Prison Guards Forcibly Cut a Rastafarian Inmate's Dreadlocks. SCOTUS Will Decide If They Can Be Sued Over It

reason.com/2025/09/09/prison-guards-forcibly-cut-a-rastafarian-inmates-dreadlocks-scotus-will-decide-if-they-can-be-sued-over-it

When Louisiana prison guards told a newly arrived Rastafarian inmate named Damon Landor that he was required to cut off the knee-length dreadlocks that he had been growing for decades as part of his religious practice, Landor produced a copy of a three-year-old decision by the U.S. Court…

This story appeared on reason.com, 2025-09-09 11:00:49.
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