'This data speaks for itself, of course there is a race issue' Children's Commissioner for England Dame Rachel de Souza tells krishgm new figures for children being strip-searched are 'concerning' and police must do more to deliver 'better public data'.
Police stand accused of abusing their powers by strip-searching thousands of children across England and Wales – some as young as eight.
A scathing report ordered by the Children’s Commissioner shows that almost 3,000 children were strip-searched in England and Wales between 2018 and 2022. Of these, almost a quarter involved children aged 10-15. The vast majority were boys, while more than a third of searches involved Black boys. Just over half of the searches led to no further action.
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