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Arizona County Jails Will Continue All-Day Christmas Music

By Howard M. Friedman

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According to a report yesterday from UPI, Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio will once again this year have Christmas and holiday tunes played all day long at all of the county's jails. Six lawsuits have been filed by prisoners who object to the music, alleging forced religious participation and cruel and unusual punishment. Four of the six cases have already been dismissed. The sheriff says he expects the other two to also be dismissed, though at least one survived a motion to dismiss in October. (See prior posting.) According to the facts in that case, the sheriff played "multicultural" holiday music ten hours per day. However the music was not piped into inmate's cells, so they could avoid it by remaining in their cells. Arpaio last year explained his policy: "People everywhere deserve a little Christmas cheer. Especially those incarcerated during the holiday season."

Full post as published by Religion Clause on December 17, 2009 (boomark / email).

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