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Strip Searches for Misdemeanor Arrestees Illegal

The court of appeals for the Seventh circuit upheld an injunction prohibiting the Racine county jail in Wisconsin from strip searching people arrested for non traffic related misdemeanors. Court affirmed an order published at: Tinetti v. Wittke, 479 F. Supp. 486 (ED WI 1979). See: Tinetti v. Wittke, 620 F.2d ...

 

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