Supreme Court rules against inmate in religious rights lawsuit

UNVERIFIED·Primary source · AP News

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act does not allow lawsuits for money damages against individual prison officials. The case involved a former Louisiana inmate whose dreadlocks were forcibly cut in violation of his Rastafari beliefs.

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01 — What / Thesis
Supreme Court rules against inmate in religious rights lawsuit
02 — Who / Subject
U.S. Supreme Court, Damon Landor
03 — Where / Locus
Washington D.C., USA
04 — When / Temporality
2026年6月23日

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