Stark County, Ohio -- Valentina Dyshko of North Canton has told Channel 3 News investigator Tom Meyer exclusively that she had to remove all her clothes inside the Stark County Jail.

Dyshko came forward to tell her story after she learned of Hope Steffey, the Stark County woman who was stripped naked by both men and women and left in a jail cell for 6 hours.

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The brutal strip-search of Hope Steffey

Dyshko says video of Steffey's treatment reminded her of what she experienced 2 years ago inside the same jail.

Dyshko came to North Canton nine years ago, she says, to escape the fear of KGB persecution in Ukraine. Her ordeal inside the Stark County Jail stemmed from a home schooling issue. She says there was some confusion over the use of certain textbooks. "It was all a big mix-up", said her attorney Dennis Niermann.

Dyskho was educating 2 of her 8 children at home. She received a notice from the Stark County Sheriff about a warrant for her arrest from the Stark County Family Court. When Dyshko arrived at the Sheriff's office, she says she was quickly handcuffed and thrown in jail on a misdemeanor charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

After this mother of 8 spent 3 days behind bars, a judge reviewed her case and quickly dismissed the case.

Lawyers for Dyhsko say she had to remove all her clothes because someone inside the jail determined she was suicidal. Dyshko says she's never been suicidal. She complained to Channel 3 News that the gown she was given in the jail kept falling down, and at times, exposed her naked chest to male guards. "She was asked to remove her clothes and her undergarments. What's the purpose of that? It's demeaning," said Niermann.

Since the Hope Steffey case made headlines, 4 more women, including Dyshko have come forward to report similar stories. Lawyer David Malik says "we're seeing a pattern where apparently every woman who cries or gets emotional is deemed suicidal."

In the case of Hope Steffey, the sheriff and a lawyer representing a number of corrections officers say Steffey was drunk, out of control, and physically and verbally abusive. When Steffey was hauled to jail, they say she admitted she was willing to hurt herself so they placed her on suicide watch.

Lawyers for Steffey say there's nothing in the sheriff's own records that indicate Steffey was going to hurt herself. They say the sheriff is trying to distract the public's attention from what was an abuse of power. They're demanding the sheriff show the public the rule, regulation, rule or policy that allows men to strip a woman naked and leave her in a cell for 6 hours.

The Steffey case has not only triggered reaction nationwide, it has been the subject of a number of national news programs, including MSNBC with Dan Abrams.

The Ohio Attorney General has been investigating the case and is expected to make a decision soon on whether the sheriff's office followed policies and procedures.