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Conn. inmate sues to get halal meat

A Connecticut prison inmate has sued the state, claiming that his religious freedom as a Muslim has been violated by the lack of halal meat.

Ricardo Collins filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court on Dec. 23, The Hartford Courant reported.

"I am a American Muslim and I am being denied the halal meat for the two Islamic feast days," Collins said in his complaint. "The halal meat for the two feasts have great

'spiritual meaning' to the Muslim community all over the world."

The named defendants include Corrections Commissioner Theresa Lantz and other officials, including chaplains at the Corrigan-Radgowski correctional facility in Uncasville.

Collins was sentenced to 70 years after he was convicted of killing a man in Bridgeport in 2002. He recently won an appeal granting him a new trial.

Brian Garnett, a spokesman for the prison system, said that it meets the requirements set down by a court decision that ruled that New Jersey prisons were not required to serve halal meat, which has been slaughtered according to religious rules.

Copyright 2008 by United Press International.

This news arrived on: 12/31/2008
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11-09-2009 08:28
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Social media?

Is social media going to kill SEO?

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01-03-2009 18:41
Shiloh wrote:



P.S. I would think a better solution would be to feed him good old American bread and water.

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01-03-2009 18:38
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Well, I'll be. This is the first time I've heard of Charlie making an intelligent statement.

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01-01-2009 21:08
b davis wrote:

conn.muslim

I think the halal bread and water was a good idea.

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12-31-2008 22:07
Alice wrote:



I think they should have halal bread and water, nothing else. I'm tired of my tax dollars going to pay for prisoners to eat food that I can't afford to buy for my family.

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