Supreme Court to Decide on Rastafarian’s Dreadlock Rights in Prison
TL;DR
The Supreme Court will decide whether a Rastafarian prisoner can sue Louisiana prison officials for shaving his dreadlocks in violation of a 2000 federal law protecting religious freedom, amid conflicting lower court rulings on whether such suits for damages are permissible under the law.
- Supreme Court to Hear Rastafarian Prisoner’s Suit Over Shaved Dreadlocks The New York Times
- Supreme Court takes case of Rastafarian whose head was shaved by prison guards The Washington Post
- Supreme Court takes up religious claim by Rastafarian whose dreadlocks were cut by prison officials NBC News
- Court to decide whether government officials can be held personally liable for violating inmate’s religious liberty SCOTUSblog
- Supreme Court to hear appeal from Rastafarian whose dreadlocks were cut in prison MSNBC News
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