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Supreme Court bars damages suit over shaved dreadlocks

Published 23 June 2026

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a former Louisiana inmate cannot sue prison officials for monetary damages after they forcibly shaved his religiously mandated dreadlocks, even as the justices condemned the violation of his rights.

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