Stacy Venable of Malvern, Pennsylvania, was one of a handful of women who contacted the BDN in February about having to remove their bras in order to gain admittance to the prison to visit inmates.
“It’s noticeable,” Lori said. “You’re exposed, and you’re in a room with sex offenders and pedophiles. It’s embarrassing and it’s scary.”
“Part of the way you change culture in an organization is you set the tone, lead by example and you address things,” the commissioner said, adding that while the prison “can’t sacrifice safety,” it can ensure it in a way that balances that objective with “human decency and respect.”
“If there’s a way to do this without putting our hands on the public, I’d like to do it,” Fitzpatrick said.
