Girls strip searched on judicial remand

A teenager who was forcibly strip-searched is suing Merseyside police for alleged mistreatment, as more and more children are subjected to the practice. The appeal court hearing on Friday into the case of the girl, who was 14 at the time, will highlight concerns that officers are traumatising youngsters who often have no parent or appropriate adult present to support them. They say greater care should have been taken to consider her vulnerability. Welfare organisations fear that strip-searching children in police stations is becoming routine, possibly because officers are increasingly anxious to prevent detainees from attempting suicide.

A woman has described being strip-searched by police when she was 12 years old. Ms Wood was taken into police custody in south Wales eight years ago with her mother, who was suspected of possessing drugs. More than 4, of those searches, supposed to detect drugs or concealed weapons, were carried out by the Metropolitan Police in London. Ms Wood said she had gone with her mother to look after their horses when police pulled the pair over, initially claiming there was a problem with a tyre on Ms Archer's car.

Four year-old black girls were allegedly strip searched at a middle school in New York last week, angering community members who are asking district officials why no action has been taken. The students were questioned and then strip searched by the nurse and an assistant principal at East Middle School in Binghamton on Jan. The search came because officials suspected they were in possession of drugs, according to Progressive Leaders of Tomorrow, a local advocacy group. In a statement to BuzzFeed News, the Binghamton City School District denied the allegations, saying school officials followed district policy and did not strip search the students. Alicia Richard, an East Middle student, said her best friend was one of the girls who was searched.

A woman says she was strip-searched and interrogated for over an hour at a Sydney music festival, only to be subsequently banned from the venue despite having no drugs or alcohol in her possession, in an incident that is now being reviewed by NSW Police. Newcastle teen Lucy Moore says she was unfairly targeted by police at the Hidden music festival that took place at Sydney Olympic Park last week. Lucy Moore, 19, says she was unfairly targeted by police at the Hidden music festival in Sydney Olympic Park last week. Credit: Facebook.