Bell v. Wolfish, No. 77-1829 (U.S. Supreme Court) (441 U.S. 520; 99 S.Ct. 1881) (May 14, 1979) (Justice Rehnquist)
Among the many prisoners' rights issued addressed by the Supreme Court in this case, the Court identified the framework in which searches of pretrial detainees in custody are to be analyzed. On that issue, the plaintiffs challenged the detention facility's policy of conducting strip searches, including visual inspection of the ...
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