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Sunday Times - Strip searches of children as young as eight
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The Sunday Times has a story on children as young as eight being strip-searched, according to findings from the children’s commissioner, Dame Rachel de Souza. She finds almost 3,000 young people in England and Wales have been targeted in the past four years, with 24% aged between 10 and 15. The findings show that black boys account for 37% of all cases.
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