The law firm Alston & Bird has been awarded the 2011 Religious Freedom Award by Southern California’s chapter of the ACLU: “Alston & Bird was pleased to assist the ACLU in this important case to protect religious freedom in the California prison system. This settlement, approved by the court, will protect not just the right of one individual to practice his faith while in prison, but the rights of those to follow,” said Jonathan Gordon, Alston & Bird Los Angeles […]

Categories: Civil Rights, News Bits • Tags: ACLU, Alston & Bird, American Civil Liberties Union, California, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Cassandra Hooks, CDCR, Jonathan Gordon, Leib Lerner, Religious Freedom Award, Sukhjinder Singh Basra