Supreme Court to Decide on Religious Rights and Dreadlock Case
TL;DR
The Supreme Court will decide whether a Rastafarian prisoner can receive monetary damages after prison officials cut his dreadlocks in violation of his religious beliefs, with the case focusing on the interpretation of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act and similar laws.
- Supreme Court takes up religious claim by Rastafarian whose dreadlocks were cut by prison officials NBC News
- Supreme Court to decide if prison officials can be sued over inmates' religious rights USA Today
- Supreme Court to consider if forcibly shaven inmate can seek damages The Hill
- Supreme Court will hear case of Rastafarian whose dreadlocks were shaved by Louisiana prison guards AP News
- Supreme Court agrees to hear case of Rastafarian man seeking to sue prison officials for cutting his dreadlocks CNN
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