Chapter 4
Judge Vanessa Porter had resolved that she would comply with all orders during her time at the Center. She knew that this was a lawful punishment, being conducted under full authority of the State and that resistance would be futile, only dragging things out and possibly resulting in additional punishment.
Nevertheless the abruptness of the order to strip took her a bit by surprise. Oh, she knew that the punishment was carried out in the nude, and had resigned herself to that, but perhaps she hadn’t expected to be divested of her clothes so soon.
It wasn’t that unusual for her to be naked in front of other women-she had been in countless locker rooms. But this was different. There, the women were all equals, relaxing after a hard-fought match or preparing for one. Here, the guards were fully clothed representatives of authority who would not be stripping themselves.
Vanessa stood motionless for a moment, processing the situation. She noticed the other two offenders were doing the same.
“I know you must be stupid or you wouldn’t be here,” Ofc. Timmins said, glaring at each of them in turn, “So let me rephrase that. All the clothes come off! Everything goes in one of those lockers! NOW! I want you all standing before us naked inside of thirty seconds! Is that clear?”
Vanessa quickly shed her coat and hung it in the locker, then pulled her T shirt over her head and hung it beside the coat. She could see that Shanice was doing the same.
But Sharon Wilson was standing there motionless. “You want us naked?” she asked. “Why? Are you a lez?”
Before Ofc. Timmins could react Sgt. Miller strode over to stand in front of the insolent young girl. “In case you haven’t figured it out, Wilson, you’ve been a very naughty girl and you’re here to be punished. Flogged. And you have to be naked so your clothes don’t get in the way.”
“I’ve heard enough from that mouth of yours! I’m giving you two extra strokes and any further trouble will earn you two more. Now strip, or we’ll get some very large male guards in here to help you out of those clothes.”
Vanessa could sense Sharon debating how to react to this. She knew that on the street, this would have had her fists flying; hence, the assault charge that had brought her here. But, despite her instincts, the girl seemed to realize that the odds were stacked against her and that neither Vanessa nor Shanice would risk further punishment to help her.
Still glaring at the guards, she removed her leather jacket and hung it in one of the lockers.
Vanessa sat on the bench and began untying her sneakers. She placed them in the locker, pulled her socks off, balled them up and placed them inside the shoes. The concrete floor was cold and rough on her bare soles.
Then, she stood and lowered her sweatpants, placing them in the locker. She shivered a bit in just her bra and panties. Shanice Davis was similarly clad.
“What’s the matter, Johnson?” Ofc, Timmins asked. “There’s nothing to be ashamed of here. We’ve had plenty older than you, right Sue?”
Sgt. Miller laughed. “Man the drooping tits I’ve seen, Beth.” Then she turned to look at Vanessa (or Cynthia as she was now). “Everything comes off Johnson. You, too, Davis.”
Vanessa was not ashamed of her body-quite the opposite, in fact. She kept herself in excellent shape with regular exercise and a healthy diet and could pass for ten years younger than her chronological age. Trying to look as casual as possible, she reached behind her and undid her bra, placing it into the locker. Then she lowered her panties and stepped out of them. She was naked.
Shanice Davis was in the same state. Vanessa was shocked at how scrawny the girl was-small breasts and a skinny ass. ‘Not much there to cane,’ she thought. She wondered a bit that men would pay to have sex with her, but she knew there was no accounting for taste. Besides, she probably mostly gave blow jobs, so her body didn’t matter that much, Vanessa supposed. Shanice had a few tattoos, but no piercings.
Sharon Wilson, who was in the process of removing her undergarments under the steely eye of the two guards, had tattoos-ugly ones at that-on her thighs, ankles, feet, boobs and back. In addition to the piercings Vanessa had already noted, she had nipple studs and a few rings down below as well.
Sgt. Miller stared at the girl. “Beth, have you ever seen such a collection of ugly-ass tattoos?”
Ofc. Timmins shook her head. “No, Sue, I haven’t.”
Vanessa could see that Sharon wanted desperately to defend her body art, but, with some effort, the girl maintained her silence. For her part, Vanessa had never been tempted to alter her body; she liked the clean, natural look and thought she held up well against the two much younger women.
“Any of the jewelry come off, Wilson?” Sgt. Miller demanded.
“Yeah, some of them,” Sharon replied.
The Sergeant went to stand in front of the recalcitrant girl. “That’s ‘Yes, Sergeant,’ or ‘No, Sergeant,’ Wilson, you got that?” Vanessa wanted to applaud Sgt. Miller on how authoritatively she was handling the young punk, but kept the thought to herself.
“Yes, Sergeant,” Wilson replied. “The ones on the nipples have screws.” Vanessa thought she still detected a snide manner in her tone.
