Black children 'six times more likely' to be strip-searched

Clare Jerrom
Monday, March 27, 2023

Black children are up to six times more likely to be strip-searched compared with national population figures, a finding slammed as "utterly unacceptable" by the children's commissioner for England.

Rachael de Souza has called for stronger safeguards around searching children. Picture: Office of the Children's Commissioner for England
Rachael de Souza has called for stronger safeguards around searching children. Picture: Office of the Children's Commissioner for England

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