Claims of religious discrimination and neglect are the basis of a lawsuit filed against the Bexar County Jail....

Moeineddin Ghavami, 47, says he was stripped of his dignity at the jail. Ghavami says he has mental problems and that when those issues weren't addressed, he got lost in the system....

"He (Ghavami) lost a third of his body weight," said attorney Scott Medlock with the Texas Civil Rights Project.

Medlock said Ghavami was beaten, humiliated and held down by two guards, while the guards ordered an inmate to shave Ghavami's head and beard.

"There's no reason why a Muslim can't wear a beard, when they knew that he was Muslim and he was begging them not to shave his beard," Medlock said. [Link]