context: In carving out this exception for a prison cell, the Supreme Court balanced the individual's constitutional right to privacy with the legitimate interests of the prison, and found that the privacy right must always yield in this context. Of course, the existence of this exception does not abrogate the rule that an individual normally possesses an expectation of privacy while incarcerated; instead, this exception emphasizes the need to balance the competing interests of the individual and the government.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 103 S.Ct. 2608, 2608
citation_a.parenthetical: balancing an individual's Fourth Amendment interests against the governmental interests supported by an inventory search
citation_a.sentence: See Dunn v. White, 880 F.2d 1188, 1191 (10th Cir.1989) (“[although the Supreme Court has thus foreclosed any fourth amendment challenge to the search of a prison cell ... the prisoner’s privacy interest in the integrity of his own person is still preserved”); Cameron v. Hendricks, 942 F.Supp. 499, 502 (D.Kan.1996) (“though inmates have no legitimate expectation of privacy in their cells ... the traditional Fourth Amendment prohibition against unreasonable searches extends to personal body searches of inmates”); see also Lafayette, 462 U.S. at 644, 103 S.Ct. at 2608 (balancing an individual’s Fourth Amendment interests against the governmental interests supported by an inventory search).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 880 F.2d 1188, 1191
citation_b.parenthetical: "[although the Supreme Court has thus foreclosed any fourth amendment challenge to the search of a prison cell ... the prisoner's privacy interest in the integrity of his own person is still preserved"
citation_b.sentence: See Dunn v. White, 880 F.2d 1188, 1191 (10th Cir.1989) (“[although the Supreme Court has thus foreclosed any fourth amendment challenge to the search of a prison cell ... the prisoner’s privacy interest in the integrity of his own person is still preserved”); Cameron v. Hendricks, 942 F.Supp. 499, 502 (D.Kan.1996) (“though inmates have no legitimate expectation of privacy in their cells ... the traditional Fourth Amendment prohibition against unreasonable searches extends to personal body searches of inmates”); see also Lafayette, 462 U.S. at 644, 103 S.Ct. at 2608 (balancing an individual’s Fourth Amendment interests against the governmental interests supported by an inventory search).