Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Supreme Court is gearing up to determine whether Damon Landor, a devout Rastafarian, can sue after prison officials cut his ...

The Supreme Court rejected a former Louisiana inmate's effort to sue state prison officials after they shaved his dreadlocks in violation of his religious beliefs.

Nick Reiner has reportedly been “rapidly deteriorating” during his several-month-long stay in a Los Angeles jail. A source close to the Reiner family told the Daily Mail that Nick “no longer looks ...

The US Supreme Court has considered whether a former Louisiana inmate can seek financial compensation from prison officials who cut his dreadlocks, an act he claims violated his Rastafari religious ...

The Supreme Court announced Monday it will take up the case of a devout Rastafarian whose head was forcibly shaved by Louisiana prison guards despite the man’s religious vow not to cut his dreadlocks.

WASHINGTON − Damon Landor was prepared to protect the dreadlocks he had been growing for nearly two decades, in adherence to his Rastafarian beliefs, when serving a prison sentence in Louisiana for ...

The Supreme Court is gearing up to determine whether Damon Landor, a devout Rastafarian, can sue after prison officials cut his hair in 2020. When prison officials in Louisiana cut the dreadlocks of a ...

A federal appeals court condemned the “stark and egregious” violation of Damon Landor’s religious freedom. But it said he could not sue the prison officials. By Adam Liptak Reporting from Washington ...