This form is a Complaint. This action was filed by the plaintiff due to a strip search which was conducted upon his/her person after an arrest. The plaintiff requests that he/she be awarded compensatory damages and punitive damages for the alleged violation of his/her constitutional rights.
Strip Search On Period In Collin
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Indeed, under the Eighth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment, strip searches must be done for a legitimate reason, and they cannot be conducted in order to humiliate or to harass a prisoner.
Strip searches of children and youth are prohibited except when all of the following conditions are met: (1) the child or youth is in custody; (2) there is reasonable suspicion that the child or youth possesses or has immediate access to an implement that poses a threat of imminent bodily harm to themselves or others; ...
A strip search involves viewing and inspecting an unclothed body in a non-intrusive manner, i.e. without any physical contact between the prisoner and the staff member conducting the search. In some cases, the search may even consist of nothing more than systematic observation of prisoners undressing.
Even so, female guards subject her to regular strip searches. At the ACLU Sean Weneta says inmates are routinely searched during prison-wide inspections or shakedowns, before and after doctor appointments, or meetings with visitors and when coming and going from certain jobs.
A strip search or visual body cavity search, or both, shall not be conducted without the prior written authorization of the supervising officer on duty. The authorization shall include the specific and articulable facts and circumstances upon which the reasonable suspicion determination was made by the supervisor.
“Unclothed searches are completely voluntary unless a search warrant is presented.
Employing female correctional officers in male prisons improves the prison atmosphere and promotes the general mental health of the prisoners, despite complaints from some prisoners that it invades their privacy.