The Sunni Muslim Patterson admitted to the seminary was a regular student; he was not an inmate.
Okay, I misread the linked Baptist Press article, which does not spell out what happened so I missed what they were saying with the prison rules explanation. Thanks for the correction!
The SBC seems to me to be tied up with theological debates that cannot be discussed quietly but end up like street brawls. I think that the solution is to leave the Faith and Message alone, urge calm, and abolish the ERLC to get rid of secular politics.