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Missouri Haircut Rule Upheld under RFRA
Loaded on Oct. 15, 1996
published in Prison Legal News
October, 1996, page 20
Missouri Haircut Rule Upheld Under RFRA
Filed under:
Grooming Rules,
Religious Freedom Restoration Act,
Religious Freedom,
Religious Grooming.
Location:
Missouri.
The court of appeals for the eighth circuit reversed a federal district court ruling which had held that a Missouri DOC rule requiring prisoners to have short hair and banning sweat lodges violated the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). In the June, 1995 issue …
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