Supreme Court Rules Prisoners Cannot Sue Individual Guards for Religious Rights Violations
The Supreme Court sided with Louisiana prison officials in a 6-3 decision, ruling that a Rastafarian inmate cannot seek damages against individual guards who forcibly cut his dreadlocks despite his religious objections. The conservative majority held that the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act does not permit lawsuits against individual correctional officers, only against prison systems themselves. The ruling effectively eliminates a primary enforcement mechanism for prisoners …
