‘Where Is the Fairness’: Rastafarian Man Alleges Kentucky Prison Violated His Religious Rights By Cutting His Locs After Banning Black Hairstyles, Removing Black Hair Products
An incarcerated man is suing Kentucky prison officials for violating his legal right to religious expression by cutting his locs and retaliating against him when he complained, according to a lawsuit obtained by Atlanta Black Star. The federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act and Kentucky’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act protect the religious freedom…