U.S. District Court: SANITATION.

PositionPrisoners and prisons - Brief Article

Deblasio v. Johnson 128 F.Supp.2d 315 (E.D.Va. 2000). state prisoners brought a [ss] 1983 action challenging a state corrections department's grooming regulation that required all male inmates' hair to be no more than one inch thick and precluded special styles such as braids or mohawks. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants, finding that the regulation did not violate the inmates' rights under the First or Fourth Amendments. The court also found that punishment for violations of the regulation, which included isolation and loss of recreation and visitation privileges, did not violate the Eight Amendment. The court held that even if the regulation had a disparate impact on inmates of a certain religion, it did not violate the equal protection clause. The court also found that the regulation did not violate the equal protection clause with regard to alleged gender discrimination...

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