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High court OKs strip searches for lesser offenses (access required)

Jailhouse strip searches of inmates arrested for non-indictable offenses are constitutional as long as the policy for conducting such searches strikes a reasonable balance between inmate privacy and the needs of the institutions, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.

Civil Rights – jails — strip searches (access required)

POSTED: Monday, April 2nd, 2012 at 10:07 am

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

10-945 Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington

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