N.J. Prison Pastor Wins Right to Preach Behind Bars

Posted by Kendall Harmon

A New Jersey inmate who was ordained a Pentecostal minister in prison nine years ago but was banned from preaching behind bars won back that right in a negotiated settlement stemming from his lawsuit.

Howard N. Thompson Jr., convicted of murder in 1985 and sentenced to 30 years to life in prison, had preached at New Jersey State Prison in Trenton regularly for years until corrections officers prohibited preaching by inmates in 2007.

The settlement was negotiated between the state attorney general and the American Civil Liberties Union, working on Thompson’s behalf.

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