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Article • July 15, 2002 • from PLN July, 2002
Schenectady's Jail Strip Search Policy Unconstitutional by by Matthew T. Clarke A federal court in New York has held that the strip search policy of the City of Schenectady, New York, (the city) violates the Fourth Amendment prohibition against unreasonable searches. Elizabeth Gonzalez and Michael Fyvie, citizens who were allegedly …
Article • July 15, 2002 • from PLN July, 2002
Illinois Contraband Law Revisited by The Illinois Fifth District Appellate Court has analyzed an amended statute relating to the introduction of contraband. The court held that the amendment mandates a new statutory construction requiring contraband to be actually brought into areas dedicated to prisoner confinement. Pedro Carillo went to visit …
Article • July 15, 2002 • from PLN July, 2002
$20,000 Settlement in Montana Jail Strip Search by Eric Lynn agreed to accept a $20,000 out-of-court settlement after complaining that Missoula County policemen violated his civil rights by conducting an improper strip search at the County Detention Center. Lynn, a University of Montana senior, was among a group that protested …
Article • June 15, 2002 • from PLN June, 2002
U.S. Supreme Court Holds Warrantless Probationary Searches Are Valid by The United States Supreme Court held in a unanimous decision the warrantless search of a probationer supported by reasonable suspicion and authorized by a condition of probation, was reasonable within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment. Mark Knights was sentenced …
Grievance Retaliation States Claim by The court of appeals for the Eighth circuit held that a district court erred when it dismissed an Arkansas prisoner's claim that he was subjected to false disciplinary charges in retaliation for filing grievances against a prison employee. The court upheld the dismissal of a …
Illegal Strip Searches Cost Chicago Jail $6.8 Million by Lonnie Burton In July 2001, the Cook County, Illinois Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed to end a five-year long class-action suit brought by female prisoners who alleged that the strip-searches they were subjected to at the Cook County jail were unconstitutional. …
Article • April 15, 2002 • from PLN April, 2002
Massachusetts DNA Law Invalidated by In an unpublished ruling, the Superior Court of Massachusetts invalidated a state statute authorizing the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (MDOC) to: define indigence for the purpose of assessing costs of collecting and processing DNA samples; and impound and seize funds from prisoner accounts without their …
Pubic Hair Search by Medical Personnel Constitutional by The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has overturned a district court's order that held as unconstitutional a Sheriff's policy of searching a prisoner's pubic hair prior to release. PLN previously reported the district court's order. (See: Skurstenis v. Jones , …
Detainee's Strip Search Unconstitutional, But Qualified Immunity Granted by The court of appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has held that a jail strip search of an arrestee without reasonable suspicion violates the Fourth Amendment, but granted qualified immunity. DeAngela Wilson was arrested at a checkpoint for driving under the influence …
$147,000 Paid for 3-1/2 Hour Overdetention and Strip Search of Mistaken Arrestee by John E Dannenberg The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a jury verdict of $100,000 against the Little Rock, Arkansas police when, after a judge ordered the release of a mistakenly arrested woman, they failed to promptly …
Article • January 15, 2002 • from PLN January, 2002
Ohio Appellate Court Holds No Privacy Right in Urine by The highly influential Tenth District Court of Appeals of Ohio has ruled that prisoners "have no reasonable expectation of privacy in the items they possess in a prison or in the activities in which they engage while incarcerated. This loss …
Damages Awarded in Ohio Disciplinary Suit by A federal district court in Ohio held that a trial was required to determine if a prisoner was improperly denied the right to call witnesses at a disciplinary hearing. The Court also held that the suit was not barred by the PLRA or …
Pratt v. DC, DC, Complaint, Jail Tour Youth Strip Search, 2002
Article • November 15, 2001 • from PLN November, 2001
Children Strip-Searched While Touring DC Jail by In April and May 2001, school children were strip searched while touring a jail in Washington, D.C. A lawsuit seeking $4 million for each of six girls and one boy is forthcoming. D.C. schools routinely schedule these tours for children with behavioral problems. …
Article • November 15, 2001 • from PLN November, 2001
Cell Search, Property Seizure Suit Set for Trial by Cell Search, Property Seizure Suit Set For Trial A federal district court in Delaware held that summary judgment was not appropriate to decide if a prisoner's cell had been illegally searched and his papers improperly seized. Michael Jordan, a Delaware prisoner, …
Brief • November 4, 2001
Filed under: Strip Searches
Charles E. Austin; Et Al. V. Reginald Wilkinson; Et Al. - Grassian Expert Report on Strip Searches • . LexisNexis· User Name: Carleigh Zeman Date and Time: Tuesday, April 19, 2022 4:04:00 PM EDT Job Number: 169298329 Document (1) 1. REPORT OF STUART GRASSIAN, M.D., 2001 Misc. Filings LEXIS 627 …
Brief • September 21, 2001
Douglass v. District of Columbia, DC, Complaint, Youth Jail Tour Strip Search, 2001 ~ •. ...... '10 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Civil Division HENRIETTA DOUGLASS, Individually, and as next friend of Steven Alfonzo Douglass, a minor 4702 East Capitol Street, N.B. Washington, D.C. …
Article • September 15, 2001 • from PLN September, 2001
Rhode Island Prison Strip Searches Struck Down by The Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has held that two Rhode Island Department of Corrections (RIDOC) policies routinely subjecting all males committed to the state prison to strip searches and visual body cavity searches are not reasonable under Bell v …
Article • July 15, 2001 • from PLN July, 2001
Non-Physical Damage Claims Barred Until Released by The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has held that a lawsuit which seeks damages for emotional and mental claims filed by a prisoner while confined are barred, but the same claim can be pursued if filed after release. Eleven Georgia prisoners …
Article • June 15, 2001 • from PLN June, 2001
Wrongfully Convicted Ohio Man Receives $250,000 Award by On January 11, 2001, a Columbus, Ohio man who spent nearly six years in prison for three rapes he did not commit was awarded almost $250,000 in damages by the Ohio Court of Claims. Walter D. Smith, 43, was released from the …
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