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April 3, 2012

Supreme Court Approves Strip-Searches for All Arrestees 
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The Supreme Court has ruled in a 5-to-4 vote that officials can
strip-search anyone who is arrested and brought to jail, even if there
is no reason to suspect them of concealing anything. Under the ruling,
all those brought to jail could be required to strip naked and undergo a
"close visual inspection." At least 10 states forbid such practices and
the American Bar Association said in a brief that international human
rights treaties also ban the procedures. The suit stemmed from the case
of Albert Florence, a man who was arrested in 2005 after his wife was
pulled over for speeding in New Jersey. Florence was held for a week and
strip-searched twice for having an unpaid fine. It later turned out the
fine had been paid.



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