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Prison Visitors May Not Be Searched Without Probable Cause

Loaded on Aug. 15, 1991 published in Prison Legal News August, 1991, page 4
Filed under: Searches, Strip Searches, Visitor Searches. Location: Tennessee.
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Tennessee prison regulations give Tennessee prisoners a due process liberty interest in prison visitation. The Court ruled that removing the visitation right in retaliation for the visitor refusing to submit to an illegal strip search, as a condition to visit the ...

 

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