The US Supreme Court on Monday heard the case of a devout Rastafarian who is seeking damages after his knee-length dreadlocks were forcibly shorn while he was in prison in Louisiana.He presented prison guards with a copy of a 2017 court ruling stating that Rastafarians should be allowed to keep their dreadlocks in line with their religious beliefs.

The Supreme Court's conservative majority appeared inclined to reject a Rastafarian man's bid to sue state prison officials in Louisiana after guards shaved him bald in violation of his religious beliefs.

Forgiveness is for yourself because it frees you. It lets you out of that prison you put yourself in.” — Louise L. Hay

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court is due on Monday to hear arguments in a Rastafarian man's bid to sue state prison officials in Louisiana after guards held him down and shaved him bald in violation ​of his religious beliefs in a case brought under a federal law protecting incarcerated people from religious discrimination.