{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-153a-229.3","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-229.3","heading":"Inspection by 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 local confinement facility, there shall be a limitation on inspections by male facility employees when a female incarcerated person is in a state of undress. Nothing in this section shall limit the ability of a male facility employee from conducting inspections when a female incarcerated person may be in a state of undress if no female facility employees are available within a reasonable period of time.\n(b)\tDocumentation Requirement. - If a male 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 local confinement facility employee shall submit a written report to the sheriff or administrator of the local confinement facility within five days following the inspection or search, containing the justification for a male facility employee to inspect the female incarcerated person while in a state of undress. (2021-143, s. 3(a).)","path":["Chapter 153A. Counties.","Article 10. Law Enforcement and Confinement Facilities.","Part 2B. Dignity for Women Incarcerated in Local Confinement Facilities."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_153A/GS_153A-229.3.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:24:07Z","sha256":"dc98ad394274c3872c41917c43bc192e6bcd64b9f042530179ca170654295e27","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-153a-229.2","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-153a-229.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}