Illegal Strip Searches Cost Chicago Jail $6.8 Million

Loaded on May 15, 2002 by Lonnie Burton published in Verdict1 May, 2002, page 22

Filed under: Gender Discrimination -- Women, Searches, Strip Searches, Arrestee Searches, Settlements, Municipal Liability. Location: Illinois.

In July 2001, the Cook County, Illinois Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed to end a five-year long class-action suit brought by female prisoners who alleged that the strip-searches they were subjected to at the Cook County jail were unconstitutional. The Board approved a $6.8 million settlement which could be split ...

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