# What exactly is involved with a cavity search?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 10, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-involved-with-a-cavity-search/298696 "2005-04-10T20:54:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-involved-with-a-cavity-search/298696/1 "2005-04-10T20:54:52Z")

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Finger? Hand? For ladies, front and back? Lube?

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**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-involved-with-a-cavity-search/298696/2 "2005-04-10T20:57:30Z")

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A visit from a Ben Dover and a Luke Sea is in order! 😃

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**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-involved-with-a-cavity-search/298696/3 "2005-04-10T22:04:48Z")

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A book I read about the IRA mentioned IRA prisoners having to squat over a mirror. That hardly seems sufficient.

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**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-involved-with-a-cavity-search/298696/4 "2005-04-11T00:28:38Z")

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My dentist starts with x-rays…