Do they carry out cavity searches when you enter UK prisons?

[DanielJ2008]

I heard they have no powers to do them at all - but I saw a documentary where I'm sure they did carry one out upon entry to prison.

[ChrisM19]

Am getting sentenced on Friday so saw your question and didn't like the sound of it but happy to see wizard's answer.

Could you actually get away with stuffing something up there? What happens if you get caught?

[paraffin]

If you got caught you'd obviously be "in the sh!t".

[DemonMan]

the phrase is called plugging,and everone plugs tobacco,drugs,cash and even phones "'up there""

[DemonMan]

and weapons^^^^

[ELVIS68]

I take it they cottoned on to hacksaw blades in cakes?

[DemonMan]

LOL@ELVIS,yes its still the same kind of thing i suppose..if our g@y "birthday cake" now becomes "@rse cake" loL!

[Ice.Maiden]

The mind boggles at the thought of using a phone afterwards.....

[DemonMan]

Clingfilm or condom covered!lol!

[ELVIS68]

Sh!t ringtone though

[DemonMan]

LOL! you rule elvis!

[ummmm]

It depends what prison you get sent to. I went to see my cousin yesterday who has just been moved to Shrewsbury (cat B ) There he got stripped searched. He was originally sent to Woodhill (catA) and got searched, made to pull his foreskin back and they looked up his bum.

[pfabc123]

Hi Wizard66.
Good observation any clearly lots of first hand experience to boot. The prisons are indeed an induction training camp for the non drug taker. If clean and not to 4oeked up in the first instance they are surely to become highly dependent by the time they leave with all other variables being taken in to account. Yet the prison officers and their seniors appear to find it to be an easier life to manage a prison system of high dosile people rather than actually doing their job. Lazy 3 hour a day shift state money grabbing bullies who actually believe they are worthy to lick the toes of traffic wardens. ha