You are viewing an article from the 7th Circuit Through these materials it becomes clear that the one group of individuals that government actors have a duty to protect is prisoners.  This duty arises under circumstances where the prisoner is [...]

You are viewing an article from the 9th Circuit An issue faced by many jails is the arrestee who is brought into the jail pursuant to a warrant who protests that he is not the person named in the warrant.  [...]

You are viewing 3rd Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit has not specifically addressed the issue of strip searches of arrestees.i  However, a recent case from the Federal District Court of the Easter District of [...]

You are viewing 2nd Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit has also been clear that all arrestees may not be strip searched before being admitted into a jail.  The court regularly cites one of its [...]

You are viewing an article from the 9th Circuit In Foster v. Runnels, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that “it is clearly established under the Eighth Amendment that prison officials are obligated to provide inmates with nutritionally adequate [...]

You are viewing an article from the 9th Circuit One of the most important tools for any jail is the grievance process provided to inmates in order to file complaints regarding conditions as well as events in the jail where [...]

You are viewing 1st Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit cites Wood v. Hancock Countyi as one of the foundation cases settling the law on strip searches for its circuit.ii In mid-2001, appellant Wood was arrested twice [...]

You are viewing an article from the 9th Circuit Use of force in jails is an area which is legally complex.  The problem is the result of varying standards which may apply based upon the status of the prisoner. The [...]

MANNER OF STRIP SEARCH In all cases where a strip search is justified, the manner in which the search takes place must also be reasonable in order to meet 4th Amendment standards.  Thus, these searches should be done in a [...]