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Peckham v. Wisconsin Dept. of Corrections, No. 96-1894 (7th Cir.) (141 F.3d 694) (April 1, 1998) (Judge Terrence T. Evans)

Loaded on June 1, 1998 published in Punch and Jurists June 22, 1998
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Searches - Body/Strip.

Here the Court held that various strip searches of inmates do not violate either the Fourth or the Eighth Amendments, absent any evidence that the searches were performed for the purposes of harassment or punishment.

The majority stated that "given the considerable deference [discretion?] prison officials enjoy to run their ...

 

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