CLEVELAND — After living rural, self-sufficient lives with little outside contact, 16 Amish men and women are facing regimented routines in a federal prison system where almost half of inmates are behind bars for drug offenses and where modern conveniences, such as television, will be a constant temptation.
Prison rules will allow the 10 men convicted in beard- and hair-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in eastern Ohio to keep their religiously important beards, but they must wear standard prison khaki or green work uniforms instead of the dark outfits they favor. Jumper dresses will be an option for the six Amish women, who will be barred from wearing their traditional long, dark dresses and bonnets.
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"The defendants include Mullet Sr., four of his children, his son-in-law, three nephews, and the spouses of a niece and nephews." This gives a new meaning to, "All in the Family."
Why were the women not locked up like the men before the trial?
No legitimate religion condones assault upon another person.
Isn't prison life unfamiliar to anyone, of any background, who has not experienced it?