Sexually Harassing Pat Searches May Be Illegal by Two Missouri state prisoners filed suit against a female prison guard. In their complaint they alleged that for a two month period the guard fondled their crotches during almost daily, routine pat down searches. After they told the guard they wanted to …

Search Victory for Women Cons by Gini Faller By Gini Faller The long-awaited decision in Jordan v. Gardner, et. al. came down on February 25, 1993. The Ninth Circuit, sitting en banc held 7-4 that cross-gender non-suspicion clothed body searches violate the 8th Amendment: In this case we are presented …

Cross Gender Pat Search Policy Upheld by A Washington prison's policy of subjecting fully clothed female inmates to random "pat searches" by male as well as female guards does not violate the first, fourth, or eighth amendments, a majority of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held. The Jan. 10th …

Female Guards Can Pat Search Male Prisoners by Prisoners at a Nebraska state all-male prison brought a civil rights lawsuit complaining that their constitutional right to privacy was violated by pat searches performed by female guards and by female guards observing them nude or partially nude while they showered, used …