Petitioner, a follower of the Rastafari religion, is presently serving a criminal sentence at Great Meadow Correctional Facility in Washington County. Rastafarian observance requires male members of the sect to leave their hair uncombed and uncut, resulting in the formation of rope-like hairstrands (dreadlocks), which must be covered in public by knit headgear (hereinafter crowns). Rastafarians also adhere to...
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