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25 Apr 2011, 1:30 pm
The VDOC grooming policy prohibits inmates from growing long hair and beards except for medical reasons. [read post]
6 May 2019, 10:00 am
VDOC must be held accountable and forced to stop enacting these inhumane practices. [read post]
9 Dec 2020, 4:05 am
The court however agreed that plaintiff's claim for damages for violating his 1st Amendment free exercise rights should be dismissed, saying in part:Because no law or precedent at the time of the challenged conduct “clearly established” that VDOC’s grooming policy violated the constitutional rights of religious objectors like Gentry, the defendants are entitled to qualified immunity on this claim. [read post]
8 Dec 2019, 6:43 am
The court said in part:The VDOC’s Step-Down Program appears to be a sophisticated, well-conceived program to better inmates’ behavior and their confinement, as well as to improve safety and the overall operation of the prison. [read post]
18 Aug 2013, 11:43 am
LEXIS 114551 (WD VA, Au. 13, 2013), a Virginia federal district court dismissed a Salafi Muslim inmate's challenge to policies that establish an official compact-disc vendor; establish an official prayer-oil vendor; omit halal meat from VDOC's "Common Fare" diet; and result in grouping Salafi Muslims with Sunni Muslims for group worship.In Nzaddi v. [read post]
27 Feb 2018, 1:36 pm
After close to 5 years of helping out the VDOC and fielding inmate law suits, I decided to take the plunge into private practice. [read post]
27 Feb 2018, 1:36 pm
After close to 5 years of helping out the VDOC and fielding inmate law suits, I decided to take the plunge into private practice. [read post]
18 Oct 2010, 6:00 am
After close to 5 years of helping out the VDOC and fielding inmate law suits, I decided to take the plunge into private practice. [read post]
8 Oct 2019, 5:54 am
Inmates meeting the VDOC treatment policy requirements were provided testing and medication as needed, including a liver biopsy and “baseline workup. [read post]
22 Jan 2015, 9:03 am
Jabe, 679 F.3d 197 (4th Cir. 2012) (holding that VDOC’s refusal to allow a Sunni Muslim inmate to grow a 1/8-inch beard violated RLUIPA when prison officials did not establish that the policy was the least restrictive means of furthering a compelling government interest), albeit through a slightly more deferential approach. [read post]
