Judge supports prison s decision to take printed books from inmates amid pandemic
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) Officials at a Louisiana jail reacted reasonably to the COVID-19 pandemic by taking away printed books and giving inmates tablets on which they could read books instead, a federal judge has ruled.
Magistrate Judge Janis van Meerveld dismissed Terrebonne Parish jail inmate James Robert Pitre’s lawsuit claiming that his constitutional rights were violated when his Bible and other books were taken.
The Bible was available on his tablet, and he got one of his printed Bibles back after one day, van Meerveld said.
The lawsuit brought by Terrebonne Parish jail inmate James Robert Pitre was dismissed after he said his rights were violated when the jail took away his bible.
Judge: COVID was reason for jail to go from books to tablets
May 31, 2021
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) Officials at a Louisiana jail reacted reasonably to the COVID-19 pandemic by taking away printed books and giving inmates tablets on which they could read books instead, a federal judge has ruled.
Magistrate Judge Janis van Meerveld dismissed Terrebonne Parish jail inmate James Robert Pitre s lawsuit claiming that his constitutional rights were violated when his Bible and other books were taken.
The Bible was available on his tablet, and he got one of his printed Bibles back after one day, van Meerveld said.
A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit filed by a Terrebonne Parish jail inmate alleging his constitutional rights were violated when he was denied books at the jail.