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Pubic Hair Search by Medical Personnel Constitutional
Loaded on April 15, 2002
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2002, page 29
The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has overturned a district court's order that held as unconstitutional a Sheriff's policy of searching a prisoner's pubic hair prior to release. PLN previously reported the district court's order. (See: Skurstenis v. Jones , 817 Supp.2d 1228 (ND AL 1999) [ PLN ...
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