· 4/30/1976
Hodges v. Klein
Citations
- 412 F. Supp. 896
- 1976 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15321
How courts have described this case
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- requiring anal inspections of an inmate when entering or leaving an institution or following visits with friends or relatives do not violate the inmate's right to privacy
- requiring anal inspections of an inmate when entering or leaving an institution or following visits with friends or relatives do not violate the inmate’s right to privacy
- anal inspection disallowed on prisoners returning to solitary confinement from heavily-guarded exercise yard, in absence of showing of some breach of security
- rectal search of inmates upon leaving or entering the institution and following contact visits is reasonable
- “[S]ome instructive parallels exist between the prison guard and the customs officer.”
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Judges: Clarkson S. Fisher
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