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Fact Sheet: Strip Searches in Federal Prisons Designated for Women

Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies 

Strip searches are often experienced as sexual assault and can have detrimental effects on incarcerated women, non-binary, and two sprit people. This fact sheet provides an overview on this pervasive issue in federal prisons in Canada designated for women.

Categories: Criminalization
Language(s): English
Year(s) Published: 2021
Accessibility Format(s): Machine-Readable Text
Type of Resource: Backgrounders/Briefs