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O'lone v. Estate of Shabazz
Title: O'lone v. Estate of Shabazz
Category: Law & Government / Government & Politics
Details: Words: 298 | Pages: 1.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
O'lone v. Estate of Shabazz
O’Lone v. Estate of Shabazz
107 S. Ct. 2400 (1987)
Facts: Muslim inmates brought suit under 42 USCS 1983, stating that policies newly adopted by New Jersey prison officials prevented them from attending a weekly Muslim congregational service, and therefore were violating their rights under the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. The first policy, Standard 853, required prisoners of the respondents’ class to work outside the buildings in which they were housed and in which the services took …showed first 75 words of 298 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 298 total…by which the inmates religious rights could be accommodated without
creating bona fide security problems.
Reasoning: (Rehnquist)
The court must resolve the present issue by determining whether a prisoner’s religious rights takes precedence over prison policies made to ensure security.
In Price v. Johnston, 334 U.S. 266, 285 (1984), it was ruled that “lawful incarceration brings about the necessary withdrawal or limitation of many privileges and rights, a retraction justified by the considerations underlying our penal system.”
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