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ACLU Seeks End To Censorship of Religious Material By Virginia Jail
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STAFFORD, Va. – From news reports and press releases, The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Virginia today demanded that officials at the Rappahannock Regional Jail immediately end their illegal practice of censoring religious material sent to detainees.
In a letter sent today to the jail's superintendent, Joseph Riggs, Jr., the ACLU asks for jail officials to guarantee in writing that the jail will no longer censor biblical passages from letters written to detainees and to revise the jail's written inmate mail policy to state that letters will not be censored simply because they contain religious material.
"It is nothing short of stunning that a jail would think it okay to censor the Bible and other religious material for no reason other than its religious nature," said David Shapiro, staff attorney with the ACLU National Prison Project. "Such censorship violates both the rights of detainees to practice religion freely and the free speech rights of those wanting to communicate with detainees."
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Atheism does not condone trampling on the Constiution and Bill of Rights of the Unites States of America. This Regional Jail, and the individuals responsible for this violation of rights for whatever reason, should be held fully accountable. Most atheist would fight for the rights of detainees, even though they would disagree with what they believe. This censorship is not American and it is not right.
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