May 1, 2008
Source: BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cambridgeshire/7377003.stm
Female prison officers will be stopped from being present when male inmates are strip-searched, after a Muslim prisoner said he had been degraded.
The inmate told the newspaper Muslim News in March he felt degraded, oppressed and provoked on a daily basis at Whitemoor Prison, Cambridgeshire.
The man said he was forced to strip in front of a female officer, which the Ministry of Justice has admitted.
It said it has reviewed procedures to ensure the incident is not repeated.