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Prison Inmates Who Have Declared Multiple Faiths Create Issues for Chaplains

By Howard M. Friedman

This morning's Tacoma (WA) News- Tribune carries an article about prisoners who declare multiple religions under a new Washington Department of Corrections Policy adopted earlier this year. (See prior posting.) McNeil Island Prison chaplain John Barnes says he is uncomfortable with the policy, which gives inmates the right to possess religious items from each declared faith. The Tribune's Lights & Sirens blog carries videos of interviews with several inmates who have declared multiple faiths.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on August 13, 2008 (boomark / email).