Inmates allege one particular officer forced them into "striptease" searches that lasted as long as 12 minutes, during which inmates removed articles of clothing one piece at a time. The inmates were reportedly ridiculed by officers afterward.
In an Oct. 13 letter to jail administrators, obtained by The Capital yesterday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland described the searches and said the inmates claim the officer targets new...
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