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Female Guards Can Pat Search Male Prisoners

Loaded on June 15, 1991 published in Prison Legal News June, 1991, page 3
Filed under: Discrimination, Gender Discrimination -- Men, Pat Searches. Location: Nebraska.
Prisoners at a Nebraska state all-male prison brought a civil rights lawsuit complaining that their constitutional right to privacy was violated by pat searches performed by female guards and by female guards observing them nude or partially nude while they showered, used toilet facilities, dressed and undressed, and slept. They ...

 

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