Nashville, TN– A lawsuit filed on
Thursday against Corrections Corporation of America, the largest private
prison management company in the US, alleges that a visitor at a South
Central Correctional Facility in Clifton, Tennessee, was forced to
expose her genitalia to prison guards to prove that she was menstruating
after she attempted to bring a sanitary napkin into a visit.
On April 20, 2014, the plaintiff was making her way through a second security screening point when guard spotted the feminine hygiene product partially exposed in her pocket. The woman was told she would have to get a “CCA-approved” pad instead. An annoying, but not terribly unreasonable requirement.
At this point, however, the male guard, along with another male guard standing beside him, told her, “But I’ll have to make sure you are — I’ll have to make sure you are actually —”
The male guards called over a female guard at the point, who upon arrival, asked what was going on. Jane Doe responded that she was on her period, to which the female guard sarcastically responded with “oh, great,” before walking into a restroom.
According to the lawsuit, once inside the restroom, the plaintiff asked the guards what they wanted her to do, to which another female guard responded “show me.”
The female guard stood infront of Jane Doe at this point, as the first female guard stood by the bathroom door and the two male guards waited outside the door.
The plaintiff then asked again, what the guard wanted to do, to which the guard responded with, “What do you think? Show me!”
Jane Doe then exposed her pelvic area and the guard squatted down so she was eye level with the woman’s vaginal area. Once the guard was satisfied that the woman was in fact on her period she was finally permitted to exit the bathroom and go have her visit.
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/woman-strip-searched-prison-guard-prove-menstruating/#A3mvjSuzcS93Zklw.99
On April 20, 2014, the plaintiff was making her way through a second security screening point when guard spotted the feminine hygiene product partially exposed in her pocket. The woman was told she would have to get a “CCA-approved” pad instead. An annoying, but not terribly unreasonable requirement.
At this point, however, the male guard, along with another male guard standing beside him, told her, “But I’ll have to make sure you are — I’ll have to make sure you are actually —”
The male guards called over a female guard at the point, who upon arrival, asked what was going on. Jane Doe responded that she was on her period, to which the female guard sarcastically responded with “oh, great,” before walking into a restroom.
According to the lawsuit, once inside the restroom, the plaintiff asked the guards what they wanted her to do, to which another female guard responded “show me.”
The female guard stood infront of Jane Doe at this point, as the first female guard stood by the bathroom door and the two male guards waited outside the door.
The plaintiff then asked again, what the guard wanted to do, to which the guard responded with, “What do you think? Show me!”
Jane Doe then exposed her pelvic area and the guard squatted down so she was eye level with the woman’s vaginal area. Once the guard was satisfied that the woman was in fact on her period she was finally permitted to exit the bathroom and go have her visit.
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/woman-strip-searched-prison-guard-prove-menstruating/#A3mvjSuzcS93Zklw.99
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