Pennsylvania Permitting Now Tefillin In Prison

The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, signed into policy, permitting Jewish inmates to have in their personal property a pair of Tefillin.
Until now Tefillin were permitted for use in the chapel only, as there was the fear of it being used for its unintended purpose.

 

 

Inmates who wish to put on Tefillin and do not have their own pair are able to write the Aleph Institute who will provide the Tefillin to them at no cost, as long as they agree to don them daily for the rest of their lives.