Corrections and Conditional Release Act (S.C. 1992, c. 20)

Marginal note:Routine strip search of inmates

• 48 (1) Subject to subsection (2), a staff member of the same sex as the inmate may conduct a routine strip search of an inmate, without individualized suspicion,

  • (a) in the prescribed circumstances in situations in which the inmate has been in a place where there was a likelihood of access to contraband that is capable of being hidden on or in the body; or

  • (b) when the inmate is entering or leaving a structured intervention unit.

• Marginal note:Choice of body scan search

  (2) A body scan search of the inmate shall be conducted instead of the strip search if

  • (a) the body scan search is authorized under section 48.1; and

  • (b) a prescribed body scanner in proper working order is in the area where the strip search would be conducted.