In Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Burlington [i] the United States Supreme Court examined whether or not jails can strip search all persons to be booked into general population, no matter how minor the offense, and without [...]

In Turney v. Waterbury, 375 F.3d 756 (8th Cir. 2005)  the United States Court of Appeal for the 8th Circuit reviewed a case in which Sheriff Watebury, of the Bennett County, South Dakota Sheriff’s Department was sued in his official and individual [...]

Bull v. San Francisco, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 2684 (9th Cir.  en banc February 9, 2010). Courts holds Policy that Allows Strip Search of All Persons Admitted into Custodial Housing (General Population) is Reasonable Under the Fourth Amendment The United [...]

When a pre-trial detainee alleges excessive force against jail personnel, the standard for the use of force is governed under the Fourteenth Amendment.  This varies significantly from a Fourth Amendment excessive force claim and is much more difficult for a plaintiff to prove. [...]

You are viewing an article from the 9th Circuit Self-surrenders are those persons who have been previously sentenced and are turning themselves in for incarceration.  A number of courts have held that these persons may be strip searched since they [...]

You are viewing an article from the 9th Circuit Classification of arrestees upon entry into a jail is an important aspect of safety and security of the jail, its staff, and other prisoners.  Many of the cases which raise issues [...]

You are viewing 11th Circuit Contrary to the holdings of the other United States Courts of Appeals, the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has held that blanket strip searches of arrestees who will be placed in [...]

You are viewing an article from the 9th Circuit In Webb v. Douglas County [Oregon], the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reviewed a lawsuit brought on behalf of an inmate, Webb, who suffered serious harm following a brain [...]

You are viewing an article from the 9th Circuit One of the issues that routinely leads to liability in the jail setting is the failure to provide medications that have been properly prescribed either before or during incarceration. In Prewitt v. [...]

You are viewing 10th Circuit Archuleta v. Wagneri provided an example of the United States Court of Appeals analysis of strip search cases. Mrs. Archuleta, the mother of nine children was riding with her husband when they were stopped for a [...]