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,,. r ll, i '. ! ; 4*,-. i. 1 .i..,_ Z1» . .Rn F. l; i ~92. 1 . i 2 0i V  . 0I 92 Q! i ii a Supreme Being. The judge also stated that, while the prisoner deserved disciplinary action, the punishment given him had been excessive and was base principally on the fact that he had made complaints against District of Columb officials. Less than a month after N0l prisoners were granted permission to practice their religion, there were two riots in the Youth Center at the Lnrton facility. Damage of several thousand dollars was caused by about 50 N01 followers and sympathizers. Prison authorities promptly banned further Muslim services in the Youth Center as dangerous to prison discipline and order Services were still permitted in the adult section of the prison system, where N01 leaders were allowed to conduct services for the N01 inmates. In 1964, a Federal district judge ordered District prison officials to permit N01 followers at the Youth Center to resume the practice of their religion. The order came in a ruling involving a suit filed by 15 N01 prisoner The judge declared that to "justify the prohibition of the practices oi an established religion at the Youth Center, the prison oificials must prove by satisfactory evidence that the teachings and practice of the sect create a clear and present danger to the orderly functioning of the institution. " There was no conclusive evidence offered, the judge held, to show that the 1962 riots had been instigated Or led by members of the N01.