$12.5 Million Settlement Over Invasive Strip and Body Cavity Searches of NYC Jail Visitors

Loaded on June 1, 2022 by Matthew Clarke published in Verdict1 June, 2022, page 26

Filed under: Visitor Searches, Settlements. Location: New York.

by Matt Clarke

On November 29, 2021, the federal court for the Southern District of New York approved the final settlement of a class-action civil rights lawsuit over suspicionless and invasive “strip/body cavity” searches of visitors at New York City Department of Correction (DOC) jails. [See: PLN, Aug. 2018, p.54.] ...

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