Institutionalized Persons News Today

Castle Rock, Colorado, has closed the on-site temporary shelter hosted by The Rock, according to a complaint filed on behalf of the church by First Liberty, a legal defense fund that defends religious freedom.

 

GOOD. Ohio Pastor Files Federal Lawsuit Over Charges for Helping Homeless. An attorney for Pastor Chris Avell said city officials have launched a "smear campaign of innuendo and [...]

Lawyers for a RWU Law clinic and the ACLU have filed a federal lawsuit claiming the R.I. Department of Corrections is violating a prisoner’s religious freedom rights.

Town Council has approved a text amendment to the Warrenton Zoning Ordinance to include churches within the assembly-type uses approved for Warrenton’s industrial district.

A church in Colorado has filed a lawsuit over the city government's reported refusal to approve a shelter for homeless people on the congregation's property.

A church in Colorado has filed a lawsuit over the city government's reported refusal to approve a shelter for homeless people on the congregation's property.

A Muslim woman living in Bowling Green claims in a federal lawsuit that her Constitutional rights were violated by Warren County Regional Jail employees when she was forced to remove

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a statement of interest in U.S. District Court on Nov. 21 stating that an ordinance passed by the City of Brookings in 2021, which limits the number of days per week organizations can feed the hungry, may have “substantially burdened” a local church’s religious freedoms.

The Department of Justice has issued a statement of interested in a fight going on in Oregon between a church whose members want to give food to their community members and a city that wants to restrict that activity.