‘Highly traumatic’ strip search of female Canberra prisoner violated Human Rights Act, review finds

Indigenous woman’s mental and physical health caused an ‘inherently degrading practice’ to have even more of an impact on her rights

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The strip search of a female inmate inside a Canberra prison earlier this year breached the territory’s Human Rights Act, according to a damning review which also found the ACT’s policies around mandatory searches did not have a legal basis.

The ACT’s Inspector of Correctional Services (ICS) on Thursday released the review into the strip search of a 37-year-old Indigenous prisoner at the Alexander Maconochie jail earlier this year.

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