Staff at Colorado’s juvenile detention centers violated policies meant to protect youth during strip searches more than 1,000 times during nine months between 2023 and 2025, according to a new review by the Child Protection Ombudsman of Colorado released Tuesday.
In one instance, five youth in a detention center were strip-searched because one of them might have been charging a vape pen in a computer classroom, the review found. In another instance, a 14-year-old boy was held in a room by himself for more than 10 hours until he consented to a strip search. Another time, a youth was strip-searched three times in one day because staff believed he possessed drug paraphernalia, the report found.
Nothing was found during any of those searches, the office reported.
If prisoners don’t like something, it will be used as a punishment and means of compliance.
This is psychological torture, and it’s not just an issue when it’s happening to children, it shouldn’t be happening to anyone
The stress and trauma are just making it even more likely they reoffend.
If prisoners don’t like something, it will be used as a punishment and means of compliance.
This is psychological torture, and it’s not just an issue when it’s happening to children, it shouldn’t be happening to anyone
The stress and trauma are just making it even more likely they reoffend.
As per design documents.
Customer retention
The increased likelihood of reoffense is a feature, not a bug.