And some people who have contraband when they are arrested unexpectedly may make a snap decision to hide it.
But in other cases, he said, jail officials must have a reasonable suspicion that the new prisoners have contraband before conducting a close inspection of their naked bodies.
In seeking a search warrant for the driver's home, both testified that the man had admitted to having contraband in his apartment, where drugs and a gun were later found.
In Ferguson, as in New York, black citizens are also far more likely to be stopped by cops, even though the Attorney General's office reports that "whites are actually more likely to have contraband".
The biggest problem with having contraband in prison is dealing with the thirstbuckets.
After a series of cases in which inmates suspected of having contraband were chained to a wall for hours, McDonald's staff issued a policy forbidding the practice.
They found that minorities were much more likely to be subjected to consent searches, whereas white drivers were more likely to have contraband in their car when searched.
But even though white drivers are searched less, evidence shows that they are more likely to have contraband in their possession than blacks and Latinos.
We were having contraband items brought in, we were having pregnancies happen, and those fathers were not there to raise those children".
"It's like getting pulled over for a busted taillight, and then having contraband in the vehicle, in a sense," said the IDF spokesperson.
