The following excerpt is from Lamon v. Adams, No. 1:07-cv-00829-DGC (E.D. Cal. 2011):
Prison inmates "retain protections afforded by the First Amendment, including its directive that no law shall prohibit the free exercise of religion." O'Lone v. Estate of Shabazz, 482 U.S. 342, 348 (1987). Prison regulations or actions on the part of prison officials that impinge on an inmate's constitutional rights must be upheld where they are reasonably related to legitimate penological interests. Turner v. Safely, 482 U.S. 78, 89 (1987).
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