1. (a) Searches of individual prisoners must be reasonably related to the security interests of the facility.
2. (b) Prisoners are subject to a frisk search by facility staff at any time.

3. (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. (1) upon initial admission;
   2. (2) upon apprehension from an escape or attempted escape;
   3. (3) upon initial admission to segregation;
   4. (4) upon re-entry to a facility after leaving the security perimeter or grounds;
   5. (5) at the conclusion of a contact visit;
   6. (6) upon returning from a classroom or area where tools were present or in use, or other similar circumstances;
   7. (7) upon return from the grounds of a facility which are accessible for the introduction of contraband, and other similar circumstances; and
   8. (8) at any time there exists a reasonable basis to conclude the prisoner is in possession of contraband.
4. (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.

(Eff. 1/9/87, Register 101)

Authority: AS 11.56.375, AS 33.30.011, AS 44.28.030, AS 11.56.380, AS 33.30.021