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WA Digital Probe Suits Barred

Loaded on Nov. 15, 1994 published in Prison Legal News November, 1994, page 16
Filed under: Searches, Body Cavity Searches, Estoppell, Qualified Immunity. Location: Washington.
In 1984 the Washington state DOC opened two control units and initiated a policy whereby all prisoners transferred to the Intensive Management Units (IMU) were subjected to a digital rectal probe, or digital rape, upon entry. The "searches" were conducted on a blanket basis with no individual suspicion being required. ...

 

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