Wares v. Simmons.U.S. Appeals Court RESTRICTIONS OPPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE Wares v. Simmons, 392 F.3d 1141 (10th Cir. 2004). A state prisoner one in confinement, or under arrest, for a political offense. See also: State brought a [section] 1983 action alleging that denial of access to essential religious texts violated the First Amendment. The district court dismissed the action and the prisoner appealed. The appeals court vacated and remanded. The court held that dismissal was precluded by questions as to whether the prison's restrictions on the Jewish prisoner's possession of religious texts served 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, whether he had alternative means of practicing his religion, and whether allowing access to the texts would interfere with prison administration or could otherwise be accomplished at de minimis An abbreviated form of the Latin Maxim de minimis non curat lex, "the law cares not for small things." A legal doctrine by which a court refuses to consider trifling matters. cost. (Hutchinson Correctional Facility Hutchinson Correctional Facility (HCF) is a state prison operated by the Kansas Department of Corrections located in Hutchinson, Kansas in Reno County. The prison was originally known as the Kansas State Industrial Reformatory (KSIR) and designed to house younger offenders. , Kansas) |
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