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Today's Interview: ACLU of Kentucky staff attorney on federal lawsuit against state prisons over alleged religious liberties violations

WEKU | By Stan Ingold

Published May 6, 2022 at 7:50 AM EDT

A federal lawsuit has been filed over a violation of religious liberties in Kentucky prisons. The ACLU of Kentucky filed the suit Friday on behalf of Carlos Thurman who is being held at the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex in West Liberty. Thurman is a practicing Rastafarian and wore his hair in dreadlocks, that is, before they were cut. For Today’s Interview, this week, Stan Ingold spoke with ACLU of Kentucky staff attorney Heather Gatnarek

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Stan Ingold is WEKU's News Director. He has worked in public broadcasting for 18 years, starting at Morehead State Public Radio before spending the past 10 years at Alabama Public Radio. Stan has been honored with numerous journalism awards for his public radio reporting.

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