Pathways to, conditions and consequences of incarceration for women 2013, para. 43
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Female prisoners in many countries are subjected to invasive and degrading searches. Some searches require women to undress and lift their breasts or bend over at the waist and spread their cheeks. Female prisoners are also subject to vaginal searches and in some countries, male guards search female prisoners. In many countries subjecting women prisoners to strip searches is more or less routine (A/HRC/17/26/Add.5 and Corr.1).
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Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences