Strip searches?

Sometimes - and I was also involved in cell extractions, when they shot tear gas into individual cells in the segregation unit because of unruly behavior and inmates who would not cooperate with efforts to relocate them.

According to Ohio DRC's policy- we are not permitted to do opposite sex strip searches.

Medical is never involved in body cavity searches. We will draw blood with the patients permission for court ordered blood draws, but only with patient's consent.

No. There is no reason for medical to be involved in strip searches. That is a custody issue. We're not involved in cell extractions either but we do treat inmates (and, to some extent, assist officers) for chemical exposure.

NEVER! Not for searches, not for extractions...just the aftermath!

The correctional officers do the unclothed searches.

They are the same. There was a court ruling that the very term had implications and since then we never use the term. Clothed search is what you could call a pat down.