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Title: Powell v. Estelle
Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Release Date : January 19, 1992
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 54 KB

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Per Curiam: These consolidated appeals involve challenges to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's (TDCJ) grooming code. Plaintiffs brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that their religion requires them to grow their hair long and forbids them from shaving their facial hair, and that TDCJ's prohibition on long hair and beards violated their first amendment right to exercise their religion freely.1 After taking testimony from prison officials about the reasons for the code and from the plaintiffs about alternatives that might accommodate them, the district court determined that the code did not infringe on the plaintiffs' constitutional rights. Plaintiffs appeal, contending mainly that the district court erred in finding that the code was rationally related to legitimate penological objectives. We affirm.