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• Position: Prisoners and prisons - Brief Article

Hakim v. Hicks 223 F.3d 1244(11th Cir. 2000). A death row inmate filed a [section] 1983 action alleging violation of his right to free exercise of religion because prison officials refused to recognize his legally changed religious name within prison. The district court directed the corrections department to comply with its own dual-name policy on the inmate's prison identification card and the...