Court certifies class-action suit alleging rampant illegal strip searches in prisons
Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice has certified a class-action lawsuit alleging that Canadian authorities illegally strip searched federal inmates hundreds of thousands of times over three decades.
Inmates were forced to “remove all clothing, bend over, spread their buttocks, manipulate their genitalia, remove soiled tampons and squat naked while their bodily orifices were inspected,” the statement of claim says. The Supreme Court has condemned the practice, however, saying in a 2001 ruling that searches are “one of the most extreme exercises of police power” and are inherently “humiliating and degrading.”
“I put myself there. I get that. But the excessiveness of always being stripped — sometimes the guards make fun of you — it’s just a terrible experience overall,” he said. Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino, whose portfolio includes the correctional service, did not respond to a request for comment.
“Prisoners suffer. And eventually, society suffers, when prisoners come out of prison and they’ve been traumatized.”
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