(JTA) - a Jewish prisoner has taken legal measures to prevent the closure of kosher food programs in the prisons of Nevada State.
Solicitors for Howard Ackerman said that it is an Orthodox Jew, concerned by the reports that the Department of correctional services, Nevada intends to stop kosher food in prisons in the State in the week.According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Ackerman brought a class action trial claiming that the prison system would be violation of protection of the first amendment to the free practice of religion.50-Year-old inmate serving a sentence of life in Carson City, Nevada for removal.Correctional chaplain Gary Friedman, President of the Jewish prisoner Services International and Director of communications of the Association American chaplains, estimates that about 20,000 inmates nationwide falsely claim to be Jewish to receive Kosher Foods, which many see as safer than non-kosher food.Kosher meals in prison cost about $5 a day more than non-kosher, Friedman told JTA, for a total of 40 million U.S. prisons spend serving kosher food to prisoners without religious claims valid. These fraudulent claims hurt the most legitimate, he said. "" We are in an economic crisis and correction systems are obliged to reduce ", he said. "Kosher food is another expense."Click to log in and write a letter to the editor or register a new account.This article was made possible by the support of readers like you. Donate to JTA now.Source : Click Here
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