Strip Searches Have a Racist, Dehumanizing Legacy

Strip Searches Have a Racist, Dehumanizing Legacy

In March 2018, J’Allen Jones, a 31-year-old Black man incarcerated at Garner Correctional Institution in Connecticut, died after refusing to comply with a strip search. When officers told Jones he needed to submit to the procedure, he resisted. That is when the violence started. Officers forced him onto a bed, pepper-sprayed him, and kneed him in the thighs. Then, officers placed a spit hood over his head, a practice that experts have linked to …

Strip searches have a racist, dehumanizing legacy – RANGE Media

Kentucky Department of Corrections (YouTube screenshot) This story was originally published by The Appeal. In March 2018, J’Allen Jones, a 31-year-old Black man incarcerated at Garner Correctional Institution in Connecticut, died after refusing to comply with a strip search. When officers told Jones he needed to submit to the procedure, he resisted. That is when the violence started. Officers forced him onto a bed, pepper-sprayed him, and kneed …