Opinion ID: 77779
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Strip Searches as part of Point-of-Entry Booking into the Jail (AR Group)

Text: According to the Complaint, there is a policy at the Jail whereby every male arrestee booked [11] into the Jail's general population upon entering the Jail, regardless of the crime for which he is arrested, is subjected to a strip search without an individualized finding of reasonable suspicion that the arrestee is concealing weapons, drugs, or other contraband. Each male arrestee is placed in a room with a group of 30 or 40 other persons, removes all of his clothing and places it in boxes, and, along with the group, takes a shower. [12] Each arrestee then either by himself or standing in line with others is visually inspected front and back by deputies. The booking strip search process is referred to as dressing out. The AR Group Plaintiffs allege they were subjected to blanket strip searches as part of their point-of-entry booking into the Jail.