WASHINGTON--You give a prisoner an inch of beard, he'll take a mile. At least that seemed to be a concern plaguing the nine justices at the Supreme Court on Tuesday as they explored the burning ...

WASHINGTON — Arkansas Deputy Attorney General David Curran struggled Tuesday to convince the U.S. Supreme Court that a state prison policy requiring clean shaven inmates should apply to those whose ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the religious freedom claims of a prisoner in Arkansas. Gregory Holt is a Muslim who wanted to grow a beard in accordance with his faith but was not ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says an Arkansas prison inmate must be allowed to grow a short beard in accordance with his religious beliefs, at least temporarily. The justices said in a brief ...

It will be a long time if ever before Durell Sims tastes real freedom, but an appeals court has validated one freedom: the ability to grow a bushy beard behind bars. In the latest twist in litigation ...

A Muslim inmate who won a U.S. Supreme Court case upholding his right to grow a beard for religious reasons said in a lawsuit that Arkansas officials transferred him to a federal prison in West ...

AUSTIN - State prisons this month lifted a longtime ban on beards, allowing inmates to grow up to a half-inch of facial hair for religious reasons. But the state is still facing a lawsuit from a ...