Strip searches are dehumanizing
Strip searches are dehumanizing, humiliating, state-sanctioned trauma and sexual violence.
Strip searches are dehumanizing, humiliating, state-sanctioned trauma and sexual violence.


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Strip searches are dehumanizing, humiliating, state-sanctioned trauma and sexual violence.
Strip searches are dehumanizing, humiliating, state-sanctioned trauma and sexual violence.
Strip searches are used to embarrass, shame and dehumanize. It's time to end the practice. Reentry is difficult without an ID. Sending people home from prison without an ID is setting them up for failure....
Strip searches are used to embarrass, shame and dehumanize. It's time to end the practice. Reentry is difficult without an ID. Sending people home from prison without an ID is setting them up for failure....
If the state knows a person’s identity well enough to incarcerate them, then the state can give them the proper identification when they leave.
If the state knows a person’s identity well enough to incarcerate them, then the state can give them the proper identification when they leave.
No one, and especially children, should be imprisoned because the police coerced, manipulated and deceived them into saying something that is not true.
No one, and especially children, should be imprisoned because the police coerced, manipulated and deceived them into saying something that is not true.
Children’s safety, and support, should be the main concern for our communities. Instead, police rely on lying and fear tactics meant to keep society in lines.
Children’s safety, and support, should be the main concern for our communities. Instead, police rely on lying and fear tactics meant to keep society in lines.
No one, including children, should be imprisoned because police coerced them into a false confession. I teach my children, to be honest. Honesty promotes trust, fosters healthy and strong relationships, and...
No one, including children, should be imprisoned because police coerced them into a false confession. I teach my children, to be honest. Honesty promotes trust, fosters healthy and strong relationships, and...