Powell v. Cusimano.

• Position: Violation of prisoners rights - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

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Powell v. Cusimano, 326 F.Supp.2d 322 (D. Conn. 2004). A former state prisoner brought a civil rights action against eight employees of the state corrections department. The district court entered summary judgment in favor of the employees. The court held that a corrections department administrative directive requiring that a strip and visual body cavity search be conducted upon placement in a restrictive housing, protective custody or close custody unit, was reasonable on its face. The court also held that the strip search of the prisoner when he...