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Our firm has two goals in mind whenever we bring a civil rights lawsuit. We work to get our clients compensated for injuries caused by police officers or other government officials. We also try to use our lawsuits as a tool to bring about positive changes in how police departments and other agencies operate. One of our recent cases accomplished both of these goals. In response to our lawsuit challenging the strip search of a prison visitor, the Massachusetts Department of Correction (DOC) is changing its regulations to limit the circumstances in which prison officials can strip search a prison visitor.
Here’s how it happened.