Jail Changes Strip-Search Policy

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The Santa Fe County jail policy that mandates every inmate be strip-searched might be unconstitutional and has been changed, the jail's warden said Tuesday.

Since Dec. 15, only inmates brought to the jail on felony drug or weapons charges or other violent offenses -- or those with a criminal history that includes past escapes -- have been strip- searched, said Kerry Dixon, the jail's warden, and Santa Fe County Sheriff Greg Solano.

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Jail Changes Strip-Search Policy

"If we're doing something that's unconstitutional, I surely don't want to do that," Dixon said. "Until Mr. Dona...

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