Strip-search

Report reveals alarming rates of child strip searches by NSW police

A report by Sydney’s Redfern Legal Centre says New South Wales police subjected more than 1500 children to invasive strip searches over 7 years. Fist Nations children made up almost 45 per cent of children strip searched, despite representing just 6 percent of all 10- to 17-year-olds in New South Wales.   Image: Image from …

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Advocate demands immediate halt to strip searching in women’s prisons

Women in Queensland’s carceral system say they felt ‘stripped of their dignity,’ according to a review of strip-searching in women’s prisons, released by Queensland Human Rights Commission last month.The review was conducted in collaboration with Queensland Corrective Services, who say they’re “committed to improving outcomes for incarcerated women…” Amongst 24 recommendations, the review calls for …

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