Excessive strip-searching shines light on discrimination of Aboriginal women in the criminal justice system
- Written by Dr Dani Larkin, Lecturer/Deputy Director of the Indigenous Law Centre, UNSW
In January, an unnamed incarcerated Aboriginal woman on remand at the Alexander Maconochie Centre in the ACT was the victim of an alleged strip search undertaken by four guards in full riot gear in full view of male detainees. The woman is a survivor of previous sexual assault and also has a serious heart condition.
Footage of the incident has been...
