By Jonathan Gregg
Fox 6 Now
MADISON/OZAUKEE COUNTY, Wisc. — A bill is gaining traction in the Wisconsin Legislature, which would give county jails more authority to strip search incoming inmates regardless of a conviction.
Mondays are especially busy at the Ozaukee County Jail in Port Washington. 170 is the typical inmate count, but those numbers fluctuate hourly as people are brought in and released.
Everyone coming in is patted down and must step through a metal detector — but unless someone has been convicted and is serving a sentence, corrections officers cannot do a strip search.
Assembly Bill 556 would change that — allowing county jails to strip search more people.
Full story: Bill would give county jails more authority to perform strip searches