Nevada – The Department of Corrections is denying allegations in a lawsuit that it intends to discontinue service of kosher meals to inmates.
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Attorneys for prisoner Howard Ackerman, an Orthodox Jew, filed suit June 1 in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas to block what they said was a plan that would interfere with the ability of Orthodox Jews to observe the tenets of their religion, (as was reported here on Vos Iz Neias).
Attorneys from the office of Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto, representing the prison system, filed court papers saying that while new menu options are being considered, there is no plan to eliminate service of kosher food.