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Supreme Court OKs Strip Searches for Minor Offenses Tube. Duration : 2.42 Mins.We had a good read. For the benefit of yourself. Be sure to read to the end. I want you to get good knowledge from Federal Inmate Search With Pictures. Transcript by www.newsy.com BY ZACH TOOMBS The Supreme Court refused to limit strip searches at jails in a 5-4 ruling Monday — even in arrests for minor offenses. MSNBC reports the decision applies to newly admitted inmates in jails. The ruling does not apply to state or federal prisons. "The Supreme Court said no, it's not unreasonable. It said it's hard to run jails, it's hard to know in advance who's dangerous, especially with 13 million people admitted every year to the nation's jails." The court split along ideological lines, with conservative judges ruling in favor of the measure. In the majority opinion, Justice Anthony Kennedy writes that strip searches would help stop the trafficking of contraband and the spread of diseases. The Washington Post has it. "There is a substantial interest in preventing any new inmate, either of his own will or as a result of coercion, from putting all who live or work at these institutions at even greater risk when he is admitted to the general population." Speaking for the dissenting judges, Justice Stephen Breyer says searches without specific reason were "inherently harmful, humiliating, and degrading." WDAM reports a New Jersey man brought the case to the Supreme Court after he underwent two strip searches in seven days. "Alberta Florence was forced to undress and submit to strip searches following his arrest on a warrant for an unpaid fine, though the fine actually had been paid." The Supreme Court's Monday ruling has proved ...
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