An investigation was launched after a Black 15-year-old girl was strip-searched at a London school in 2020.Black children in England and Wales are six times more likely to be strip-searched by police, according to a report that finds children were failed by those sworn to protect them.The report, released on Monday by Children's Commissioner Rachel de Souza, found nearly 3,000 children were strip-searched from 2018 to mid-2022 and more than half the searches were conducted without an appropriate adult present.
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