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My husband, a licensed evangelical minister has been in the custody of the Benton county jail for a full year. He has been continually denied religious materials in reference to his religious needs. He has been in custody because a sheriff lied and has been denied bond based on the strength of that lie. In that year our young children have suffered, we have lost our house and property and the building we store goods for our ministries outreach. How much more is a lie worth? My husband has been taken to the emergency room three times and placed back into custody when the hospital has told the jail he needs medical assistance to fix the problem. The jails answer is to allow only half the meds he was supposed to take and deny his dietary requirements. How is it that even something as simple as reading materials cannot be provided and meals fall well short of the dietary needs of the prisoners but the sheriff wants a new larger jail? The ability of the sheriff and the deputies to lie and make it up as they go is evident in the many faces the badge wears. I would like to know why nobody can get the same answer out of the sheriff's department? The inmate handbook is there for the inmates to know and understand what his or her part is while in custody, but the simple problem arises when any deputy can change it on a whim and make it all a liquid set of rules that they can change verbally at any time. The muslim community just finished their celebration of Ramadan but my husband while observing a religious fast was put in isolation and denied his rights to recreation and hygiene and put on su***de watch. My husband has had no write ups and is a model prisoner. He does not gamble or run a 'store' from his cell. he gives as people need and has supplied Bibles and learning materials to other inmates from our funds. When are we going to really look at why my husband is in jail and get beyond the lies? Does anyone really care to find out what really happens in the jail?

He has risen!