八名穆斯林囚犯在因在监狱中祈祷而遭到胡椒喷洒和监禁后,赢得667 000美元,陪审团发现侵犯宗教和医疗权利的情况。 Eight Muslim inmates won $667,000 after being pepper-sprayed and jailed for praying in prison, with jury finding violations of religious and medical rights.

密苏里州的一个联邦陪审团判给8名穆斯林男子667 000美元的损失赔偿金,他们于2021年2月28日在东部接待、诊断和教养中心的监狱住房内祈祷时被胡椒喷洒、戴上手铐并被单独监禁。 A federal jury in Missouri has awarded $667,000 in damages to eight Muslim men who were pepper-sprayed, handcuffed, and placed in solitary confinement while praying in their prison housing unit at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center on February 28, 2021. 这些男子在大流行病期间监狱礼拜堂关闭后获准一起祈祷,却得不到肥皂和自来水来冲洗胡椒喷雾,有些人使用厕所水。 The men, who had been permitted to pray together after the prison chapel closed during the pandemic, were denied soap and running water to rinse off the pepper spray, with some using toilet water. 他们最初被指控犯有重大不当行为,后来减为轻罪,并于2021年3月10日获释。 They were initially charged with a major misconduct violation, later reduced to a minor one, and released on March 10, 2021. 该诉讼案于2023年由CAIR法律基金和美国-伊斯兰关系-米苏里理事会提出,据称过度使用武力、侵犯宗教权利、蓄意漠视医疗需要。 The lawsuit, filed in 2023 by the CAIR Legal Fund and Council on American-Islamic Relations-Missouri, alleged excessive force, violation of religious rights, and deliberate indifference to medical needs. 陪审团在所有罪状上都作出有利于原告的裁决。 The jury ruled in favor of the plaintiffs on all counts. 密苏里惩教署未对征求意见的请求作出答复。 The Missouri Department of Corrections did not respond to requests for comment.