Inmate had no legitimate expectation of privacy against search of his cell which uncovered marijuana. U.S. Court of Appeals for sixth circuit upholds strip search of pretrial detainee arrested for misdemeanor. Dobrowolsky v. Jefferson County, Kentucky, Nos. Prisoner could not sue on basis of prison directive giving him right to be present during cell searches. Court modifies standards for prisoner and detainee strip searches.
Court allows visual body cavity searches before and after visits with attorneys and clergymen.
Force used for tuberculosis test upheld in the interest of the state. Searching inmate in single-cell upheld. Matron's strip-search of arrestee conducted without legitimate reason. No violation in sending seized letter to third party. Suit for anal cavity search to proceed.