Marci Ladakakos, a woman who was jailed in the Cumberland County Jail in Maine, has sued the jail for repeated strip searches, claiming that her civil rights were violated.Fox News: Maine Woman Sues Jail for Strip Search (December 26, 2008)
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Claims she was forced to shower naked in front of inmates and guardsFox News: Maine Woman Sues Jail for Strip Search (December 26, 2008)
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Arrested on July 10, 2007 for for failure to appear in court on theft chargesFox News: Maine Woman Sues Jail for Strip Search (December 26, 2008)
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Was stripped searched by a female guard when she entered the jailFox News: Maine Woman Sues Jail for Strip Search (December 26, 2008)
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Says there was no need for repeated strip searches since she was placed in an isolated cellFox News: Maine Woman Sues Jail for Strip Search (December 26, 2008)
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Two counties in Maine previously paid more than $3 million to former inmates to settle class-action lawsuits regarding strip-search policiesFox News: Maine Woman Sues Jail for Strip Search (December 26, 2008)
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A local sheriff said the allegations didn't hold up because it would violate strip-search policies that are strictly enforcedFox News: Maine Woman Sues Jail for Strip Search (December 26, 2008)
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Her lawyer Neal Weinstein says that the jail has a strict policy regarding strip searches, but that guards cover up violations that takes place due to a "code of silence"Fox News: Maine Woman Sues Jail for Strip Search (December 26, 2008)
