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Children Strip-Searched While Touring DC Jail
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2001
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2001, page 11
In April and May 2001, school children were strip searched while touring a jail in Washington, D.C. A lawsuit seeking $4 million for each of six girls and one boy is forthcoming. D.C. schools routinely schedule these tours for children with behavioral problems. The goal is to scare them into ...
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