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    Women in jail endured group strip searches. L.A. County to pay $53 million to settle suit

    by Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times Jul 16, 2019 4 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - During her brief incarceration several years ago, Jessica Almaraz said she was ushered into a dirty bus garage with 60 or so other inmates at a women's jail in Lynwood.

    The inmates, some of whom were menstruating, were told to remove their clothes, and lift and spread their body parts, in full view of one another. Deputies yelled degrading comments and profanities as they made their orders. Some laughed.

    "They wanted to make us feel powerless," said Almaraz, who said she was strip searched five times during her two months in jail. "Whatever they said went, even if it meant making it feel like you're not

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