In 2018, Thomas Walker, a Rastafarian in an Illinois state prison, was forced to cut his dreadlocks for what officials claimed were security reasons. The same thing happened to Carlos Thurman in ...

The high court will review a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit that said the former inmate, Damon Landor, could not seek monetary damages against the officials in their ...

Plaintiff's had long locks that reached his knees His religion requires him to let his hair grow In prison, he was handcuffed to a chair and shaved June 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on ...

FILE - The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear the appeal of a former ...

Law protects inmates against religious discrimination Plaintiff had long hair that reached his knees His religion requires him to let his hair grow In prison, he was handcuffed to a chair and shaved ...

A prison guard took the copy of the ruling Landor carried and tossed it in the trash, according to court records. Then the ...

The Supreme Court is expected to be sympathetic to the religious rights of a Rastafarian whose dreadlocks were shaved off by ...

When prison officials in Louisiana cut the dreadlocks of a prisoner in their care, they may have violated his religious rights — or at least that’s what the Supreme Court is gearing up to determine.

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to take up the case of a Rastafarian man seeking to sue prison officials in Louisiana who cut off his dreadlocks while he was incarcerated.The case is the latest that ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear the appeal of a former Louisiana prison inmate whose dreadlocks were cut off by prison guards in violation of his religious beliefs. Sharp ...