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Cross Gender Pat Search Policy Upheld
Loaded on April 15, 1992
published in Prison Legal News
April, 1992, page 1
A Washington prison's policy of subjecting fully clothed female inmates to random "pat searches" by male as well as female guards does not violate the first, fourth, or eighth amendments, a majority of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held. The Jan. 10th ruling set aside a district court injunction …
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- Cross Gender Pat Search Policy Upheld
- Qualified Immunity Granted in Digital Rectal Searches
- Claims Regarding Conditions in State Prison Were Sufficient to Survive Summary Judgment
- Prisoners' Participation in Work, Training Reduces Recidism, Improves Behavior
- The Death of HB 2834
- Corrections Costs to Soar, Study Warns, by Ed Penhale
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- Son of Sam Law Struck Down
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- Lifers Litigation Update, by John Midgley
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- Court Reporters Entitled to Absolute Immunity
- Prisoner Entitled to Discover Identity of Attackers
- Law Would Let Prison Mothers Keep Kids
- Counsel Appointed in Denial of Telephone, Beating Claim
- CBCC Publisher Only Rule Upheld on Qualified Immunity Grounds
- Editorial, by Paul Wright
- Informant Testimony Must be Independently Weighed
- Feds Seek $2.2 Billion for Federal Prisons
- Counsel Should Be Appointed in Religious Suit
- U.S. Murder Rate Increases Again
- NY Prisoner Has Due Process Right to Remain In Population
- Information on Visiting Needed
- Some Thoughts on Crime and Punishment Rates, by Ed Mead
- Test for Appointed Counsel on 1983 Suits
- PLN Benefit Tape
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