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Prison Rules, r. 17 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) Every prisoner shall be carefully searched on admission and at such subsequent times as may be directed, and all prohibited articles shall be taken from him.
(2) The searching of a prisoner shall be conducted with due regard to decency and self-respect and in as seemly a manner as is consistent with the necessity of discovering any concealed
(3) No prisoner shall be stripped and searched in the sight of another prisoner.
(4) A prisoner shall be searched only by officers of the same sex as the prisoner.
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