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New York Haircut Requirement Held Unconstitutional

On November 11, 1986, the New York Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling striking down a New York regulation requiring prisoners to cut their hair during intake.

Alfredo Lewis, a practicing Rastafarian, sued the New York Department of Corrections after he was told to cut his dreadlocks during ...

 

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