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strip-search

to strip a prisoner or suspect naked to search him or her for contraband narcotics. Detailed rules in different systems for different purposes govern quite how invasive the search may be.

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44) As a result, the application of these polices will require the strip-searches of both the convicted drug trafficker and the person arrested for failing to leash a dog.

The Eleventh Circuit addressed only strip-searches where inmates were nude and whose front and backsides were examined.

Constitutional law--permitting blanket strip-search policies for all arrestees entering general jail population--Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of Burlington County, 621 F.3d 296 (3d Cir. 2010)

Many jail administrators argue that the individualized reasonable suspicion requirement applies only to strip-searches conducted as part of the booking process and that all arrestees who are moved from the booking and admissions area to a general population housing unit can be thoroughly strip-searched.

County of Orange), court-reviewed data on arrestee strip-searches conducted both before and after a reasonable suspicion rule was implemented in lieu of a blanket strip-search policy.