Transl. & English-speaking prisoners

[Glushchenko, Alexei A.]

> The closest English term for *shmon* in your 
> sense is almost certainly "strip search"
===
Brutal enough, I agree, and it may fit in contextually -- however, "shmon" does not necessarily involve searching a person. In fact, prisoners may be ordered to leave their cells before the cells would be searched for any hidden items (weapons, drugs etc.)

Alexei Glushchenko
(No, I'm not speaking from personal experience)

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