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Massachusetts Strip Search Class-Action Nets $1,162,468
Massachusetts has agreed to pay $1,162,468 to settle a class-action suit on behalf of 486 detainees who were strip searched without cause at the Franklin County Jail.
The sheriff maintained a policy of routinely strip searching all detainees who were admitted to the jail. The policy did not require individual, ...
The sheriff maintained a policy of routinely strip searching all detainees who were admitted to the jail. The policy did not require individual, ...
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- Illinois Pays $3 Million for Subjecting Prisoners to Degrading Mass Strip Search, Oct. 15, 2024. Harassment by Police, Strip Searches, Settlements.
- Baton Rouge Cops Indicted for Violent In-Custody Strip-Search, Sept. 15, 2024. Strip Searches, Guard Brutality/Beatings.
- Seventh Circuit Finds No Problem With Surveillance of Chicago Detainees on Toilets, July 1, 2024. Jail Misconduct, Strip Searches, Electronic Surveillance.
- Suit Proceeds Against CoreCivic by Guard Strip-Searched at Georgia Prison, April 26, 2024. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Strip Searches, Employee Litigation.
- Eighth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Minnesota Jail Guard Accused of Grabbing and Squeezing Detainee’s Penis, Feb. 1, 2024. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Jail Misconduct, Strip Searches, Qualified Immunity, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified, Searches - Body/Strip, Immunity, Non-Consensual.
- Connecticut Lawmakers Punt on Limiting Prison Strip Searches, Nov. 15, 2023. Strip Searches, Body Cavity Searches, Pat Searches, Search and Seizure.
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- Seventh Circuit Sides With Muslim Prisoner, Bars Strip Search by Transgender Wisconsin Guard, March 1, 2023. Strip Searches, Religious Practices, Discrimination (Transgender).
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