CASE 14.2
Three inmates, all African Americans, have felt segregated from the rest of the prison and have felt that their privileges for recreation, meals, and religious practices have been ignored. Given this information, answer the following questions.
-After exhausting all of their internal complaints to prison officials, the three men sued for violation of their rights using which well-known federal device

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The Civil Rights Act, specifically Title VI, prohibits discrimination on the basis of race in any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. If the prison in question receives federal funding, this would be the appropriate federal device for the inmates to use in their lawsuit. The other options listed do not pertain specifically to discrimination based on racial identity in a prison setting.

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