May 21, 2009
Female guards OKd to strip-search male inmates
A male prisoner can be strip-searched by a female guard even if male officers are available, a federal appeals court has ruled.
In a 2-1 decision, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco dismissed an Arizona inmate's claims that jail officials had violated his rights by having a female guard trainee search inside his shorts and pat down his genitals.
The inmate, Charles Byrd, was in Maricopa County's minimum-security Durango Jail awaiting trial in October 2004 when officials ordered searches of everyone in his unit after a series of fights…
LINK - SFGate.com
