Indigenous woman’s mental and physical health caused an ‘inherently degrading practice’ to have even more of an impact on her rights
The strip search of a female inmate inside a Canberra prison earlier this year breached the territory’s Human Rights Act, according to a damning review which also found the ACT’s policies around mandatory searches did not have a legal basis.
The ACT’s Inspector of Correctional Services (ICS) on Thursday released the review into the strip search of a 37-year-old Indigenous prisoner at the Alexander Maconochie jail earlier this year.
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