strip-search
Remove-clothes security check
A strip-search is a search in which a person is required to remove all clothing so their body and garments can be examined for contraband or weapons.
Conducted by police, prison guards, or security personnel, strip-searches are invasive and controversial: Inmates were strip-searched before returning to their cells.
The verb is to strip-search: They strip-searched everyone entering the facility.
Confinement for offenders
- jailDetention facility
- correctionalAimed at rehabilitation
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- borderOuter edge or limit
airport · TSA · immigration · intake · booking · facility · checkpoint · processing
Body search by touch
- friskSearch by touch
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
- smuggleConvey illicitly across borders
protocol · compliance · documentation · witness · supervisor · gloves · evidence · seizure
Loss of dignity
- degradationDecline in condition
- indignityHumiliating or degrading treatment
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- powerlessnessInability to affect outcomes
vulnerability · intrusion · abuse · coercion · intimidation · misconduct · excessive · unlawful
Remove one's garments
- nakednessUnclothed condition
- exposureState of being unprotected
- embarrassmentSelf-conscious unease
- shamePainful awareness of failure
discomfort · distress · anxiety · fear · vulnerability · helplessness · dehumanization · objectification
Absence of vanity
- privacyFreedom from observation
- respectRegard with honor
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
boundaries · rights · protection · safeguards · policy · guidelines · necessity · proportionality
prison
Confinement for offenders
- jailDetention facility
- correctionalAimed at rehabilitation
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
border · airport · TSA · immigration · intake · booking · facility · checkpoint · processing · inmate
pat-down
Body search by touch
- friskSearch by touch
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
smuggle · protocol · compliance · documentation · witness · supervisor · gloves · evidence · seizure · confiscation
humiliation
Loss of dignity
- degradationDecline in condition
- indignityHumiliating or degrading treatment
- traumaLasting psychological wound
powerlessness · vulnerability · intrusion · abuse · coercion · intimidation · misconduct · excessive · unlawful · illegal
undress
Remove one's garments
- nakednessUnclothed condition
- exposureState of being unprotected
- embarrassmentSelf-conscious unease
shame · discomfort · distress · anxiety · fear · vulnerability · helplessness · dehumanization · objectification · invasion
modesty
Absence of vanity
autonomy · boundaries · rights · protection · safeguards · policy · guidelines · necessity · proportionality · justification
strip-searchpat-down
Body search by touch
frisk · patdown · visual inspection · wanding · questioning
strip-searchprivacy
Freedom from observation
bodily autonomy · dignity · consent · inviolability · self-determination
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