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South Dakota Juvenile Detention Center's Blanket Strip Search Policy Unconstitutional

A South Dakota federal district court has held that the strip-searching of
juveniles held for minor offenses violates the Fourth Amendment and denied
the defendants qualified immunity. This class action suit was brought to
challenge institution policies at South Dakota's Minnehaha County Juvenile
Detention Center (JDC).

Before the Court was …

 

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