Follow our live coverage for the latest news on the coronavirus pandemic. 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. She said she was moved to the crisis support unit due to concerns for her wellbeing, and was placed in a cell where a number of male inmates could see her.

When I was a Detroit police officer, I never imagined that one day I would be a federally incarcerated inmate with a fresh nty month sentence, exiting a prison visiting room for the first time. But there I stood in a cold strip-search area. The Corrections Officer CO inside, twirled a black metal flashlight.

Guardian Australia revealed on Wednesday that police in New South Wales have strip-searched girls, including two year-olds, in the past three years. When she produced a cigarette lighter, she was told she would be strip-searched. Piper was taken into an interview room where a female police officer instructed her to strip down to her bra and underpants. The search Piper described was potentially illegal.