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Strip Searches of Juveniles Constitutional

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that it is not unconstitutional to strip search juvenile arrestees. The ruling came in a class-action lawsuit filed by then 16-year-old Jodie Smook, who was arrested for violating local curfew laws.
Smook was taken to the Minnehaha, South Dakota Juvenile Detention Center. ...

 

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