On October 22, 2009, the judge ruled that the strip search policy at the old jail was unconstitutional. More than 60 under18s a week were subjected to intrusive searches, some of them as young as 10.Strip searches should not be carried out in a police van. The girl, who is black, was strip searched while on her period with no appropriate adult present at a school in Hackney, east London. "We really wanted to point out that they can't ban or threaten to ban people if they did not go through a strip search. Suffolk County, 154 F.Supp. 2d 131, 143 (D. Mass. May 27, 2020 at pm. Garcia's lawsuit, News 12 reached out to Suffolk County and was told, "The police department does not comment on pending litigation. "We really wanted to point out that they can't ban or threaten to ban people if they did not go through a strip search.