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Supreme Court justices rule on religious rights of inmates

The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act's requirement that prisoners' exercise of their religion be accommodated unless this would compromise prison safety and security does not violate the Establishment Clause, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled. Ohio prison inmates, including a Wiccan witch, a Satanist and a racial separatist, sued prison officials, claiming that ...

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