 Arizona Prisons |  Arizona Department of Corrections http://www.azcorrections.gov/
Arizona Department of Corrections Department Order 904, INMATE RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES/ MARRIAGE REQUESTS gives the following guidelines:
- 1.5 Religious Diets - Inmates who wish to observe religious dietary laws shall provide a written request for a special diet to the institutional chaplain. Religious dietary requests shall be accommodated to the extent practicable within the constraints of budgetary limitations, security and the orderly operation of the institution. Applications for special diets, and processing such requests, shall be in accordance with Department Order #912, Inmate Food Service System.
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|  | |  | | February 2008We spoke with a Chaplain at Arizona DOC who explained the following:
- All requests for special diets that are not based on health needs should be made to the prison chaplain.
- Requests for vegetarian diets are granted based on the sincerity of the religious belief that is the basis for the request.
- Inmates do not have to be members of any particular religion that teaches vegetarianism. As long as the request is based on a sincere religious conviction, it will be honored.
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