The decision involved the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York. By a five to four margin, the Court found that double bunking of inmates was not punishment, that the jail rule forbidding inmates from receiving books from publishers only was constitutions, and that the ban on receiving food packages was not a violation of due process. It also held that room searches of pretrial detainees were not a violation of the right of privacy and that visual body cavity searches were not unreasonable. The Court also emphasized the strong deference to be paid to prison officials. Other courts have widely quoted the section on judicial deference. Some circuits have distinguished the case by finding that other institutions were older and in worse condition than the one in the Wolfish decision. The other sections of the decision have not had a great impact. However, the case has set a tone which the Court has subsequently followed in supporting any condition for which they can find a rationale. Notes and 12 references. (Author abstract modified)