FLINT, MI - Shahanna Thorns never imagined she would find faith behind bars. She has spent the last 10 months in the Genesee County Jail in Flint. But it was here, in a place often associated with ...

Across the country, Muslim prison chaplains are in short supply. A new program offers classes to Muslim inmates designed to use faith as a pathway to rehabilitation and reentry. Many people in prison ...

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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has filed a federal lawsuit against the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) on behalf of three Muslim inmates. The lawsuit ...

A Muslim inmate and self-described "jailhouse lawyer" initiated a transfer to federal prison, the Arkansas Department of Corrections said, and wasn't moved for retaliatory reasons. In a request to ...

Corrections officers conducting a routine shakedown of prison cells at the Tucker Max unit told Gregory Holt to step outside and strip down for a security search. Holt, a practicing Muslim and a ...

Muslim men held at the ACI are suing over alleged religious discrimination. They say they are being denied communal prayer and access to spiritual leaders. They also say the prison has structured ...

Four Muslim-identifying inmates are suing the Rhode Island Department of Corrections, alleging that officials at RIDOC’s High Security Center in Cranston have restricted the group’s ability to ...