BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The chief federal judge for the Middle District of Louisiana has ruled that the Baton Rouge Police Department’s current strip search policy is unconstitutional and has ...

A federal judge has ruled that the city’s former policy allowing new prisoners to be strip-searched, regardless of the charges against them, was unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Charles ...

A strip-searches by a prison guards has been ruled unconstitutional after an inmate awaiting trial described his search at the hands of a female guard as “a humiliating event.” In a 6-5 ruling ...

BRPD’s strip search policy is laid out in general order 281, which includes procedural guidelines for when officers are allowed to conduct them on people who haven’t been charged.

BRPD strip searches ruled unconstitutional by chief federal judge. Updated: Jul. 12, 2024 at 4:00 PM CDT The chief federal judge for the Middle District of Louisiana has ruled that ...