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    State, inmates far apart on ceremonial tobacco South Dakota corrections officials and an organization of Native American inmates are far apart on suggested revisions to a prison policy regulating the use of tobacco in religious ceremonies. Chief Judge Karen Schreier ruled in September that the prison system’s ban on tobacco in ceremonies substantially burdens Native American inmates’ religious rights.

    State, inmates far apart on ceremonial tobacco

    South Dakota corrections officials and an organization of Native American inmates are far apart on suggested revisions to a prison policy regulating the use of tobacco in religious ceremonies. Chief Judge Karen Schreier ruled in September that the prison system’s ban on tobacco in ceremonies substantially burdens Native American inmates’ religious rights.

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