LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — A $500 million lawsuit has been filed within the Washtenaw County Circuit Courtroom, claiming that Michigan Division of Corrections (MDOC) officers instructed guards to make use of physique cameras throughout strip searches on the state’s girls’s jail.
Flood Legislation stories in a information launch despatched to six Information that in these recorded searches, girls have been subjected to “lewd comments and behavior from corrections officers”.
They add that Michigan is the one state within the nation to implement such a coverage, with different states explicitly prohibiting recording throughout unclothed searches.
Flood Legislation says they are going to signify 500 girls within the lawsuit in opposition to the Michigan Division of Corrections, Governor Gretchen Whitmer, MDOC Director Heidi Washington, Deputy Director Jeremy Bush, Warden Jeremy Howard, Assistant Deputy Warden Steve Horton, and different officers.
Alleged violations cited within the lawsuit:
Invasion of Privateness (Intrusion Upon Seclusion)
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Misery
Intercourse-Primarily based Discrimination beneath Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act
Violations of Michigan Constitutional Rights
Flood Legislation claims that proof detailed within the lawsuit reveals that starting in January 2025, MDOC pressured a whole lot of ladies to undergo unlawful video recording whereas utterly nude throughout strip searches, showering, utilizing bathrooms and in different states of undress.
Flood Legislation says MDOC formally amended its coverage in March 2025 to ban recording throughout strip searches, however corrections officers proceed to document girls in showers, loos, and different conditions.
They report that 20 unnamed girls shall be included within the case, however add that they’re representing the five hundred concerned within the violations.
Flood Legislation says they search injunctive aid, destruction of all recordings made through the unlawful interval, necessary coaching for MDOC employees and financial damages for the profound hurt they’ve endured.
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