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EPISODE · Jun 23, 2026 · 3 MIN

Supreme Court rules that prison guards can't be sued for shaving Rastafarian's head

from All Things Considered · host Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court ruled that a Louisiana prisoner whose dreadlocks were forcibly shaved off by prison guards cannot sue the guards under a federal law to protect the religious rights of prisoners.

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