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Federal Court Puts Limits on Inmate Routine Strip Searches

By Walin & Klarich

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Due to Experienced Criminal Defense Attorney?s Efforts, Federal Court Makes Limits On Prison Officials? Ability To Routinely Strip Search Inmates Having to go to prison can be one of the most frightening experiences any person can go through. Couple that fear with the embarrassment and humiliation of being strip searched and the experience can be absolutely terrible. However, a recent court ruling held that prisons cannot routinely strip search drunk drivers and other non-drug, non-violent arrestees without reason to think they are hiding contraband. A prisoner was strip searched on each of 15 weekends she spent at a prison on a second drunken-driving offense. Another prisoner was arrested and strip searched for missing a court date in a domestic dispute...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on May 08, 2009 (boomark / email).

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