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Police forces asked to provide figures on strip-searches of children

The Children’s Commissioner has asked all police forces in England and Wales to provide figures on how many children have been strip-searched by officers since 2018. Dame Rachel de Souza has written to all forces requesting information on ...

14 Oct 2022 at 01:01

Almost one thousand police officers are operating in UK schools, figures show

Almost one thousand police officers are operating in schools across the UK, figures show, with a charity warning of a “deeply concerning” and “normalised” police presence. Some 979 police officers are based in schools, according to a ...

16 Jan 2023 at 13:16

Minister: I assume police have very good reasons to conduct child strip-searches

A Home Office minister said he would “assume” police have “very good reasons” to conduct child strip-searches after a report warned of safeguarding failures. Conservative frontbencher Lord Sharpe of Epsom faced groans from peers for ...

27 Mar 2023 at 17:03

Two more child strip-search cases being investigated by watchdog

Another two cases where Metropolitan Police officers strip-searched children are being investigated by a watchdog. The cases both involve 16-year-old boys who were searched in custody without an appropriate adult present at Ilford ...

01 Aug 2022 at 16:05

Police face ‘big job’ safeguarding children in strip searches, says commissioner

Police forces face a “big job” adopting a safeguarding-first approach towards child strip searches, the Children’s Commissioner has said. Dame Rachel de Souza has warned policymakers that some searches may be unnecessary, after ...

19 Aug 2024 at 10:59

Hundreds of children subjected to ‘traumatising’ strip-searches by Met – figures

More than 600 children underwent “intrusive and traumatising” strip-searches by the Metropolitan Police over a two-year period, with black boys disproportionately targeted, figures show. Some 650 10 to 17-year-olds were ...

08 Aug 2022 at 16:18

Demonstrators protest over strip-search of black schoolgirl who was on period

Demonstrators took to the streets in central London to protest against racism after a report revealed a black schoolgirl had been strip searched on her period. A crowd marched on Whitehall on Saturday demanding an end ...

19 Mar 2022 at 19:55

Local News

Concern at police strip search review findings

Concern at the review into strip searches carried out on young people by the PSNI has been expressed by a member of the Policing Board. Mark H Durkan MLA (SDLP) revealed the Policing Board's human rights advisor ...

28 Jun 2023 at 13:33

Autistic 15-year-old girl ‘attempted suicide following police strip-search’

Autistic 14-year-old girl ‘attempted suicide following police strip-search’

An investigation has been launched into a mother’s claims that her 15-year-old autistic daughter was strip-searched by Metropolitan Police officers. The force confirmed the woman had made a complaint after the ...

24 May 2022 at 15:43

Northern Ireland

PSNI ‘appeared to ignore rules’ in strip searches of children, review finds

The PSNI “appeared to ignore the rules” by not ensuring an appropriate adult was present at the vast majority of strip searches carried out on children in custody last year, a review has found. The human ...

27 Jun 2023 at 10:00

Watchdog ‘shocked’ after male prison guards forcibly strip girl inmate

A girl held in a young offenders’ institution was pinned down and forcibly stripped by a group of male prison guards, according to a watchdog. Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor said he was ...

05 Mar 2024 at 16:27

Scotland

There must be ‘robust grounds’ for strip searches of women in jail – Constance

Female prisoners should only be subjected to strip searches when there are “robust grounds” for this, the Justice Secretary has said. Angela Constance said she had raised the issue with the chief ...

05 Jun 2024 at 16:45

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