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In a state detention facility, Warden Ledesma orders a search of detainee Mateo Reyes’s cell and his assigned locker after a guard reports possible concealment of contraband. Three guards conduct the search without a warrant, using visual inspection and a handheld metal detector. They discover a sealed sachet containing white powder. Reyes objects that the search violated his privacy and that the search of his belongings and cell was unlawful. (a) Identify the controlling doctrine governing warrantless searches in state detention facilities and the justification for such searches. (b) Distinguish this doctrine from the ordinary warrant requirement applicable to private premises. (c) Apply the doctrine to the facts: was the search reasonable; is the evidence admissible; what remedies, if any, are available to Reyes?

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The plain view doctrine justifies seizure of contraband discovered during a general search, even if the search was not authorized by the facility's policies. Under the 'special needs' doctrine, administrative searches in detention facilities may be conducted without warrants; this is the controlling framework in the Philippines. Warrantless searches of detainees and their cells/lockers in state detention facilities are permissible as administrative/security searches because the state's interest in safety and order overrides detainees' privacy rights; such searches may be conducted without a warrant if reasonable in scope and conducted under facility policies, and evidence obtained is admissible. Consent by the detainee to the search is sufficient to validate the search regardless of facility security policies.

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