A Muslim inmate said she has been tormented for months by guards at a Kansas prison over her decision to wear a religious headscarf, a Muslim civil rights group stated Wednesday. When she filed complaints with prison management about her treatment, officials failed to take any significant corrective action, according to the national legal advocacy group Muslim Advocates. Muslim Advocates has sent a letter about Ealom’s alleged mistreatment to the Department of Justice, the U.S. According to Muslim Advocates, the harassment escalated after Ealom notified prison management about the officers’ actions. One officer threatened to put her in solitary confinement and said that “any grievance she filed would be shredded,” the Muslim Advocates letter stated.

Source: Huffington Post September 13, 2018 00:11 UTC