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Prison Guards Shaved His Dreadlocks. The Supreme Court Will Decide if He Can Sue.

Lower courts condemned the treatment of Damon Landor, a Rastafarian, but found that a federal law protecting religious rights barred him from suing prison officials for money. [Source]

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Origin: nytimes.com

Category: Religion-State Relations

Topics: money, officials, prison, suing, barred, rights, religious, protecting, federal, found, Rastafarian, Landor, Damon, treatment, condemned, courts, Lower, Decide, Court, Supreme, Dreadlocks, Shaved, Guards, Prison

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/us/supreme-court-dreadlocks-prisoner.html