A Muslim mother of two, who was detained at a Kentucky jail earlier this year, says she was forced to remove her hijab and underwent “an unnecessary full body strip search,” which was “filmed and projected” on a TV screen for men and women in the jail’s lobby to see, according to a lawsuit she has filed.
Immutable features only, I assume. If Joe always wears a baseball cap because he’s balding, should his booking photo include the cap? If Roy always wears a bandana, should that be included? If Jane always wears a burqa, should she wear it in the booking photo?
According to the article it was a single woman doing the search. The real issue was the camera in the room sending footage to the lobby. But the Hijab being removed is a must when searching for contraband.
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Yeah, that ain’t right. Now they’ve foolishly and unnecessarily planted a seed of hate in the woman and the people she loves.
Why not book her with her hijab? That’s how she’s gonna be almost all the time anyway so a picture without her hijab is a little meaningless.
Immutable features only, I assume. If Joe always wears a baseball cap because he’s balding, should his booking photo include the cap? If Roy always wears a bandana, should that be included? If Jane always wears a burqa, should she wear it in the booking photo?
Hair is not exactly immutable. Unless you force to remove wigs and shave their head.
Shaving would likely be a step too far and potentially even considered an assault in some jurisdictions, and they do likely remove wigs.
Generally hats are removed to make sure people aren’t smuggling things in their hair into the jail.
I see. In that case it should be a woman doing the search but I guess there is a need to remove hijab.
According to the article it was a single woman doing the search. The real issue was the camera in the room sending footage to the lobby. But the Hijab being removed is a must when searching for contraband.