Eleventh Circuit· 2/18/1993

Fortner v. Thomas

Citations

983 F.2d 1024
1993 WL 21406

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explaining that prisoners are not barred from seeking damages after their class action seeking an injunction to address ongoing prison conditions
holding male prisoners’ rights to bodily privacy may be violated by allowing female correctional officers to view them in a state of nudity
holding that prisoners have a “constitutional right to bodily privacy”
observing that “because most people have a special sense of privacy in their genitals, and involuntary exposure of them in the presence of people of the other sex may be especially demeaning and humiliating”
noting involuntary exposure of one’s genitals “in the presence of people of the other sex may be especially demeaning and humiliating”
“When a prison regulation or policy impinges on inmates’ constitutional rights, the regulation is valid if it is reasonably related to legitimate penological interests.”

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Judges: Eschbach, Hatchett, Henderson

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