Does a prisoner have a right to privacy in their cell?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Valdez v. Marquez, 21-cv-1500-MMA (RBM) (S.D. Cal. 2021):

Rhodes v. Robinson, 408 F.3d 559, 567-68 (9th Cir. 2005). Prisoners have no right to privacy in their cell. See Hudson v. Palmer, 468 U.S. 517, 526 (1984).

Privacy while using the bathroom in one's cell is not protected conduct. While prisoners do have a limited right to bodily privacy, as with all constitutional rights, [a prisoner] retains that right in prison only insofar as it is consistent with his status as a prisoner. Rodriguez v. Ames, 287 F.Supp.2d 213, 220-21 (W.D.N.Y. 2003) (citing Pell v. Procunier, 417 U.S. 817, 822 (1974)).

Id.

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