September 27, 2023
A Virginia federal judge granted a former dental hygienist nearly $100,000 in back pay Wednesday following her win in a suit alleging the state's corrections department fired her out of gender bias when a prison body scanner flagged her tampon as contraband.
February 22, 2021
A Virginia federal judge on Monday said the state's corrections department must face a sex discrimination suit from a dental hygienist fired for suspicion of carrying contraband after her menstrual products were flagged in prison body scans.