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Outside Strip Search Constitutes Excessive Force
Loaded on Oct. 15, 1992
published in Prison Legal News
October, 1992, page 4
Michael Cornwell is an Ohio state prisoner. In February, 1987, while in prison in Mansfield, he participated in a sit down strike with 76 other prisoners protesting a cutback in recreation time. Dahlberg, the prison warden, ordered guards to use force to terminate the peaceful strike. After firing warning shots …
Filed under:
Discrimination,
Gender Discrimination -- Men,
Prison Rebellion,
Strip Searches,
Eighth Amendment,
Exposure to Cold,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Damages,
Jury Instructions.
Location:
Ohio.
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