A class action lawsuit against Management and Training Corporation, a firm that used to run the Santa Fe County jail, over the practice of strip searching all inmates, has been settled for $ 8.5 million.
The suit was filed in January 2005 and contended that the policy of strip-searching all prisoners violated their constitutional rights.
The Santa Fe County Sheriffâs Department is now running the jail, and the policy of strip searching is no longer in use.
The settlement will be shared by persons who were booked into the jail between January 2002 and the present.
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