Landor, an adherent of the Rastafari religion, even carried a copy of a ruling by the appeals court in another inmate’s case holding that cutting religious prisoners’ dreadlocks violates the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday decided to consider a case in which a Rastafarian inmate is suing intake officers for shaving his dreadlocks in violation of his religious rights. The case of former Louisiana inmate Damon Landor will determine if a government employee,

In a case that may reshape how religious liberty is protected behind bars, the U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that