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Refer to the Commission on the Status of Women the alleged offensive treatment of women in custody at Santa Rita Jail, as reported below, with the aim of ensuring that searches of women not be conducted in the presence of men (be they male officers or inmates) and any other changes in protocol that might be needed to ensure appropriate policies are followed during searches of women in custody.
Journalist Susie Cagle was arrested at Occupy Oakland on November 2, 2011. As a result of her treatment in the criminal justice system in Alameda County, Ms. Cagle was interviewed on KPFA and she published an account of her experience, and that of other women who were taken into custody and placed in the Alameda County jail system…
This is a request to the Commission that they look into these allegations and develop a recommendation for City Council action regarding changes that might be needed to both policy and protocol when searching women in custody.
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Berkeley City Council member Linda Maio’s consent item #21 for this Tuesday, January 17’s meeting, slightly abridged.
I will be there speaking on it.
Now: about those pregnancy tests…
