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Prison Officials May Require Visitors to Submit to Vehicle Searches

Loaded on May 15, 2007

Filed under: Searches, Visitor Searches, Vehicle Searches. Location: Pennsylvania.

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has held that prison officials may
require visitors to submit to a vehicle search prior to entering prison
grounds. This action was brought pro se by Teresa and Larry Neumeyer,
residents of Michigan who visit a prisoner at Pennsylvania's State
Correctional Institute at Huntington ...

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