Federal court rules prison program violates church-state doctrine.

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  • Source:
    Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly. 12/10/2007, Vol. 19 Issue 46, p7-7. 1/4p. 1 Chart.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      LEGAL judgments; POLITICAL science; CHURCH & state; CONSTITUTIONAL law; INSTITUTIONAL care
    • Subject Terms:
      UNITED States
    • Abstract:
      The article reports on the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals against the InnerChange Freedom Initiative, an organization affiliated with the Prison Fellowship Ministries, and Iowa Corrections Department. It is inferred that the group has violated the constitution, which church and state should be separated. The court noted that an InnerChange brochure depicts the program as a 24-hour-a-day, Christ-centered, that promotes personal transformation of prisoners through the power of the gospel.