Henderson v. Berge.U.S. District Court RELIGION Henderson v. Berge, 362 F.Supp.2d 1030 (W.D.Wis. 2005). A state prison inmate INMATE. One who dwells in a part of another's house, the latter dwelling, at the same time, in the said house. Kitch. 45, b; Com. Dig. Justices of the Peace, B 85; 1 B. & Cr. 578; 8 E. C. L. R. 153; 2 Dowl. & Ry. 743; 8 B. & Cr. 71; 15 E. C. L. R. 154; 2 Man. & Ry. 227; 9 B. & Cr. brought a [section] 1983 action against prison officials for the alleged violation of his rights under the First Amendment Establish Clause and 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 ). The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants. The court held that the prison's practice of making religious programming available over closed-circuit television closed-circuit television Noun a television system used within a limited area such as a building Noun 1. closed-circuit television to inmates' cells did not violate the Establishment Clause. The court found that the religious broadcasts had a secular purpose of accommodating and protecting inmates' free exercise of religion within the prison's economic and security constraints. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the court, providing only one satellite channel with religious programming did not have the effect of advancing one religion over another, in that the inmates had a choice among several religious programs, as well as the choice of not watching any religious program. (Wisconsin Secure Program Facility, Wisconsin) |
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