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Governor signs bill expanding strip searches
County jailors will have more power to conduct strip searchers under a bill Gov. Scott Walker has signed.
Senate passes bill to expand strip searches
The state Senate has approved a bill that would expand jailhouse strip searches.
Assembly to vote on expanding strip searches
The Wisconsin Assembly has approved a bill that would allow jail guards to strip search inmates.
Milwaukee cops take plea deal in strip-search case
Two Milwaukee police officers accused of failing to intervene when an officer conducted illegal strip and body-cavity searches have reached a plea deal.
Plea talks ongoing in Milwaukee strip-search case
An expected plea deal has hit a snag for two Milwaukee police officers charged with failing to intervene when another officer conducted illegal strip searches and body cavity searches.
Agreement near in Milwaukee strip-search case
The prosecution says it's near an agreement with the defense in the case of two Milwaukee police officers accused of failing to intervene as fellow officers conducted illegal strip searches and body-cavity searches.
2nd officer pleads no contest in strip search
One of four white Milwaukee police officers accused of conducting illegal strip searches of black suspects became the second Friday to plead no contest.
Milwaukee ex-cop gets 26 months for strip searches
A former Milwaukee police officer convicted of performing illegal strip searches and body-cavity searches on dozens of suspects has been sentenced to more than two years in prison.
High court OKs strip searches for lesser offenses
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.
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