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Transgender Muslim inmate serving 55 years for killing baby files $150K lawsuit for not being allowed to wear hijab
Breitbart ^ | 02/20/2024 | Jamie Joseph

Posted on 02/20/2024 12:54:52 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

A transgender inmate serving a 55-year sentence for strangling her 11-month-old stepdaughter to death filed a civil lawsuit against the prison chaplain for allegedly prohibiting her from wearing a hijab outside her immediate bed quarters, despite identifying as Muslim.

Autumn Cordellionè, also known as Jonathan C. Richardson, is currently serving out her sentence at the Branchville Correctional Facility, an Indiana Department of Correction state prison for men.

According to the lawsuit filed Nov. 30 and obtained by Fox News Digital, a prison chaplain told Cordellionè the hijab was not allowed to be worn outside her immediate bed area.

Cordellionè is seeking $150,000 in damages and the ability to wear the hijab “anywhere I go within the facility.

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To: Ikeon

too many people get offended when evil people die.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.
First smile today, and very good point!


61 posted on 02/21/2024 4:21:37 AM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (Biden left our troops to die in Afghanistan and our military equipment to our enemy. Never forget.)
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