Prison can’t stop Indigenous man from wearing religious headband, RI judge rules
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Prison can’t stop Indigenous man from wearing religious headband, RI judge rules
A prison that denied an Indigenous inmate’s request to wear a religious headband four times will now have to let him wear it and update its policies regarding similar requests, a Rhode Island judge ruled.A complaint filed in January 2024 argued that the Rhode Island Department of Corrections violated the religious rights of Wolf Pawochawog-Mequinosh, who is incarcerated at the Adult Correctional Institutions in Cranston.More than a year after the complaint was filed, a judge has ruled that the prison can’t stop Pawochawog-Mequinosh from wearing the headband, according to an April 30 settlement agreement.RIDOC officials emphasized the importance of restrictions ..