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RLUIPA’s land use provisions
also prohibit discrimination
against particular religions,
discrimination against reli-
gious assemblies and insti-
tutions where comparable
secular assemblies and insti-
tutions are permitted, as well
as government actions that
totally or unreasonably exclude religious assemblies and insti-
tutions from a jurisdiction. For more information, visit
www.justice.gov/crt/housing/rluipaexplain.php.

RLUIPA also protects the right of individuals confined in in-
stitutions, including facilities for individuals who are mentally
ill and developmentally disabled, nursing homes, juvenile
correctional facilities, and adult jails and prisons, to practice
their religion. State and local governments are prohibited
from substantially burdening the religious exercise of an
institutionalized person without sufficient justification. The
Department of Justice is authorized to investigate violations
of RLUIPA and to file civil lawsuits. This provision of RLU-
IPA is enforced by the Special Litigation Section, which can
be found online at www.justice.gov/crt/split.

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