Virginia allegedly transferred a Jewish prisoner to maximum-security facilities in order to accommodate her request for kosher meals. Mitzi Ann Hamilton, serving five years for fraud and forgery, is suing the state for sexual discrimination because it placed her at a maximum-security facility alongside violent criminals.
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