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| Michigan county sued for holding inmates naked |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 05/30/2005 |
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Linda Rose says she spent three hours crouched in the corner of a concrete cell at the Saginaw County (Mich.) Jail, shivering and sobbing, after deputies stripped her of her clothes and left her naked in front of a surveillance camera. ''They don't need to strip you of your clothes and your dignity,'' said Rose, who was arrested in 2001 for drunken driving. The claim by the 36-year-old bartender is one of dozens of accounts of humiliating treatment that have emerged as part of a lawsuit against the county. The federal judge presiding over the case has ruled that the practice of holding inmates naked is unconstitutional. The question before the court now is how much the plaintiffs are entitled to in damages, and how extensive the practice was. Sheriff Charles Brown said the naked detention was aimed only at protecting inmates and staff. The jail adopted the policy after a prisoner hanged himself, Brown said. He said the county changed the policy in 2001 after the lawsuit was filed, and now gives paper gowns to inmates in isolation. |
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