Calls for change following allegations Indigenous woman was stripsearched in front of other inmates at Canberra’s jail

ACT politicians and prisoner advocates have called for an investigation after allegations a female Indigenous detainee in Canberra’s jail was stripsearched in front of male inmates have been made public.

The 37-year-old prisoner said the incident happened as she was being transferred to a crisis support unit at the Alexander Maconochie Centre (AMC) last month.