I introduce my New York State Legislative Bill titled the “Prison Bodily Privacy Act” which is designed to revise New York Correction Law in order to prohibit all naked strip searches in Prison from taking place UNLESS the Correctional Official can first prove that 4th Amendment “Probable Cause” exists to justify the invasions on bodily privacy. Probable Cause, in the prison context, exists when an Officer has substantial reason to believe that a Prisoner is actively attempting to conceal contraband on their body. In BELL v. WOLFISH, 441 u.s. 520 (1979) it was opined that prison strip searches that take place in the absence of “Probable Cause” violates a Prisoners 4th Amendment Rights to bodily privacy.
PRISON BODILY PRIVACY ACT Proposed by Atiq Weston
