Children's Commissioner asks for strip-search data

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Children's Commissioner asks for strip-search data

The Children's Commissioner has asked all forces in England and Wales to provide figures for strip-searches conducted on children.

Date - 14th October 2022
By - Cachella Smith

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Children’s Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza has written to all forces requesting information on strip-searches of children. It has come after the Met said that the force has conducted 650 such searches on 10 to 17 year olds across a two year...

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