A county office was accused of coercing detention center inmates into converting to Christianity, but the sheriff in charge of the jail said there is no truth to the claims.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation said it followed up on a community member’s complaint that the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office was promoting religion and the conversion of Cleveland County jail inmates to Christianity.
The foundation’s leaders said the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause prohibits the government from taking action that promotes, favors or coerces individuals to participate in religion and mandates government neutrality between religions, and between religion and nonreligion…