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| Jails liable for strip searches |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 02/11/2009 |
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NEW JERSEY - A bureaucratic mix-up landed Albert Florence in the Burlington County Jail in 2005. Unable to convince police that he had paid the traffic fine he was now accused of ignoring, Florence was arrested and forced to submit to a strip search. Several days later, he was transported to Essex County Correctional Facility, where he again had to strip naked, this time in front of several other arrestees and corrections officers. Florence's experience was one shared by thousands of people in the last several years, according to a class action lawsuit filed in 2005 against both counties. Last week, a federal judge in Camden ruled that such searches violate the Constitution, leaving both counties potentially liable for monetary damages that could reach into the millions, according to plaintiffs attorney Susan Chana Lask. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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