strip-search

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strip-search

a search that involves stripping a person naked

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Patriot Act/Homeland Security

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who were strip-searched by the female police officer, were insolent, apparently implying that they deserved mistreatment or a strip-search.

Probe blocked against police officer who strip-searched female protester

the Court admitted that the suspicionless strip-search policy gave it

Florence, Atwater, and the erosion of Fourth Amendment protections for arrestees

During intake at BCJ and ECCF, corrections officers performed a strip-search and body-cavity search on Florence.

Constitutional law--permitting blanket strip-search policies for all arrestees entering general jail population--Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of Burlington County, 621 F.3d 296 (3d Cir. 2010)

Adam Liptak, Strip-Search of Girl Tests Limit of School

Strip searches of students: addressing the undressing of children in schools and redressing the Fourth Amendment violations

The application of the standard to the school's decision to strip-search Savana Redding demonstrates not only that it has substance, but also that it is not intended as a makeweight that effectively hides total deferral to unfettered discretion of school administrators.

Safford Unified School District No. 1 v. Redding and the future of school strip searches

Others try to read the cases as restricting strip-searches of people during the booking process but not limiting the power to strip-search when someone moves from booking into a general population housing unit.

Reasonable suspicion required for strip-searches

The organization said acting principal Charmaine Balsillie ordered several teachers to strip-search all of the gym students.

No Comment

After the date of Bettie's execution had been set, prison officials wouldn't let her use the toilet in the visitor's building and were going to strip-search, handcuff, and march her back to her cell, then reverse the process.

A Humane Death Sentence?

The BodySearch systems are to be used for personnel as an alternative to strip-search.

AS&E Announces Award of Multiple BodySearch X-ray Systems

The 22-year-old clubber, was searched for drugs by one female and four male officers at Chelsea police station in March 2011, against regulations that police should be the same sex as those they strip-search.

Police face discipline hearings over strip

The new scanners come as leading dissident republican Colin Duffy claimed he was subjected to sexual and physical abuse during a strip-search at the jail last week.

SCANDALOUS; pounds 100k scanners to replace jail strip-searches

County Counsel Lloyd Pellman said the deputy is ``sort of home free'' by not having been named in the lawsuit, but the law may allow for an extension of the one-year deadline for discipline because the strip-search involved more than one sheriff's employee.