctional Center, Arizona, and Corrections Corporation of America Corrections Corporation of America (NYSE: CXW) (CCA) is a company that manages public prisons and other facilities[1], and has concessions for many others. The company had annual revenues in 2004 of $1.15 billion USD. ) |
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