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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Carlos Thurman's "religious liberty and expression" were violated, according to the ACLU of Kentucky.</li><li>Northpoint Training Center, in Boyle County, Kentucky, instituted a policy for inmates' <keyword id="11988739" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="hair" source="Orion">hair</keyword> to be "searchable."</li></ul>An inmate at a Kentucky <keyword id="11899245" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="prison" source="Orion">prison</keyword> has filed a discrimination lawsuit after he says his dreadlocks were forcibly cut by guards.Carlos Thurman, 50, is suing the Northpoint Training Center in Boyle County, Kentucky, after his hair was cut last April, according to the ACLU of Kentucky <a href="https://www.aclu-ky.org/sites/default/files/field_documents/thurman_v_crews_complaint.pdf">filed</a> which filed the complaint on Thurman's behalf.Thurman, a practicing Rastafarian, had raised grievances against the prison's policy regarding hair being "searchable."In a February memo, the facility ordered that all incoming and outgoing inmates "must have searchable hair, regardless of length," according to to the federal lawsuit. "Braids, corn rolls[sic], dreadlocks, etc. are not permitted if they are not searchable," Northpoint Training Warden Brad Adam said in a memo in the complaint. Inmates would have a "reasonable" amount of time" — or 30 minutes — to be presented with the option of removing their hair, the lawsuit says, citing the memo. If an inmate refused, then "use of force" be approved for a "cell entry team" to remove the hair."If a white inmate with long hair down his back gets into a fight with a Black inmate with dreads, cornrows or braids, the white inmate will be allowed to keep his hair, [but] the Black inmate will have to get his hair cut. Where is the fairness?" Thurman wrote in his 2021 grievance per <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/07/10/hair-discrimination-prison-black-man-forced-cut-dreadlocks/9915530002/?gnt-cfr=1">USA TODAY</a>.During an abrupt transfer in the early hours of April 30, 2021, Thurman "was awoken and told to pack his things because he was being transferred to another facility. This was the first he knew of the transfer," the lawsuit says.It was during this transfer process that guards informed Thurman that his dreadlocks would need to be cut prior to his transfer, the lawsuit alleges.According to the lawsuit, "prison officials did not attempt to search his hair before ordering that it be cut." Thurman objected, but "fearing further harassment or even physical retaliation" he gave in to "forcible cutting" of his locks but requested the process be recorded."In forcibly cutting his dreadlocked hair without attempting to utilize any of the available less restrictive means to satisfy the prison's security interest, prison officials violated Mr. Thurman's rights under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Person Act," the lawsuit alleges. Thurman's "religious liberty and expression" were violated, according to the ACLU of Kentucky."Prison policies may not infringe on sincerely-held religious beliefs unless it can be shown that it's the least restrictive means possible," Corey Shapiro, legal director for the ACLU of Kentucky, <a href="https://www.aclu-ky.org/en/thurman">said</a> in May.

A Black inmate is suing a Kentucky prison after he says guards forced him to cut his dreadlocks so he'd have 'searchable hair'

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="6390344" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="CISCO">Cisco</keyword> has been accused of allowing two managers to harass an Indian employee because he's from a lower caste known as "untouchables," according to a federal suit filed by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing.</li><li>The suit, which was filed Tuesday, accuses the tech giant for failing to stop the managers from a higher Indian caste from mistreating their fellow Indian employee because he is a Dalit, known as the "most disadvantaged" caste in Indian society.</li><li>The employee "was expected to accept a caste hierarchy within the workplace" where he "held the lowest status within the team," the suit filed before a federal district court in San Jose, California said. "They also expected him to endure a hostile work environment."</li><li>Cisco said it will "vigorously defend itself against the allegations," a spokesperson told Business Insider.</li></ul>Cisco has been accused of allowing two managers to harass a fellow Indian employee from a disadvantaged caste known as "untouchables," according to a federal suit filed by the state of California.Cisco is accused of failing to stop the managers from discriminating against an employee who is a Dalit Indian, known as "untouchables" from the "most disadvantaged" class in Indian society, said the suit filed by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing. The two managers came from India's "highest castes," the suit said.The employee "was expected to accept a caste hierarchy within the workplace" where he "held the lowest status within the team," the suit filed before a federal district court in San Jose, California said. "They also expected him to endure a hostile work environment."Cisco has denied the allegations."Cisco will vigorously defend itself against the allegations made in this complaint," spokesperson Robyn Blum told Business Insider. "Cisco is committed to an inclusive workplace for all."The employee, who joined Cisco in 2015, was not identified in the complaint due to the "stigma and potential threats of violence associated with a person's status" and to protect him from "discrimination, harassment and retaliation," the suit said.The suit said that the employee endured years of discrimination when managers disparaged him to other employees because of his caste and stripped him of key responsibilities as an engineer.The employee "received less pay, fewer opportunities, and other inferior terms and conditions of employment" because of his background. The employee made formal complaints to Cisco's human resources department, the suit said, but the tech giant "failed to even acknowledge the unlawful nature of the conduct, nor did it take any steps necessary to prevent such discrimination, harassment, and retaliation from continuing in its workplace."Blum, the Cisco spokesperson, said the company has "robust processes to report and investigate concerns raised by employees which were followed in this case dating back to 2016, and have determined we were fully in compliance with all laws as well as our own policies." Like other major Silicon Valley companies, Cisco has a sizable Indian workforce. The suit said that for decades, "Cisco's technical workforce has been—and continues to be—predominantly South Asian Indian."But the suit charges that the technology giant "was—and continues to be—wholly unprepared to prevent, remedy, or deter the unlawful conduct" against the employee named in the suit "or similarly situated lower caste workers."Got a tip about Cisco or another tech company? Contact this reporter via email at bpimentel@businessinsider.com, message him on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/benpimentel">@benpimentel</a> or send him a secure message through Signal at (510) 731-8429. You can also <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-tip-business-insider-securely-guide-signal-securedrop-2017-6">contact Business Insider securely via SecureDrop</a>.Claim your 20% discount on an annual subscription to BI Prime by <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/subscription/prime-discount?r=birefer-mweinberger">clicking here</a>.

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