Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Strip Searches for Minor Violations

I've always thought that strip searches were to be performed in places such as prisons, and to people that were considered dangearous criminals. However this is not even close to reality, in a case discussed on Monday the Supreme Court approved strip searches for people entering the jails after arrest for even the most minor violations. Minor violations can include driving above the speed limit or walking your dog without a leash; it seems to me that the Supreme Court failed to protect the privacy of individuals, and left us - citizens - in the hands of officers and prison guards to perform an extremely invasive, intrusive and undignified search. I understand the need to protect officers and prison guards from being hurt or even other inmates from being potentially hurt by a dangerous prisoner. However, what if you just happen to be very unlucky and end up in jail for a speeding ticket ? would you receive the same treatment as if you were a dangerous criminal? so think it twice if your going to walk your dog without a leash, you may end up with your clothes off and taking a shower with  20 other inmates.

3 comments:

  1. Yeah at the rate things are going it wont be long before everyone is getting strip searched just to get on a plane.

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  2. I agree with you both that it will just get worse and such an invasive search on someone for minor infractions is just crazy. What were they thinking?

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  3. Agreed. The day 9?11 happened is the day everyone became paranoid, with good reason though. But this is overstepping those limits and is unnecessary. 8th amendment violations?

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