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Mar 28, 2023 innews

Children as young as eight are being strip-searched by the police, according to a report showing 2,847 children were strip-searched by police in England and Wales from 2018 to mid-2022 — Children's Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza warned that strip-searches can be traumatic for children

Some children were strip-searched in the back of police vans, schools and fast-food outlets.


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