Mugglin, J.
Petitioner, an inmate confined to Shawangunk Correctional Facility in Ulster County, was required to submit to a purified protein derivative test (hereinafter PPD test) as part of a mandatory screening program to identify inmates with latent forms of tuberculosis. Petitioner, a follower of the Rastafarian religion, objected to the protein injection required by the PPD test on religious grounds and was placed in medical keeplock until he either submitted...
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