State to pay prison officer $.1M for policy blocking beards
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July 30, 2025
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The State has been ordered to pay $100,000 in compensation to a prison officer who successfully pursued a landmark case over a T&T Prison Service policy barring officers from keeping beards.
In February last year, High Court Judge Margaret Mohammed upheld a lawsuit from Arshad Singh, who claimed he was barred from being promoted for keeping a beard as part of his religious beliefs as a Muslim.
The compensation owed to him was assessed by High Court Master Rishma Ramrattan last week.
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