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Product of American University, Washington College of Law Project on Addressing Prison Rape. Collection of Case Law summaries relating to anti-fraternization polices and their utility in preventing staff sexual abuse in custody.

Product of American University, Washington College of Law Project on Addressing Prison Rape. Collection of Case Law summaries relating to cross-gender searches.

Product of American University, Washington College of Law Project on Addressing Prison Rape. Collection of case law summaries relating to sexual abuse in custody.

Case law concerning the relationships of correctional officers and inmates in prison or in the community is discussed. Sections of this memorandum include: background; brief answer—it is permissible to limit staff-inmate relationships; case law in the Ninth Circuit; Freedom of Association case law in other jurisdictions; exceptions to the majority view; and conclusion with seven tips for developing a policy prohibiting staff-offender relations.

Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825 (1994), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that a prison official's "deliberate indifference" to a substantial risk of serious harm to an inmate violates the cruel and unusual punishment clause of the Eighth Amendment