Civil Liberties

Illinois County Faces Second Lawsuit, Three More Women, One Man Allege Illegal Strip Searches in County Jail

LaSalle County

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Another suit has been filed in U.S. District Court accusing LaSalle County sheriff's deputies of illegally stripping people they detained.

In the latest 30-page, 14-count civil complaint, filed Thursday, three women and a man claimed they were stripped by sheriff's deputies without provocation and left naked in their cells for anywhere from 12 hours to two days.