Lincoln Journal Star, Neb.
LINCOLN, Neb. — Prison officials have lifted a ban at the Nebraska State Penitentiary on access to grounds used for certain Indigenous faith practices, following a federal lawsuit’s filing earlier this week.
A hearing had been set Thursday on a motion for a temporary restraining order in the federal civil rights lawsuit filed by Big Fire Law & Policy Group and the American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska on behalf of two men serving time at the prison…