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MA: Franklin County agrees to 1.1 million in settlement for strip-searching people held on a traffic warrant

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Settlement in Mass. jail strip search cases By Associated Press | Thursday, July 8, 2010 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Local Coverage SPRINGFIELD ? An attorney says Franklin County officials have agreed to pay more than $1.1 million to non-drug and nonviolent arrestees who were strip searched at the county jail. Attorney Howard Friedman announced the settlement Thursday, about eight months after a federal magistrate ruled the searches unconstitutional because there was no reason to believe the arrestees had contraband. A hearing seeking a judge?s approval is set for Monday. Jail officials did not immediately return a call for comment. The suit was initially filed by a Hurricane Katrina refugee from Mississippi, Gregory Garvey, now of Sunderland...continue to full post

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