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ACLU: Pleased Michigan has halted cavity searches
By wwmt.com - AP
Published: 04/13/2012

DETROIT (AP) -- The American Civil Liberties Union says it's confirmed the Michigan Department of Corrections has halted routine body cavity searches for female prisoners.

The ACLU and other groups wrote Corrections Director Daniel Heyns expressing concerns about the procedure.

The ACLU says more than 60 female prisoners complained that they were forced to strip and spread their sexual organs with their hands as a guard watched, in sight of other prisoners.

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