Fired Rastafarian Prison Guards Sue Alleging Discrimination

Saturday's Philadelphia Inquirer reported on a lawsuit filed by three former prison guards who are followers of the Rastafarian faith against Community Education Centers that operates Delaware County's (PA) prison. The guards were fired after they refused for religious reasons to cut their hair, in violation of the prison's grooming policy. The guards argue that they should be allowed to put their hair up in buns, as women correctional officers are permitted to do. Their lawsuit charges religious, sexual and racial discrimination.