eli5: Does bending over and coughing actually eject whatever your trying to smuggle up your anus/genitals?

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Sometimes I watch shows related to prison life as well as listening to stories of ex-cons, and one thing that struck me as odd was the protocol of bending and coughing in front of an officer to see of your hiding anything illegal. How does that work? How do the officers know for sure that there actually isn’t anything in there after one cough? If there is stuff in there, how can it come out just by coughing?

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They made us squat down and cough. It loosens the muscles and whatever’s in there is generally going to fall out.

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