DOJ challenges California prison agency’s no-beard rule, says it’s religious discrimination

The federal government contends that a California prison agency’s policy requirement for guards to remain clean-shaven amounts to religious discrimination, filing a complaint on behalf of correctional officers forced to shave their beards in violation of their faith.  #California #DOJ #religiousdiscrimination #religiousaccommodations #civilrights #PhillipTalbert #CaliforniaDepartmentofCorrectionsandRehabilitation

​The federal government contends that a California prison agency’s policy requirement for guards to remain clean-shaven amounts to religious discrimination, filing a complaint on behalf of correctional officers forced to shave their beards in violation of their faith.  #California #DOJ #religiousdiscrimination #religiousaccommodations #civilrights #PhillipTalbert #CaliforniaDepartmentofCorrectionsandRehabilitation