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Attorney General Opinion No.

Kansas Attorney General Reports

Decided April 2, 2007Published

1Opinion of the Court

Steven Opat Geary County Attorney 801 North Washington Street, Suite A Junction City, Kansas 66441-2590

Dear Mr. Opat:

You request our opinion on the legality of "strip-searches" of pre-trial detainees, in light of K.S.A. 22-2521 and 22-2524(b) and recent case law. You are concerned that case law does not support the statutory provisions allowing strip searches in specific situations. You provide citations to several cases1 and ask whether case law or Kansas statutes allow strip searches to be conducted when persons are detained or arrested solely for violation of a statute, resolution or…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. United States v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. Fuller v. M.G. JewelryCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
  5. Mary Beth G. v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983

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