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On April 2, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington, No. 10-945, holding that persons arrested and detained in a detention facility even for minor offenses may be subjected to invasive searches for weapons, drugs, and other contraband without violating the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments
