US Supreme Court ruling on prisoner religious rights
UNVERIFIED·Primary source · Reuters
Supreme Court ruled that inmates cannot sue individual prison officials for religious rights violations.
Case involved a Rastafarian inmate whose dreadlocks were forcibly shaved.
Court cited the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).
6-3 decision by the justices.
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01 — What / Thesis
US Supreme Court ruling on prisoner religious rights
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02 — Who / Subject
US Supreme Court, Damon Landor
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03 — Where / Locus
USA
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04 — When / Temporality
June 2026
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