Cottonport is a town in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, with a 2010 population of 2,006. The Supreme Court recently ruled a former inmate cannot seek damages over prison guards cutting his dreadlocks in a Rastafari violation.
The Supreme Court has ruled that Damon Landor cannot sue prison officials in their private capacity for violating his religious rights. The decision, split along ideological lines, maintains that federal law protecting prisoners’ religious freedom does not authorize money-damage claims against state officials, even where rights were violated.