The Law Society says it's raised concerns about how prison security protocols impact female legal advisors in the past.
It comes after a solicitor was told to remove her underwear at a Dublin prison.
In June of last year, a female solicitor says she was "subject to a degrading incident" while trying to visit a client at Cloverhill Prison.
At the search area, the alarm sounded - she took off her shoes, earrings, watch, and jacket when asked.
But the beeping continued.
The young solicitor claims she was then asked by make officers if she was wearing any underwear - and told she wouldn't be allowed inside if the alarm didn't stop.
She cried the whole way home and hasn't been back since.
Irish Examiner reporter Aoife Moore says the solicitor later found out her male colleague was treated very differently.
Excl: A young female solicitor was told she had to remove her bra to visit a client in a Dublin prison and was forced to sit without it in an interview with her client and a SC. She says she is traumatised and has not visited a prison since. https://t.co/WJLRtdkFGq
— aoife moore. (@aoifegracemoore) July 5, 2021
The Irish Prison Service has confirmed it received a complaint and investigated the incident.
The Law Society says over the past few years it has raised concerns about security protocols at prisons.
Its concerns included the measures particular impact on female legal advisors.
Reporting by Niall Colbert
