"As this case powerfully illustrates, people who are incarcerated retain basic constitutional rights like the freedom to practice their religion," said Daniel Korobkin, of the ACLU of Michigan, who represented two Jewish inmates who alleged their religious rights were infringed upon when they were denied cheesecake on the Shavuot holiday.
October 22, 2021 at 11:21 AM
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has ruled that two Jewish prisoners’ religious rights were infringed upon when they were denied cheesecake on the Shavuot holiday.
A three-judge panel held that the Michigan Department of Corrections’ Kosher meal plan didn’t cut it for inmates Gerald Ackerman and Mark Shaykin, who sued the department for violating their religious dietary needs.
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