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From: mjc@cmu-cs-cad.ARPA (Monica Cellio)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Strip Searches
Message-ID: <251@cmu-cs-cad.ARPA>
Date: Sat, 26-Jan-85 03:45:45 EST
Article-I.D.: cmu-cs-c.251
Posted: Sat Jan 26 03:45:45 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 2-Feb-85 11:11:39 EST
Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI
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Prisons exist for punishment, and I think it is actually stated in the law
somewhere (knowledgeable folks, correct me) that when it comes to civil
rights in prison, all bets are off.  If there are female guards at the place
(no reason there shouldn't be...), some effort should be made to have them do
the searches.  BUT I don't want MY tax dollars being spent to hire SPECIAL
guards just to perform these searches (and women shouldn't be given
preference in hiring just because of this).

Of course, if there are female guards and it is "impossible" to reallocate
them, the men in the prison don't have a right to complain if women perform
THEIR searches.

							-Dragon
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