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Louisiana state prison officials
Coverage of Louisiana state prison officials in the Nexus archive.
- Rastafarian man can’t sue prison guards who shaved him bald, US Supreme Court says
The US Supreme Court dismissed a Rastafarian man's lawsuit against Louisiana prison officials who shaved him bald in violation of his religious beliefs. The 6-3 ruling upheld a lower court decision, preventing the man from suing individual prison guards for religious discrimination.