US Supreme Court ruling on prisoner religious rights
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US Supreme Court, Damon Landor
USA
June 2026
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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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