Montgomery, Alabama (AP)
American Indian inmates in Alabama prisons are awaiting the latest ruling in their 15-year legal battle against the system’s ban on long hair, which they say infringes on their tribal religious customs.
The inmates say their practices have been stifled by the department’s policy of requiring all male inmates to keep their hair short.
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