Does a routine visual body cavity search on a convicted prisoner who is administratively segregated for close supervision violate the Fourth Amendment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Blair-Bey v. Lewis, 36 F.3d 1102 (9th Cir. 1994):
Routine visual body cavity searches do not violate the Fourth Amendment when the searches are conducted on a convicted prisoner who is administratively segregated for close supervision, the searches are of limited intrusiveness, and the searches are conducted in his cell. Rickman v. Avaniti, 854 F.2d 327, 328-29 (9th Cir.1988). A search is of limited intrusiveness if it is conducted only when the inmate leaves his cell, is visual, and involves no touching. Id.
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