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$10 Million Settlement in Boston Strip Search Suit
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2003
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2003, page 17
On July 8, 2002, both Suffolk County and the City of Boston entered into a settlement agreement to pay $10 million for violating the equal protection rights of female detainees at the Suffolk County Jail who, unlike similarly situated male detainees, were strip-searched when being booked. The settlement includes costs, ...
Filed under:
Gender Discrimination -- Women,
Searches,
Strip Searches,
Arrestee Searches,
Damages,
Settlements.
Location:
Massachusetts.
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