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Female DUI suspects forced to strip in Seattle-area jail while secretly videotaped
More people have stepped forward to complain about being taped undressing at a jail in Puyallup, Wash., after a lawsuit by 11 people against the city’s surveillance practices emerged this week.
The jail in the suburban Seattle-area city forced DUI suspects — mostly women — to strip naked in a holding cell to change into jail clothes. The women didn’t know a monitor seen by jailers — mostly male — was recording their nudity, reported King 5, the NBC affiliate in Seattle.
The lawsuit by 10 women and one man alleges that women were videotaped in their most private moments — changing and using the bathroom — while jailers had monitors to see it all. Since then, dozens of other people have contacted the law firm handling the suit to report similar experiences, King 5 reported.
The city of Puyallup maintains that the use of “industry-standard jail safety cameras” is routine and proper. “The standard practice is to have the inmate change into the jail uniform behind a curtain outside the direct view of any jail safety camera,” the city said.
Watch a news report on the case below.
Fri Oct 18 15:34:03 PDT 2013
More women complain of videotaping at Puyallup jail
Nearly two dozen more women have come forward with complaints about videotaping at the Puyallup city jail. The women didn’t know they were being recorded on a monitor that could be seen by mostly male jailers. view full article
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