U.S. appeals court: religious diet; Goff v. Graves.Goff v. Graves, 362 F.3d 543 (8th Cir. 2004). State inmates brought a [section] 1983 action, alleging violation of their First Amendment rights because prison officials refused to permit inmates in lockup See hang and abend. to receive food trays that were prepared for a banquet for inmates who were members of the prisoner-founded "CONS" religion. The district court ordered prison officials to permit CONS inmates in lockup to receive trays of banquet food. The officials appealed and the appeals court affirmed in part and reversed in part. The appeals court held that the officials did not violate the inmates' First Amendment right by denying the banquet trays to CONS inmates in lockup, and that the ban on delivering banquet food trays was reasonably related to legitimate penological pe·nol·o·gy also poe·nol·o·gy n. The study, theory, and practice of prison management and criminal rehabilitation. [Latin poena, penalty (from Greek interests. The appeals court denied the officials' request for declaratory judgment declaratory judgment In law, a judgment merely declaring a right or establishing the legal status or interpretation of a law or instrument. It is binding but is distinguished from other judgments or court opinions in that it includes no executive element (an order that that would allow them to prevent inmates to participating in CONS activities, noting that an appeals court had held that CONS was a religion that was entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: to First Amendment protection. (Iowa State Penitentiary The Iowa State Penitentiary (ISP) is a maximum security prison for men located in the Lee County, Iowa community of Fort Madison. In Iowa the prison is known colloquially as Fort Madison and is usually referred to as such by people in the state. ) |
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