PRISON RIGHTS

Jun 24 2026POLITICS

Courts and religious freedom: when rules get twisted

Damon Landor kept his dreadlocks for over twenty years as part of his Rastafari faith. When he entered a Louisiana prison in 2020, he brought a court decision that said Rastafari prisoners couldn’t be forced to cut their hair. The guards ignored it anyway, shaving his head while he was restrained. T

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