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Oct 05, 2009 12:30 PM

Strip searches?


Are you involved in the strip searches of inmates in the observation cells?

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from Orca
Old Oct 06, 2009, 03:28 PM

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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.
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from Eirene
Old Oct 06, 2009, 11:13 PM

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According to Ohio DRC's policy- we are not permitted to do opposite sex strip searches.
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from Crawsu
Old Oct 07, 2009, 10:45 PM

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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.
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from humglum
Old Oct 07, 2009, 10:56 PM

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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.
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from kimned88
Old Oct 12, 2009, 09:42 PM

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NEVER! Not for searches, not for extractions...just the aftermath!
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from stephied
Old Oct 13, 2009, 09:38 AM

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Thanks to all. I'm glad I wouldn't be involved in strip searches.
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from deyo321
Old Oct 13, 2009, 02:30 PM

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The correctional officers do the unclothed searches.
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from stephied
Old Oct 13, 2009, 02:43 PM

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Deyo321, Is an unclothed search different from a strip search or is unclothed a better term than strip? Or is there a clothed search? If there is , does the nurse have any involvement with it? Thanks
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from deyo321
Old Oct 16, 2009, 01:58 PM

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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.
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