{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-148-25.3","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 148-25.3","heading":"Inspection by correctional facility employees.","body":"(a)\tInspections When a Female Incarcerated Person is in the State of Undress. - To the greatest extent practicable and consistent with safety and order in a correctional facility, there shall be a limitation on inspections by male correctional facility employees when a female incarcerated person is in a state of undress. Nothing in this section shall limit the ability of a male correctional facility employee from conducting inspections when a female incarcerated person may be in a state of undress if no female correctional facility employees are available within a reasonable period of time.\n(b)\tDocumentation Requirement. - If a male correctional facility employee deems it is appropriate to conduct an inspection or search while a female incarcerated person is in a clear state of undress in an area such as the shower, the medical examination room, toilet areas, or while a female incarcerated person is having a body cavity search, the male correctional facility employee shall submit a written report to the warden or administrator of the correctional facility within five days following the inspection or search, containing the justification for a male correctional facility employee to inspect the female incarcerated person while in a state of undress. (2021-143, s. 2(a).)","path":["Chapter 148. State Prison System.","Article 2B. Dignity for Women Incarcerated in Prison Facilities."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_148/GS_148-25.3.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:23:22Z","sha256":"4da6c5810b37c0ff619ab35f838e5f341b7e779fc53802bd7d9e3837dce6ad64","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-148-25.2","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-148-25.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}