Failure to use more effective and less intrusive technology shows that police departments and prisons are about control and shame,not safetyI hold been strip searched over 250 times – and I know these examinations are about degradation and control, not drug detection or security. That’s why, and even though these searches can be eliminated without any considerable effect on safety,this practice continues. Each time I undressed in front of officers at York correctional institution, I shed another layer of dignity. Self-esteem hits an all-time low each time you are forced to disrobe in front of someone else, or to bend over,spread your buttocks in someone’s face and cough to expel what might be inside. My final one was as embarrassing as my first. And I was never touched during any of them.
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Source: theguardian.com