14B NCAC 06C .1702. SEARCH OF FEMALE PRISONERS

(a)  Agents shall search female prisoners only when an immediate search is necessary to assure the safety of the prisoner or others, or to preserve evidence which might otherwise be destroyed.

(b)  Searches made under such conditions shall be made with all possible regard for decency and, if possible, a witness should be present.

(c)  Agents shall not conduct strip searches unless articulable facts exist indicating items subject to seizure may be found only through such a search.  Search of body cavities is prohibited unless a search warrant authorizing such a search is obtained.  Strip searches shall not be conducted without approval of an agent's assistant supervisor or district supervisor.  Strip and body cavity searches of female prisoners shall be made only by female agents with a female witness.  If practical, body cavity searches shall be made in presence of a physician or medical technician.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 18B-500; 143B-10;

Eff. February 1, 1980;

Amended Eff. August 1, 1988; January 1, 1984;

Transferred from 14A NCAC 08H .1702 Eff. June 1, 2013.