GROOMING SURVEY OF CORRECTIONAL SYSTEMS' POLICIES AND PRACTICES.(12-2008 -1-2009)

Long Hair Permitted
for Religious
Reasons Only

State

Long Hair
Permitted

Alabama

No

Inmate Handbook, No.1 02

Alaska

Yes

Reg. # 806.02

Arizona

Yes

Regulations: Dept. Order 704.01

Arkansas

No

Confirming Source(s)

Case Law; Regulation
.

California

Yes

CA Code of Reaulations; case law

Colorado

Yes

Reg. # 850-11/Personal knowledge

Connecticut

Yes

E-Mail confirmation and Policy

Delaware

Telephone confirmation wi D. Craig,
Policies Coordinator

----. Yes

Florida

No

Case Law; Regulation

Georgia

No

Hawaii

Yes

Regulation
Official correspondence; Telephonic
confirmation

Idaho

Yes

Regulations

Illinois

. Yes

llinois Administrative Code

Indiana

Yes

Official Policies; E-Mail & telephonic
confirmation

Iowa

Yes

Regulation; telephonic confirmation

Kansas

Yes

Regulation; E-Mail & telephonic
confirmation

Kentuckv

Yes

Regulation

Louisiana

No

Regulation; Telephone Confirmation

Maine

Yes

E-mail confimration

Maryland

Yes

Massachusetts

Yes

Inmate Handbook; Comm'n on
Correctional Stds.
E-mail confirmation from "Policy
Development Compliance Unit"

Michigan

Yes

Regulation; telephonic confirmation

Minnesota

Yes

Mississippi

No

Regulation

Missouri

No

case law

Montana

Yes

Regulations

Nebraska

Yes

Regulations

.

Regulations

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GROOMING SURVEY OF CORRECTIONAL SYSTEMS' POLICIES AND PRACTICES (12-2008 - 1-2009)

Long Hair Permitted
for Religious
Reasons Only

State

Long Hair
Permitted

Nevada

Yes

Regulations

New Hamoshire

Yes

Reoulation; telephonic confirmation

New Jersey
New Mexico

Yes
Yes

Yes

Administrative Code
Regulations

New York

Yes

Yes: Religious
inmates exempted
from intake grooming
requirements; Native
American inmates
exempted from hair
style requirements.

Admin. Reg. Dir. # 4914; 7 NY. Codes
R. & Regs. 270.2 § 110.10,etseq.;
Personal knowledge

North Carolina

No

case law; requlation

North Dakota

Yes

Regulations

Confirming Source/sl

.

.

.

Ohio

Yes

Regulations

Oklahoma

Yes

Regulations

Oregon

Yes

Regulations; Personal knowledge

Pennsvlvania

Yes

Regulations, Email and Telephonic
confirmation ,

Yes

Email and Telephonic confirmation

No

case law

South DaKota

Yes

Policies/Proceduresf'lnmate Living
Guide"

Tennessee

Yes

Admin. Policy and Procedure #502.03

Texas

No

Offender Orientation Handbook

Utah

Yes

Regulation; Telephonic and Email
Confirmation

Vermont

Yes

Telephonic and Email Confirmation from
Director's Executive Assistant

Virginia

No

case law; Angelone's testimony

Washington

Yes

Administrative Regulations; Native
American Reos.; Personal Knowledge

Rhode Island
South Carolina

.

GROOMING SURVEY OF CORRECTIONAL SYSTEMS' POLICIES AND PRACTICES (12-2008 -1-2009)

State

Long Hair
Permitted

West Virainia

No

Wisconsin

Yes

Long Hair Permitted
for Religious
Reasons Onlv

Confirming Source(s)
case law
Reg ulatory Code

Yes: Religious
inmates exempted
from intake grooming
requirements.

Wyoming

Yes

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Yes

Regulations

District of Columbia

Yes

Reguiations
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Regulations; Telephonic confirmation

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