Alaska Administrative Code
Title 22 - Department of Corrections
Chapter 05 - Adult Facilities
Article 2 - Security
22 AAC 05.067 - Prisoner searches

Universal Citation: 22 AK Admin Code 22 AAC 05.067

Current through August 30, 2024

(a) Searches of individual prisoners must be reasonably related to the security interests of the facility.

(b) Prisoners are subject to a frisk search by facility staff at any time.

(c) A prisoner is subject to a strip search, by a staff member who, except under exigent circumstances, must be the same sex as the prisoner being searched,

(1) upon initial admission;

(2) upon apprehension from an escape or attempted escape;

(3) upon initial admission to segregation;

(4) upon re-entry to a facility after leaving the security perimeter or grounds;

(5) at the conclusion of a contact visit;

(6) upon returning from a classroom or area where tools were present or in use, or other similar circumstances;

(7) upon return from the grounds of a facility which are accessible for the introduction of contraband, and other similar circumstances; and

(8) at any time there exists a reasonable basis to conclude the prisoner is in possession of contraband.

(d) A prisoner is subject to a body cavity search if probable cause exists to conclude that the prisoner possesses contraband inside a body cavity. A body cavity search will be conducted by medical personnel in the presence of a correctional officer of the same sex as the prisoner being searched.

Authority:AS 11.56.375

AS 11.56.380

AS 33.30.011

AS 33.30.021

AS 44.28.030

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