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Timestamp: 2019-04-23 22:33:07+00:00

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whose religious exercise requires access to multiple religious materials.
often cannot access even the single foundational text BCDC’s policy purports to allow.
Mr. Adkins that he must locate a family member to personally deliver the book to BCDC.
arranged for his girlfriend to personally deliver it to the facility.
Bible from BCDC’s on-site Commissary.
compelling government interest, Defendants’ policies and practices contravene RLUIPA.
exercise requires access to materials other than the Bible.
The United States is authorized to initiate this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C.
§4141(b) and 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc-2(f).
and 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc-2(f).
Venue is proper in the District of South Carolina pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1391.
to this claim occurred in South Carolina.
Sheriff of Berkeley County, South Carolina. He is sued in his official capacity.
all BCDC employees, agents, and operations.
enforcement officers” within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. § 14141.
least 190 individuals. BCDC is a component of the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office.
BCDC is an “institution” within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc-1(a).
received by prisoners are letters only. [sic] No packages are accepted at the Detention Center.
larger than 9” x 8”.
reading material to individuals housed at BCDC.
newspapers, or other educational materials.
except, under certain circumstances, a religious book or a personal letter.
publications from outside the facility, regardless of their source.
religious exercise of all prisoners who require more than a single text to practice their religions.
his or her “primary religious book,” not pamphlets, newsletters or multiple religious texts.
of denying all materials beyond a single religious text makes no exception for these individuals.
“prisoners are only allowed to receive soft back bibles in the mail directly from the publisher.
deprive prisoners of texts and other written materials central to their religious exercise.
interests, such as the Federal Bureau of Prisons and South Carolina Department of Corrections.
unlawfully favors Christian prisoners over non-Christian ones.
available to all prisoners while erecting significant barriers to accessing other religious texts.
provide a copy of the Bible at no cost to any prisoner who requests it.
non-Christian religious materials available for purchase in BCDC’s commissary.
prisoners from ordering religious materials directly from the publishers of the desired items.
members from sending religious materials through the mail.
center and prohibit non-Christian prisoners from receiving such materials from other sources.
book other than the Bible is when the book is personally delivered to the detention facility.
religious materials to be personally delivered to BCDC.
Koran, Defendants refused to deliver it.
1 through 48 as if fully set forth herein.
outside reading material except letters and the Christian Bible.
religious texts but permit access to Christian religious texts.
denial of access accordingly violates RLUIPA.
access to outside reading material, and denial of access to non-Christian religious texts.
Order such other relief as the interests of justice may require.

References: §4141
 § 2000
 § 2000
 § 1391
 § 14141
 § 2000