I think the biggest issue was that he was arrested in the first place. After that, he was treated like any other prisoner.
He spent 6 days in jail when he should not have. That I have issue with. The fact that he was treated like any other prisoner when he got there I have no issues with. Can't start treating some prisoners differently upon entering 'the system'. This will be recognized and exploited. On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Can you look at the specifics of this case, and please explain to me how > this fits in with the idea of the United States of America that we were > taught we lived in? > > And that you agree that this was reasonable, and should be allowed? > > I don't see it. > > The arrest should not have happened. > The strip search should not have happened. > Being jailed should not have happened. > The transfer to PRISON should not have happened. > The second strip search should not have happened. > > I am flabbergasted that this is acceptable in America. > > Truly. > > On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 1:35 PM, Justin Scott <leviat...@darktech.org> wrote: > >> >> > On a 5-4 vote, court says that it is just peachy to strip >> > search anyone before putting them in a jail cell even if >> > there is no cause to think that they have any contraband >> > and no matter how trivial the offense was. >> >> Being that my primary work deals with the corrections industry and I >> have a lot of close contact with staff at several county jails, I do >> understand why the jails have these blanket policies. From what I've >> been told, inmates, their families, or their gangs will sometimes hire >> people to hide drugs on their person and then get arrested on purpose >> on some minor charge for the sole purpose of smuggling drugs and other >> items into the jail. >> >> Unfortunately our litigation-happy culture has made it nearly >> impossible for the jails to be subjective about nearly anything. >> Where common sense and on-the-fly judgement would make sense in the >> real world, they have to use blanket policies and procedures and "no >> exceptions" style rules to ward off lawsuits from the inmates. Where >> they were once able to pick and choose who to strip-search, they've >> been litigated into just making it standard practice for everyone >> being booked in. >> >> There is a safety aspect to it for the jail staff and contractors who >> have to work in their facilities, as well as a protection to prevent >> discrimination/harassment lawsuits from inmates who feel that they've >> been singled out for those kinds of searches (which, in theory, saves >> the taxpayers money on several fronts). >> >> >> -Justin >> >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:349352 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
