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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Fact, there is not a nationwide standard on strip-search procedure. Merely that, it should be conducted in a non-conspicuous area (within the building) in consideration to the subjects privacy, that is be conducted with as much dignity as possible under supervision of 2 individuals on the same sex (unless exigent circumstances exist).
The whole “bend and squat” has historically been a productive way to find contraband (mainly drugs). Not much gets passed x-ray, which is also commonly used in facilities.
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