The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office on Monday announced a $90,000 settlement with a Muslim woman who was denied the right to wear her hijab during a jail stay last fall, as well as a new policy to prevent similar incidents in the future.
(KRON) — Santa Clara County will pay a Muslim woman, Asia Aden, $90,000 after she was asked to remove her hijab while she was being booked into a county jail, attorneys said. Aden was represented by the Council on American-Islamic Relations San Francisco Bay Area Office of the Council (CAIR-SFBA), which announced the settlement on […]
Santa Clara County has agreed to a $90,000 settlement with a Muslim woman who said her hijab was inappropriately removed when she was being booked into jail last year.
Santa Clara County has agreed to a $90,000 settlement with a Muslim woman who said her hijab was inappropriately removed when she was being booked into jail last year.