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Suit filed on strip searches by DYS

Policy on youth is called demeaning

By Farah Stockman
Globe Staff / January 1, 2004

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A lawsuit is challenging the legality of a state Department of Youth Services policy that allows routine strip searches of minors in the custody of the agency whenever they leave a secure facility to go to court, see a doctor, or visit with a family member. (Full Article: 921 Words)

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