Prison beard ban violates Muslim inmate’s religious rights, Supreme Court rules

Rights, News

The U.S. Supreme Court has announced its ruling in Holt v. Hobbs, deciding that an Arkansas prison’s beard ban violates the religious rights of a Muslim prisoner, who sought to grow a one-half-inch beard in accordance with his religious beliefs.

Read the Supreme Court’s decision, the NakedLaw coverage, and today’s legal analysis, below.

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