“Articulating to a manager information that gives rise to a reasonable suspicion that a detained youth possesses contraband, or that a strip search is otherwise necessary, and securing the manager’s approval, is likely to be sufficient.”

“A front line youth justice worker, faced with an issue involving a youth in detention, should be able to determine from these reasons the requirements for a constitutionally compliant strip search going forward..."

“It is striking how little thought has apparently been given to the routine, reflexive nature of these searches and the triggers for them," Justice Philip Campbell wrote of the government in his decision, finding reforms were needed to comply with the charter