Supreme Court rules that prison guards can't be sued for shaving Rastafarian's head

Source: www.npr.org · Section: headlines · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 22:33:08 GMT

The Supreme Court ruled that a Louisiana prisoner whose dreadlocks were forcibly shaved off by prison guards cannot sue the guards under a federal law to protect the religious rights of prisoners.

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