Court Says Prison Workers Do Not Pay Money for Religious Mistakes
法院裁定監獄職員無需為宗教錯誤支付賠償金
Introduction
The US Supreme Court made a new rule. Prison workers do not have to pay money if they break a person's religious rights.
美國最高法院制定了一項新規則。如果監獄職員侵犯了個人的宗教權利，不需要支付賠償金。
Main Body
Damon Landor is a prisoner. He has a religion. In 2020, prison workers cut his hair. This was against his religion. He wanted the workers to pay him money.
Damon Landor 是一名囚犯。他有信仰的宗教。2020 年，監獄職員剪了他的頭髮，這違反了他的宗教信仰。因此，他要求職員向他支付賠償金。
Six judges said no. They said the law is like a contract. The contract is between the government and the state. The workers did not sign the contract. So, the workers do not pay.
六名法官表示不同意。他們認為法律就像一份合約，而該合約是政府與州政府之間的協議。職員並未簽署該合約，因此職員無需支付賠償金。
One judge, Justice Jackson, disagreed. She said this is bad. She thinks prisoners need a way to get help when workers are mean or wrong.
一名法官傑克森（Justice Jackson）則持有不同意見。她表示這樣做是不對的。她認為當職員表現惡劣或出錯時，囚犯需要有途徑尋求幫助。
Conclusion
The prison system can be in trouble, but the individual workers do not pay money.
監獄系統可能會面臨責任，但個別職員無需支付賠償金。
Vocabulary Learning
💡 The 'Do Not' Pattern
In this story, we see a lot of negative rules. To reach A2, you need to know how to say someone cannot or does not do something.
How it works:
Subject + do not / does not + Action
From the text:
- Workers do not pay money.
- Workers do not sign the contract.
Simple Breakdown:
- Use do not for groups (Workers/They) or 'I' and 'You'.
- Use does not for one person (He/She/It).
Example Change:
- The workers do not pay. The worker does not pay.