The Supreme Court is gearing up to determine whether Damon Landor, a devout Rastafarian, can sue after prison officials cut ...
In 2018, Thomas Walker, a Rastafarian in an Illinois state prison, was forced to cut his dreadlocks for what officials ...
The high court’s review of a Rastafarian man’s case against Louisiana prison officials could decide whether inmates can get any accountability when their religious rights are violated.
A Supreme Court that's protective of religous rights nonetheless seemed wary of allowing a Rastafarian to seek damages from ...
(RNS) — On May 3, a Rastafarian serving a five-month sentence in in a Louisiana state prison filed a Supreme Court petition to seek damages after his jailers cut his dreadlocks, a hairstyle he said he ...
The question is not whether Damon Landor was mistreated but whether he can sue the individual prison officials and guards for ...
Despite showing sympathy for a Rastafarian inmate, the Supreme Court seemed to doubt that prisoners can pursue a federal ...
June 23 (UPI) --The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday took on a new religious case regarding a former Louisiana inmate of Rastafarian belief whose dreadlocks were forcibly cut off by prison officials, but ...
A former Rastafarian inmate is challenging a court ruling that he isn't entitled to monetary compensation after his head was forcibly shaved at a Louisiana prison in violation of his religious ...