(Middle East Eye) A county jail in the US state of Georgia has agreed to accommodate Muslim inmates during the holy month of Ramadan, saying it will provide them with adequate, timely meals and also notify the detainees of the five daily prayer times.
Earlier this week, Norman Simmonds, a Muslim inmate at DeKalb County Jail, filed a lawsuit against the prison after he was denied halal meals because the detention facility did not have the capacity to determine if he was devout in his Islamic faith.
The jail also consistently failed to provide meals to Simmonds and other Muslim inmates when they were able to eat, according to the lawsuit, which was filed with the help of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ (Cair) national and Georgia chapters.
