A Muslim mother of two, who was detained at a Kentucky jail earlier this year, says she was forced to remove her hijab and underwent “an unnecessary full body strip search,” which was “filmed and projected” on a TV screen for men and women in the jail’s lobby to see, according to a lawsuit she has filed.
Hair is not exactly immutable. Unless you force to remove wigs and shave their head.
Shaving would likely be a step too far and potentially even considered an assault in some jurisdictions, and they do likely remove wigs.