Judah, are you saying that nobody should be strip searched when they go to jail? Because, as fervently as I would like to avoid this happening to me, I think I disagree. Jail is a dangerous place and body orifices classic smuggling tactics. I don't think a metal detector is reliable here (anyone know for sure?)
If you're saying this particular man should not have been strip-searched, I am not sure. Apparently he was in jail for a week, presumably because he couldn't straighten the situation out or pay the fine a second time. That's a different situation than Occupy protesters being processed. If it was a matter of keeping him until someone arrived with the bail, no, I don't think they should have strip-searched him. Jails have holding cells. I keep hearing on the radio that he was "repeatedly" strip searched. Not sure what that was about, but it doesn't sound right either. On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com>wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> > wrote: > > > > You are misunderstanding my words. The legal offense on the dude's > > part was (supposedly) not paying a fine. Hence the warrant. The court > > ruled that even something as mild as not paying a fine (which is > > illegal) still will result in the same behavior at the jail as if the > > guy had been, say, picked up on a weapons and drugs charge. > > > I think it's fair to say "not paying a fine should not land you in jail". > IMO there are ***LOTS*** of things that will land you in jail that should > not. But that's not what this ruling is about. At. All. > > However.... Once you're in jail, all bets are off. > > It's critical for the safety of everyone - other inmates, corrections > officers, etc, that each and every prisoner be searched for weapons or > other dangerous materials on the way in. > > I think you are arguing the wrong point here. Argue that this > guy should not have been in jail and I'd be interested in hearing more > about why he was sent there. Arguing that inmates should not be checked for > weapons doesn't make sense to me at all. > > -Cameron > > ... > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:349377 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
