USA: Strip Search by Trans Guard Violated Inmate’s Religious Beliefs: Court
A strip search of a Muslim prisoner involving a transgender male guard violated his religious beliefs, a federal appeals court has ruled.
The trans guard supervised a strip search of Rufus West, an inmate at the Green Bay Correctional Institution in Allouez, Wis., in 2016. The searches involve one guard actually performing it while another observes. West is subject to the searches “when he leaves and reenters the prison, during lockdowns, before and after visits from outsiders and certain other movements within the facility, and whenever directed by a prison supervisor,” notes the ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
International and Comparative SOGIESC Law - Professor Andreas R Ziegler 