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December 31, 2019

New York Settles Suit over Invasive Strip Searches for Jail Visitors
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In New York, the city has agreed to pay $12.5 million to settle a
class-action lawsuit with people who were subjected to invasive strip
searches while visiting family members and loved ones in jails in
Manhattan, Brooklyn and Rikers Island. Many of the women reported being
penetrated by female guards or forced to drop their pants and show their
sanitary napkins. The settlement marks the first time the city will pay
damages to visitors of jails, who have long raised concerns about the
invasive and humiliating strip searches.


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