John Avila Tends To Make Prison-inspired Food At His Stand, Prison Pies
James Sonne, a professor of law and the director of the Religious Liberty Clinic at Stanford Law School, says the challenge of religious diets in prisons has been extensively litigated. He says it received renewed focus when the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act was enacted in 2000. The Arizona Department of Corrections has changed its kosher meal offering to a “plant-primarily based widespread fare meal.” The alter occurred Aug. 1 at all state-run prisons. Any inmate who has…