Gay stripsearch

Michael Scratch poses for the Canadian Thunder calendar (March) on STRIP SEARCH.

Carlo Spina poses for the Canadian Thunder calendar (June) on STRIP SEARCH. As with my second experience, male and female staff, officers and cadets woke us up early in the morning, screaming: “Get up, get dressed and don’t say a word!

Some officers joked around while we sat there. We were not allowed to use the bathroom, which resulted in many accidents. We were handcuffed behind our backs for about six hours.

But my attorney, who, bear in mind, was not an advocate in the movement for a just criminal legal system, convinced me.

Bobby Ryan­ poses for the Canadian Thunder calendar (December) on STRIP SEARCH. But my heart was with my sisters inside.

Daniel Bennato poses for the Canadian Thunder calendar (November) on STRIP SEARCH.

The check says to me that in the eyes of IDOC, my pain — and that of my sisters — is only worth $325.

Malcolm Foster poses for the Canadian Thunder calendar (October) on STRIP SEARCH. In addition, they are frequently humiliated, with people stripped entirely naked or in public. Some women had seizures; others passed out from what seemed to be anxiety attacks.

With that in mind, I signed the settlement agreement.

The shame of those days stayed with me for years.

Bobby Ryan poses for the Canadian Thunder calendar (August) on STRIP SEARCH. But this one, a settlement payment from the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC), was different.

The finalists of STRIP SEARCH, Canadian Thunder.

Although the agency continues to assert that their staff did nothing wrong, this check that I may never cash is proof that they are guilty. People report being forced to undress where there is no reasonable suspicion of a crime (recall that irregularly crossing a border is not a crime which would justify the use of strip searching).