Supreme Court denies dreadlock suit
The US Supreme Court has ruled that a Louisiana inmate cannot sue prison officials for forcibly shaving his dreadlocks, which he argued violated his Rastafarian religious rights. The 6-3 decision stated that the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) does not provide a basis for lawsuits against individual officials. The ruling emphasizes that Congress did not intend to hold individual prison staff liable under this law.
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