What are the rights of an inmate to exercise religious freedom?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Bausman v. Cal. Dep't of Corr., Case No. 1:14-cv-00900-DAD-EPG-PC (E.D. Cal. 2016):
"Inmates . . . retain protections afforded by the First Amendment, including its directive that no law shall prohibit the free exercise of religion. " O'Lone v. Estate of Shabazz, 482 U.S. 342, 348 (1987) (internal quotations and citations omitted). The protections of the Free
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