Tag: strip searches
Posted on Mon Apr 02, 2012 at 12:31:42 PM EST
Tags: strip searches (all tags)
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court today ruled all arrestees may be subjected to visual body searches when entering the general population of a jail, no matter how minor the offense for which they were arrested.
"[E]very detainee who will be admitted to the general population may be required to undergo a close visual inspection while undressed."
The opinion in Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders, is here. The petitioner in the case had been arrested after a traffic stop because a computer search showed a bench warrant for an old fine. [More..]
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Posted on Sun Jun 20, 2010 at 06:41:32 PM EST
Tags: Ahmed Ghailani, strip searches (all tags)
As we wrote last month, Ahmed Ghailani, who was moved from Guantanamo to New York to face trial on charges related to the 1988 U.S. Embassy bombings in Africa, has refused to attend court because he objects to the visual cavity searches of his rectum. The Court's May 4 ruling is here.
After hearing expert testimony on how the procedure causes Ghailani PTSD flashbacks and renders him unable to assist in his defense, in violation of the Sixth Amendment, the Judge has now issued another order denying relief to Ghailani (available here.) It describes the visual cavity search and the digital cavity search, probably with more detail than you care to know. [More...]
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