JUL 05, 1990
Concerning whether the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department may visually strip search any arrestee who is brought into the secured area of the Lexington County jail and whether there is a difference in the type of search one may conduct if it is known at the time of booking that the arrestee will be released within a reasonable period of time and will not be place in the jail’s general population.
Requested by: The Honorable James R. Metts, Ed.D., Sheriff, Lexington County
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