Strip searches in ACT Corrections facilities are expected to be significantly reduced with the expansion of electronic body scanners, to include Canberra's court building.

New figures show the number of strip searches has fallen dramatically since the introduction of two scanners at Canberra's jail in 2023, with 4,000 in 2020-21 and only 580 last year.

ACT Corrective Services Commissioner Leanne Close said most strip searches are now carried out at the courts before prisoners are transported to jail, prompting plans for the new device to be installed there.

The introduction of the scanners came after an incident when a prisoner on remand was strip searched in highly distressing circumstances.

Julianne Williams took the Alexander Maconochie Centre (AMC) to court alleging a breach of the

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