• grue@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    The article does not specify who can be held legally responsible for this violation or if the prison itself was already held responsible.

    That’s because the answer is now “nobody.”

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      Per the ABC article linked from this article:

      “We support the principles behind protections of religious freedom and the laws that have been enacted both by Congress and our state,” Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill told ABC News. “But in a prison setting, this becomes a lot more complicated. It could crush the entire state budget if we were subjected to damages in a situation like this.”

      What a hellscape. “We can’t be held accountable for breaking the law, it’d be too expensive.”