INMATE SUES KANSAS PRISON FOR 'IMPOSING CHRISTIAN PROPAGANDA'

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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

[mountain grammy]

1. As if being locked up isn't enough of a punishment..

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

[Lordquinton]

2. We have laws about cruel and unusual punishment

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

[camelfan]

3. And how many of these inmates

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.

[msongs]

4. most US crimes are committed by xtians. not suprising jails are full of their stuff nt