More than 3600 people are eligible for pay-outs in the class action case led by two Muslim women who were forced to remove their hijabs while having mugshots taken.
A woman who was shackled to a hospital bed by her wrists and ankles while giving birth has won a $750,000 settlement against the City of New York and its police department.
The unnamed mother-of-two was arrested two days after her due date on a misdemeanor charge which was later dismissed.
The black woman, who went into labor on the day she was arrested and was forced to give birth while handcuffed, filed a lawsuit for alleged emotional distress and a violation of her human rights, reports CNN.
She said she felt like a failure to her unborn baby after she shackled to the bed, despite pleas from a nurse to have her released immediately.