Nevada inmates to receive kosher meals after lawsuit is settled
The Nevada Department of Corrections, responding to an inmate\’s lawsuit, agreed to provide Orthodox Jewish inmates with kosher-certified meals.
The Nevada Department of Corrections, responding to an inmate\’s lawsuit, agreed to provide Orthodox Jewish inmates with kosher-certified meals.
A few weeks before Passover, there was a moment when Shirley Friedman looked worried that there might not be enough food for everybody. Friedman, who calls herself “a full-time grandmother,” is expecting to feed three dozen people over the first two nights of Passover at her table at home — but on that Thursday morning, she wasn’t worrying about a problem that could be solved by another trip to the supermarket.
The Indiana Department of Corrections violated federal law when it substituted vegan meals for kosher for its inmates, a federal judge ruled.