Originally Posted by
Lara21
It is similar to a prison search. It is just more along the lines of the type of search that the prisoner gets not the visitor who comes to see the prisoner.
See in most instances... Yes the visitor can refuse to be searched and leave, but the convicted prisoner can't simply refuse and leave. But even with that being said. A convicted prisoner still has more rights than the passengers at the airport has.
Not only that, the convicted prisoner at least has been convicted of something. Or a person under arrest either has been observed committing a crime or a judge has issued a warrant based upon reasonable suspicion. No such suspicion or conviction exist for the average airline passenger.