Expert Testimony Supports Burden On Prisoner’s Religious Exercise, Magistrate Judge Says

Mealey's (March 8, 2017, 1:36 PM EST) -- CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — With the admission of a retired prison official’s expert testimony, a Texas federal magistrate judge found March 7 that a prison’s grooming policy requiring short hair imposes “a substantial burden” on prisoners’ religious exercise (Teddy Norris Davis, et al. v. Lorie Davis, director, TDCJ-CID, No. 12-166, S.D. Texas; 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 31944)....

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