Michigan prisons sued for ID photos of Muslim women without hijabs
By Taryn Asher and FOX 2 Staff
Published It s embarrassing it is humiliating and it is degrading for Muslim women, said Amy Doukore.
Lawsuit filed against state prison system for mugshots of convicts without Muslim headscarves
Out of respect for the women, FOX 2 has blurred some of the pictures that appear on the website s offender search that have now sparked a federal class action lawsuit against the MDOC.
More than 15 Muslim and Moorish science incarcerated women have come forward saying they were forced to take off their religious headscarves for booking photos. The photos were not only shown on their prison ID cards but on the public Michigan Department of Corrections website for anyone to see.