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| ACLU joins in stripped inmates' lawsuits |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 04/04/2005 |
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The American Civil Liberties Union has joined two lawsuits against the Saginaw County (Mich.) Jail over a policy of stripping rowdy detainees and keeping them naked in solitary confinement. A federal judge already has ruled in one of the cases that the policy is unconstitutional, but he has yet to award damages. The two cases could be consolidated and certified as a class-action suit, said Wendy Wagenheim, a spokeswoman for the ACLU of Michigan. Lawyers believe the total number of plaintiffs could number about 200, she said last Tuesday. Saginaw County Sheriff Charles Brown defended the policy as an effort to balance inmate safety with privacy rights. But he said the practice was discontinued in 2001 or 2002 - something the plaintiffs' lawyers and the ACLU dispute. |
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