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Guards Liable for Harassing Searches of Cell
Loaded on Dec. 15, 1991
published in Prison Legal News
December, 1991, page 7
Guards Liable For Harassing Searches Of Cell
Filed under:
Retaliation,
Retaliatory Searches,
Cell Searches,
Eighth Amendment.
Location:
Missouri.
Although searches of a prisoners' cell do not violate the fourth amendment, they can be "punishment" under the eighth amendment. Searches of a prisoner's cell conducted in order to harass the prisoner in retaliation for exposing the misconduct of a guard constitute "punishment" ...
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