Damon Landor is a Rastafarian. When he started a five-month prison term for drug possession in Louisiana, his dreadlocks fell nearly to his knees. Mr. Landor was wary of the state’s prison system, and he kept a copy of a 2017 judicial decision with him. He presented a copy of the 2017 decision to a guard, who threw it in the trash. After consulting the warden, two guards handcuffed Mr. Landor to a chair, held him down and shaved his head to the scalp.

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Persons: Damon Landor, Landor, Raymond Laborde, Mr Organizations: U.S ., Appeals, Fifth Circuit, Raymond Laborde Correctional Locations: Louisiana, Cottonport, La