June 15, 2006
Court Denies State Aid to Christian Charity's Prison Program
In a legal decision that may hinder the use of federal dollars to support religious charities, a federal judge in Iowa said that a Christian nonprofit group's efforts to rehabilitate prisoners violates the Constitution.
U.S. District Judge Robert W. Pratt said the charity program — run by the InnerChange Freedom Initiative in a prison near Des Moines — was unconstitutional because of its explicit reliance on Christian teachings and because it was paid for by the
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