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NY DOC Beard Ban Upheld

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld a New York
Department of Corrections (DOC) rule banning beards longer than one inch.
Yevgen Fromer, an Orthodox Jewish prisoner, brought a civil rights action
alleging that the DOC's policy prohibiting beards in excess of one inch
violated his right ...

 

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