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 Massachusetts
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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.
There are two basic types of strip searches. A security strip search is performed in institutions such as jails or prisons. Law enforcement conducts these searches to preserve the safety of the general jail population. A strip search incident to arrest is performed to uncover evidence of criminal activity.
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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.
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.
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.
The Court also clarified that blanket strip searches do not violate the Fourth Amendment even when they are conducted on pre-trial detainees or inmates charged with or convicted of minor offenses.
The Constitution, through the Fourth Amendment, protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. The Fourth Amendment, however, is not a guarantee against all searches and seizures, but only those that are deemed unreasonable under the law.
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Routine random inmate searches (i.e. One of those things is having to be strip searched while on your period.This policy is issued to establish guidelines, regulations and procedures within the South Hadley Police. You remove ALL of your clothing, STRIP SEARCH, and an officer inspects your body to see if anything is being secluded there. A strip search can be both invasive and embarrassing. Law enforcement must follow specific protocols to perform a valid strip search. Strip searches should not be carried out in a police van. Challenging a strip search. Search for: American Reformer. He was frisked but not strip searched.