Frank is an inmate at greensburg state prison, and he has just had a contact visit with an old friend. before frank returns to his cell, prison guards subject frank to a strip search. such a search is:

constitutional search

Explanation:

constitutional search -

People living in prison is can not freely roam around in the prison , prisoners are most of the time accompanied by guards , hence , Frank too is accompanied with the guards .

This is under the amendment IV ,

According to which , some of the people , need to be secured with proper security .

From this type of search , Frank is not given any privacy and according to government , the security of the person need to be maintained .