An official report accuses police of the widespread abuse of their power to strip-search children, with black children 11 times more likely than their white peers to be selected by officers for the ordeal.
The children commissioner’s study found police did not follow the rules in more than half of strip-searches, amounting to “widespread non-compliance”, and in half of all searches, nothing was found.

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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/26/race-disparity-police-strip-searches-of-children-england-and-wales