Thank you, Chair.
Welcome, gentlemen. We appreciate your expertise and your help in our work with this committee.
A few weeks ago a particular individual from the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies who testified indicated that strip-searching inmates in order to look for contraband was tantamount to state-sponsored sexual assault. Mr. McLauchlan, as someone who works on the front lines of keeping contraband out of institutions, could you comment on the necessity of strip searches as a tool for interdicting contraband?