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Suit Filed Against Use of Rapiscan on Detention Facility Visitor
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2010
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2010, page 10
by David M. Reutter
Filed under:
Mechanical Searches/Scanners,
Visitor Searches,
Pat Searches,
Civil Procedure,
Summary Judgment.
Location:
Illinois.
In partially denying state officials’ motion for summary judgment, an Illinois federal district court discussed the constitutional parameters involved in the use of a Rapiscan Secure 1000 device, which uses “back-scatter” X-ray technology to perform body scans on visitors entering a detention facility.
Before the court …
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