By Monika Rued
KTHV
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas inmate may have to shave his beard despite his religious objections.
Gregory Holt says he’s a Muslim and should be able to keep his beard because of his religion despite prison policy that doesn’t allow beards.
Shea Wilson with the Arkansas Department of Correction says, “We can not hold inmates down and force them to shave their head or cut their beard but we can write them rule violations and put them in isolation for disciplinary if they don’t comply.”
The Arkansas Department of Correction’s grooming and cleanliness policy for inmates says, “No inmates will be permitted to wear facial hair other than a neatly trimmed mustache that does not extend beyond the corner of the mouth or over the lip.”
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