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4 II, § '2. F 1 s f 0 7 1 I o;> i 92 . confinement, while others professed different religious affiliation on entering prison and later claimed conversion to the N01. The problems created by N01 practitioners in prisons, reforma- tories, and detention centers have included outright violence, as well as preparation oi petitions or legal suits alleging authorities were denying them their constitutional right oi religious freedom. One of the most significant court battles between prisoners and prison authorities has N involved N01 members or sympathizers in District of Columbia penal I institutions. Members of the N01 were first permitted to conduct weekly religious meetings in District penal institutions in 1955. In 1959, a _ group of Muslims nearly rioted in a recreation yard at the Lorton Reiormatory in Lorton, Virginia, where District inmates are incarcerated. Some time later, prison officials isolated a prisoner for preaching the N01 program to his fellow prisoners. The N01 follower brought a suit in Federal district court in Washington, D. C. , charging discrimination for not being allowed to practice his religion. In July, 1962, a district court judge ordered him to be returned to the area of general prisoners and to be permitted to practice his religion. In his decision, the judge indicated that N01 adherents embraced a legally recognized religion, since they believed in - 35 -