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Nassau jail tour for judge trying illegal strip-search case

Originally published: December 10, 2009 10:02 PM
Updated: December 10, 2009 10:34 PM
By ROBERT E. KESSLER  robert.kessler@newsday.com

Quick ReadU.S. District Judge Denis Hurley made the unusual trip to the East Meadow jail because he said he wanted to get a personal feel of what the area looked like.

Exterior shot of Nassau County Jail in East

Photo credit: Ed Betz | Exterior shot of Nassau County Jail in East Meadow.

A federal judge who is trying to determine how much money Nassau County owes 17,700 people who were illegally strip-searched in the 1990s after being arrested on misdemeanor charges took a tour of the strip-search areas of the Nassau County jail Thursday.

U.S. District Judge Denis Hurley made the unusual trip to the East Meadow jail because he said he wanted to get a personal feel of what...

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