Ohio Muslim inmates settle meal preparation suit
19 January 2012
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By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, AP Legal Affairs Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Muslim death row inmate has settled a lawsuit that accused the Ohio prison system of denying him meals prepared according to Islamic law while providing kosher meals to Jewish prisoners.
Ohio had previously decided to remove all pork products from prison menus in response to the lawsuit, though inmates weren’t seeking a ban on pork.
Details of the settlement announced Wednesday afternoon weren’t released. Neither the inmate’s lawyer or the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction would comment.
The state argued as recently as last month that providing the meals, known as halal, could bankrupt the state’s food service system because thousands of inmates have declared themselves Muslim.
Attorneys for Abdul Awkal (ab-DUHL’ AW’-kuhl) and a second inmate argued that the state was exaggerating the cost.
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Original post: Ohio Muslim inmates settle meal preparation suit
i am happy to see this improvement in the food, it does not concern this one inmate but thousands, and the treatment must be equal if they provide Kosher then they can provide Muslims special food too. Just wait though, there is pork in everything.
19 January 2012 at 5:06 pm