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Abstract: 

This article reviews two legal proceedings. In In J.B. v. Wood, 2010 U.S. Dist LEXIS 28867 (M.D. Ala. March 25, 2010) an Alabama district court found the Director of the Alabama Dept. of Youth Services (DYS) not guilty on charges stemming from the department’s failure to adequately serve a minor in a timely fashion. In Iron Thunderhorse v. Pierce, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 2713 (5th Cir. February 9, 2010), Iron Thunderhorse, a Native American inmate, was denied access to religious items in his cell and to certain policy exemptions based on his religion. The idea behind these denials was that Iron Thunderhorse could still practice his religion in public settings (ie, not in his cell) and that the policy exemptions that he requested implied a risk of danger that could not be justified by the court.

Keywords: youth services; religion

Affiliations:  1: Pace University School of Law Library.