From [HERE] A man was kept in jail and stripped searched twice in a week for a minor traffic fine he had already paid. Albert Florence, 34, was hauled out of his car by a highway patrol man who was given false information by a police computer that there was an outstanding warrant against him.

He had been stopped several times before for the cleared fine, and even carried a letter absolving him of the offence. Despite this, he spent a week in two county jails where he was subjected to the humiliating strips searches before being cleared by a judge.

Speaking to the New York Times, Mr Florence spoke of how he was told to 'Turn around,' while he stood naked before several guards and prisoners, before being told: 'Squat and cough. Spread your cheeks.' He added: 'I consider myself a man’s man. 'I am six-three. Big guy. It was humiliating. It made me feel less than a man. It made me feel not better than an animal.'

There was no reason to believe he might be smuggling drugs or a weapon into jail.