Sgt. Miller reached her left hand out to grab the nipple ring on the left breast. “Ow!” Sharon cried, twisting away and reaching her hand up to remove the Sergeant’s hand. “Don’t touch me, you dyke bitch!”
“You just earned yourself two more strokes, Wilson!” Sgt. Miller announced. “Beth, would you hold this bitch’s hands behind her?”
“With pleasure, Sue!” Ofc. Timmins replied, grabbing Wilson’s hands from behind and holding them firmly.
The Sergeant took hold again of the ring in the left nipple and unscrewed it, dropping the metal stud into her shirt pocket. She did the same with the ring on the right nipple. Then she reached down and pulled on one of the rings on Sharon’s labia. “This one doesn’t have screws?”
“No,” the girl replied, sounding pained.
“No, what?” Sue Miller demanded.
“No, Sergeant.”
Miller released her hold. “Alright, all of you, line up, toes on the tape,” she ordered pointing at piece of white tape laid out on the concrete floor, a few feet in front of and parallel to the bench. Reluctantly, Vanessa padded over to the indicated spot, followed by Shanice and Sharon.
“Johnson, a bit to the right,” Timmins ordered, motioning with her hand. “Feet shoulder length apart.”
Vanessa adjusted her posture until Timmins nodded her approval. The guard pulled a small flashlight out of her belt and turned it on. The LED bulbs were quite bright. “Run your hands through your hair, Johnson,” she ordered. Vanessa did as she was told.
“Open your mouth.” Vanessa opened her mouth. Ofc. Timmins shone the light inside. “Wider,” she ordered. “Tongue up.” Then, “Tongue down.” She peered inside Vanessa’s ears.
“Hands on the back of your head,” Timmins ordered. Vanessa complied. The guard peered into her armpits and under her breasts. It felt strangely humiliating to be examined like this, somehow even more intimate for not being touched. But she knew it was an unavoidable part of the procedure, something that she had to endure, as the people she had sentenced to prison had endured it. Yes, the excuse was that it was necessary to prevent contraband from being snuck into the facility, which was true, but it also served to re-inforce to the offenders who was in charge and how little say they had in things.
She lifted each foot in turn as ordered, Timmins examining the soles, which carried debris and dirt from the concrete floor, but no hidden contraband.
“Squat,” the guard ordered. Vanessa bent her knees. “Lower.” She bent more. “Lower, Johnson.”
Finally Ofc. Timmins was satisfied. She squatted down so that her head was right next to Vanessa’s crotch, shining the flashlight into her bodily cavities. “Cough!” she ordered. Vanessa coughed. “Again.” Vanessa coughed again.
Timmins rose back up. “She’s clean,” she reported. Vanessa stood back up.
Timmins repeated the procedure with Shanice Davis, pronouncing her clean as well. Then, she moved in front of Sharon Wilson. Vanessa anticipated that the young rebel might well resist such an encroachment on her personal space, but, perhaps intimidated by the extra strokes she had been awarded and by the fact that the other two offenders had complied, she did what was asked of her.
However, at the point she had squatted and coughed as ordered, Timmins announced, “I can’t see past all that jewelry, Sue.”
“We’d better get the doc in here, Beth. With a troublemaker like Wilson, we can’t be too careful.” She went to a telephone on the wall and spoke a few words.
Very shortly, the door opened and a woman in a white coat came in. She was of Indian ethnicity and appeared to be mid-30s. Her badge said ‘Dr. Raman’.
The doctor barely even glanced at Sharon. “Bring her to the table,” she ordered. Beth and Sue each took an arm and marched Sharon to the table in the far corner. None too gently, they bent her over the table, each pressing down on her torso to keep her in position.
The doctor put on a pair of surgical gloves and smeared some lubricant on the right hand and reached down between Sharon Wilson’s legs. The girl squirmed and shouted, “No! I don’t have anything up there!”
“It will be much easier for you if just hold still and relax,” the doctor advised. Sharon continued struggling. “Have it your way,” the doctor said, and stuck two fingers into the offender’s vagina, feeling around for a few moments, then removing them and placing them against her anal sphincter.
“Please, not there!” Sharon begged. The doctor pressed against the muscle and was soon inside, twisting her finger back and forth.
Finally, she withdrew. “She’s clean,” the doctor announced, removing the gloves and depositing them in a waste receptacle. Vanessa knew that this invasive search had been completely unnecessary, done to humiliate and subjugate Wilson for the resistance she had shown.
“Alright, form a line and follow the doctor down the hall for your medical exam. We need to be sure you’re fit to have your asses shredded,” Sgt. Miller ordered.
Vanessa decided that a small spark of resistance might be in order at this point. “Can we at least have some flip-flops. This floor is rough.”
“This is a punishment center, not a spa, Johnson,” the Sergeant replied. “Now move your ass!”