I have been planning to go visit a close friend of my family who is in prison. It will be my first visit since I was 13 and I want to show him what an interesting and unique young woman I've become in my time apart from him. Part of my uniqueness is in my clothing. I am a corset enthusiast. My entire outfit is ok according to the visitor's dress code at the particular prison, but I am more worried about the metal detectors.
Corset boning and, on some, the busks are steel. I would assume that the boning would not set off the alarm, since I can wear my underwire bra through and it will not go off. But that could have something to do with a coating on the metal or something.
Has anyone worn a corset through a metal detector before? Did it go off? Should I consider wearing some other kind of constriction garment instead? I need the constriction either way, but I need to know if my usual, broken-in-and-comfy corset is going to be a problem?
Thanks!
2006-11-21 12:33:27 · 9 answers · asked by Shel K 3 in Beauty & Style ➔ Fashion & Accessories
I am not trying to get together with him! I've known him since he and I were children! (He's about 10 years, or less, older than me) And I am training my waist so I need the consistant constriction on my torso! I was considering a fancier looking underbust to wear over my shirt. Overall, the total outfit is very conservative. I just want to outwardly express a part of my personality!
2006-11-21 13:19:53 · update #1
Please don't answer unless you are saying something helpful!
2006-11-21 13:21:03 · update #2
I am a regular visitor at a California prison and I promise that unless you can find a corset with non-metallic stays, you will not get away with it.
Most facilities will not take the time to do a skin search to confirm that you are not bringing in contraband, the place I visit does not even permit underwire bras or metal hair accessories.
If you are at a point in your retraining that even a few hours would be an issue, wear something else.
2006-11-23 03:23:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Metal Corsets
2016-10-19 04:46:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've been to see my husband at several institutions over the last 26 years, and all I can say is, be prepared to have to remove it. And don't think they're going to hold up the line just for you, or accompany you to the ladies room just so you can prove you're making a fashion statement. They don't have that kind of time or sufficient personnel. They have already banned open-toed shoes because of toe fetishist. Do you think they're going to indulge your corset hobby? Huh-uh.
If you really want to see him, do like the old pros do and dress so that you don't have to take any kind of crap at the front desk and can get in to see your guy. That's the point, isn't it? We would all like to walk in there looking like a million bucks, but it depends totally on the person at the desk. If she's having a bad day or doesn't like anything about you, you WILL be harassed.
I've had them turn me around for "see-through" long sleeves that I'd worn a dozen visits before, or shoes that showed the side of my feet (whoo boy!) And if you want to debate their policy with them, you will be told to leave, no visit, and can have your visits suspended for six months to a year. You have legal recourse, if you can wait two years for the DOJ to make a ruling on their own people........
If you have to go back out to your car to take it off and put on something else they will allow, you could wind up wasting hours of your visit in the parking lot instead of seeing him. Do you think any of the other people who have waited hours to see their person is going to let you cut back in front of them? No, it will be go to the back of the line, take another number, like 256 instead of being # 52 like you had to start with after waiting three hours, and hope they get to you before the 8-hour visitation is over with.
Some detectors are set to be much more sensitive. Your glasses, the metal in certain shoes and boots, your belt, your jewelry, studs down the side of your jeans....any of it can trigger the detector. Some underwires will do it if they have the machine set high. Then they will use a smaller handheld device. Then you will be told to go take it off, and come back with appropriate clothing.
Why put yourself through all of that? Lose the metal and find a different way to let him know what you're into.
Good luck to both of you.
2006-11-24 12:50:54 · answer #3 · answered by His Old Lady 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have been surfing more than three hours today seeking the answer to the same question, yet I haven't found a more interesting debate like this. it is pretty worth enough for me.
2016-08-23 11:09:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wearing a corset to a prison is about like throwing gasoline on a fire.
Suggest you wear something more suitable and try to attract a decent man who is not in prison
2006-11-21 12:42:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Hell girl that's a lot of metal ..avoid magnets at all costs
could end up with a sticky problem lol
2006-11-21 12:41:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
whilst i bypass by way of medal detectors my piercings do not bypass off. yet... your instructor pronounced to not positioned on jewelery. you could positioned a plastic one in... and positioned your medal one decrease back in. i'm hoping that helps.
2016-12-29 07:44:55 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they may require you to disrobe and prove there is no contraband being transported in the corset
2006-11-21 12:39:41 · answer #8 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that's correct
2016-08-08 19:52:54 · answer #9 · answered by Sally 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