Separation of Church and State
Davidson County Sheriff’s are using inmates to build a playground at a local church. I personally don’t have a problem with this idea so long as other non-profit organizations are equally considered for getting the use of the free labor. Otherwise, there may be a constitutional problem with it.
”Any nonprofit entity, whether it be religious or nonreligious, can call the sheriff’s office and receive the service on a first-come, first-served basis as long as they have the inmates and the number of hours left,” Ray said.
Records provided by the sheriff’s department showed that the program had done work for three other churches in the past year
Of course, the article doesn’t mention how many non-churches have received the benefit.
