The Supreme Court has decided that a man whose dreadlocks were forcibly shaved in prison cannot sue the prison guards for violating his Rastafarian beliefs.

In a 6-3 opinion, the court says Louisiana prisoner cannot sue guards after he grew his hair for more than 20 years ...

The Supreme Court ruled that a Rastafarian man cannot seek damages from state prison guards who shaved his dreadlocks in violation of his religious rights in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines on ...

T HE NAZARITE VOW, rooted in Numbers 6:5, requires that “the locks of the hair of [one’s] head” grow uncut. For Damon Landor, a Rastafarian, that two-decade commitment had l ...

“Prisoners like Landor who suffer violations of their religious freedom in state prisons—no matter how blatant—will often be ...

The Supreme Court rejected a former Louisiana inmate's effort to sue state prison officials after they shaved his dreadlocks in violation of his religious beliefs.

The justices concluded that federal law protecting incarcerated people’s religious freedom does not allow prison employees to be held liable.

The Supreme Court announced Monday it will take up the case of a devout Rastafarian whose head was forcibly shaved by Louisiana prison guards despite the man’s religious vow not to cut his dreadlocks.

The decision narrows a federal law meant to protect religious rights in state prisons.

The Supreme Court ruled in the case of a devout Rastafarian who sought damages after Louisiana prison officials cut his dreadlocks in violation of his religious beliefs.