Jewish Herald-Voice
Rabbi Dovid Goldstein
In October 2005, a lawsuit was filed in federal court against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for denying an observant Jewish inmate in Lovelady, Texas, a proper kosher diet. The suit charged that the TDCJ, by not providing Max Moussazadeh nutritionally sufficient kosher meals, was in violation of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000.
Kosher Food Program Finally Coming to Texas Prisons?
Jewish Herald-Voice
Rabbi Dovid Goldstein
Significant developments have occurred in the efforts to provide kosher meals for Jewish inmates incarcerated in Texas state prisons, and with the development of a yeshiva-like rehabilitation system specifically for Jewish prisoners – the only one of its kind in the country.
In October 2005, a lawsuit was filed in federal court against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for denying an observant Jewish inmate in Lovelady, Texas, a proper kosher diet. The suit charged that the TDCJ, by not providing Max Moussazadeh nutritionally sufficient kosher meals, was in violation of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000.
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