Rectal Search Upheld by James Terrovona is a Washington state prisoner who was transferred from IMU (Intensive Management Unit) in Walla Walla to IMU in Shelton. Upon arrival at Shelton and before being put in the IMU there Terrovona was subjected to a digital rectal search by DOC officials. He …

Qualified Immunity Granted in Digital Rectal Searches by Qualified immunity Granted In Digital Rectal Searches In a case that may affect the many Washington state prisoners who were subjected to digital rectal searches, the 4th circuit court of appeals upheld a jury finding of qualified immunity for Arizona prison officials …

Digital Probe Costs Nevada $4,000 by A U.S. Court of Appeals, noting that a digital anal body cavity search is "humiliating, degrading and uncomfortable" and that more "narrow and restrictive means could have been used," held that the defendant Associate Warden of a Nevada prison must pay an award of …

Wetmore v. Gardner by At 735 F.Supp 974, is the ruling of Federal Judge Quakenbush on the states Motion to overturn the jury verdict in favor of Mr. Wetmore challenging the policy of rectal "probes" by officials at the Walla Walla Penitentiary. The jury found the policy unconstitutional and awarded …