Woman in custody at Canberra’s jail allegedly strip-searched in front of male inmates in ‘degrading’ act

A female detainee on remand at the Alexander Maconochie Centre (AMC) says she was strip-searched in view of a number of male inmates and staff, in what she described as a “degrading” act.

The Indigenous woman, 37, wrote a letter detailing the alleged incident, which she said occurred after she became upset on learning she would not be able to attend her grandmother’s funeral, accompanied by officers, for logistical reasons.

The…