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Damage Award Upheld in Vaginal Search
The court of appeals for the Fourth circuit upheld a damage award of $4,000 to a Virginia prisoner who forcibly had her vagina searched by male and female guards for matches. Lower court held search was otherwise reasonable, but not with male guards present. Warden escaped liability and no punitive …
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