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Commentary & Reports

The Pew Forum on Religious and Public Life
Read a detailed analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Constitutionality of RLUIPA in Cutter v. Wilkinson.

Congressional Intent v. Judicial Reality:  The Practical Effects of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000
By Christine M. Peluso, Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion - 2004

The Utility and Efficacy of the RLUIPA:  Was It a Waste?
By Sara Smolik, Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review - 2004

Studies & Articles

Multiple studies have been performed on the connection between religion and it's impact on human behavior, attitudes and actions. Below is a listing of several prominent studies focused on this topic.

• Faith Matters: Selected Summaries of Research
  By Richard Lewis; Prison Fellowship Ministries
• The InnerChange Freedom Initiative: A Preliminary Evaluation of a Faith-Based Prison Program
  By Byron R. Johnson (Manhattan Institute) with David B. Larson (International Center for the Integration of Health and Spirituality). (PDF)
• Religiosity, Religious Particiation, and Negative Prison Behaviors
  A joint research and writing project by Kent R. Kerley (Professor, University of Alabama), Todd L. Matthews (Doctoral candidate at Mississippi State), & Troy C. Blanchard (Professor, Mississippi State). Published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (2005): 443-457. (PDF)

Publications

• Religion Behind Bars