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HAB911

(8,811 posts)
Thu Sep 21, 2017, 08:57 AM Sep 2017

INMATE SUES KANSAS PRISON FOR 'IMPOSING CHRISTIAN PROPAGANDA'

Shari Webber-Dunn, an inmate serving a murder charge in Kansas, said her First Amendment rights were violated by "Christian propaganda" imposed by the all-female prison. Now, she's suing department administrators to have it removed.

The lawsuit, filed Wednesday, alleged that the Topeka Correctional Facility in Kansas unconstitutionally embraces Christianity by displaying an eight-foot-tall wooden cross in its basement, publically posting prison-related prayers, soliciting book donations for a spiritual library and offering prayer request submission on a Christian bulletin board. Christian movies are also broadcasted on facility televisions and spiritual quotes are posted at the laundry room workplace, the lawsuit alleges.

Webber-Dunn believed that the correctional center was "imposing strong Christian values on inmates" and creating "a coercive atmosphere where inmates are pressured to spend their time in a highly religious atmosphere and to participate in religious activities and prayers."

Inmates are prohibited from removing anything from the public bulletin boards, which Webber-Dunn said violates the establishment clause prohibiting government agencies from establishing a religion.

http://www.newsweek.com/kansas-prison-inmate-says-christian-propaganda-violates-constitution-668673

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INMATE SUES KANSAS PRISON FOR 'IMPOSING CHRISTIAN PROPAGANDA' (Original Post) HAB911 Sep 2017 OP
As if being locked up isn't enough of a punishment.. mountain grammy Sep 2017 #1
We have laws about cruel and unusual punishment Lordquinton Sep 2017 #2
And how many of these inmates camelfan Sep 2017 #3
most US crimes are committed by xtians. not suprising jails are full of their stuff nt msongs Sep 2017 #4

mountain grammy

(26,571 posts)
1. As if being locked up isn't enough of a punishment..
Thu Sep 21, 2017, 09:26 AM
Sep 2017

Hope she and the AHA win this. They should also go with the 8th Amendment.. Cruel and Unusual Punishment.

Lordquinton

(7,886 posts)
2. We have laws about cruel and unusual punishment
Thu Sep 21, 2017, 12:03 PM
Sep 2017

Of course she could just play along and get a reduced sentence, at least we know she's sincere in her convictions.

camelfan

(130 posts)
3. And how many of these inmates
Thu Sep 21, 2017, 12:20 PM
Sep 2017

already identified as Christians? To contrast, the percentage of atheists in prison is nearly zero. Let's hear it for getting one's ethics from personal reflection and the empathy that comes from it, rather than from god.

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