Kids in custody are being strip searched in Ontario. But the province can’t answer a key question

[shockedcanadian]

Creepy, no?

Some people have it in their DNA to target the vulnerable and they will argue that one creepy activity doesn't offset a serious crime.

We lose our principles and our soapbox when we believe that if we lower our own humanity and morals in the face of criminals it is ok because "I'm really not at all like them". This DNA can spread among a population and impact other avenues within a system until in fact, you are precisely like them...

Kids in custody are being strip searched in Ontario. But the province can’t answer a key question

The issue of strip searches is looming over the proceedings in the deadly swarming of Kenneth Lee, and has sparked a proposed class-action lawsuit, amid calls from critics for the

www.thestar.com

The Ontario government cannot say how many children are being strip searched in detention facilities across the province.

Despite calls from the legal community and human rights advocates for the province to stop routine in-custody strip-searches of children as young as 12 years old — including those who have yet to face trial and are presumed innocent — government policies allow for the practice.

 

[JoeMoma]

Well Damn!

I suppose there may be instances in which a teenager should be strip searched. When reading this, body cavity searches came to mind, but a strip search isn't necessarily the same a body cavity search.

 

[DakotaKai_fan20]

Strip searching children by the police is a recipe for police officers that are secretly pedophiles.

 

[westwall]

Strip searching children by the police is a recipe for police officers that are secretly pedophiles.

Sure seems like it.

 

[shockedcanadian]

Strip searching children by the police is a recipe for police officers that are secretly pedophiles.

The problem is, which officers are and which aren't comfortable with this.

Even if someone murders someone, we have to rise above it and be civilized and moral. Imagine a pedo in court and their lawyer questioning police officials and asking them "have you stripped searched minors"? It would bring an entire scenario in which the courts have to apply one standard to a creep and another to a cop who may engage in what is really creepy activity, intentional or not.

I would have to refuse to engage in this activity if I were doing that job. At the very least I would ask where this is in my job description.

 

[Auld Phart]

Creepy, no?

Some people have it in their DNA to target the vulnerable and they will argue that one creepy activity doesn't offset a serious crime.

We lose our principles and our soapbox when we believe that if we lower our own humanity and morals in the face of criminals it is ok because "I'm really not at all like them". This DNA can spread among a population and impact other avenues within a system until in fact, you are precisely like them...

Kids in custody are being strip searched in Ontario. But the province can’t answer a key question

The issue of strip searches is looming over the proceedings in the deadly swarming of Kenneth Lee, and has sparked a proposed class-action lawsuit, amid calls from critics for the

www.thestar.com

The Ontario government cannot say how many children are being strip searched in detention facilities across the province.

Despite calls from the legal community and human rights advocates for the province to stop routine in-custody strip-searches of children as young as 12 years old — including those who have yet to face trial and are presumed innocent — government policies allow for the practice.

no

if they aren't searched, what are they sneaking into the facility?

weapons, drugs?


IMO, visitors should be strip searched before entering a facility.

 

[Mac-7]

Strip searching children by the police is a recipe for police officers that are secretly pedophiles.

Or, to prevent the smuggling of drugs

 

[JoeMoma]

Maybe I missed it, but the article linked in the OP was very brief. It did not define what is considered a strip search nor the circumstances in which it is performed.

Is having a new resident/inmate shower and change into an orange jump suit while handing over the old cloths to someone that does a search considered a strip search? Or is it more invasive with someone doing a cavity search checking for drugs and such?

 

[jwoodie]

Strip searching children by the police is a recipe for police officers that are secretly pedophiles.

1. I assume we are talking about 15+ boys.
2. Physical visitor contact should be limited to immediate family.
3. Socialism ultimately leads to authoritarianism.