Settlements
NY Admits Strip Searches Violated Settlement
New York’s Department of Corrections has agreed to settle a lawsuit that contended as many as 150,000 inmates at Rikers Island were improperly strip-searched in violation of a 2002 settlement.
The inmates were nonviolent and had been charged with misdemeanors, the New York Times reports. The city will stop the improper searches and negotiate damages over the next few months. It will also post signs at the jail giving a toll-free number that inmates can call if they are improperly searched.
