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Muslim Prisoner Strip-Searched in Presence of Female Guard in California Prison Settles Civil Rights Suit
Loaded on July 8, 2018
by Christopher Zoukis
by Christopher Zoukis
Anthony Dean, a Muslim prisoner at California State Prison-Sacramento who was subjected to an unclothed body search while a female guard was present, settled a civil rights suit that claimed his right to the free exercise of religious beliefs was violated. Terms of the settlement …
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