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Transgender Muslim inmate serving 55 years files $150K lawsuit for not being allowed to wear hijab
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0:50Now PlayingA transgender inmate serving a 55-year sentence for killing her infant is suing an Indiana prison chaplain for allegedly refusing her right to wear a hijab before rejecting her identity as a transgender woman.
Autumn Cordellionè, also known as Jonathan C. Richardson, is serving her sentence at the all-male state prison Branchville Correctional Facility, where she is confined to only hearing her hijab in her immediate sleeping quarters, according to a civil lawsuit filed in November.
The chaplain allegedly delivered the news in May 2023, even after Cordellionè claimed to have already relented to prison protocol by wearing the Muslim headwear in a less traditional manner to adhere to safety concerns.
“[I] was told that male Muslims could wear their kufis everywhere they went, but I couldn’t wear my hijab a females religious head ware because I was a male residing in a male institution even though I am a transgender woman, except in my bed area,” Cordellionè alleged in the complaint.
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