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Revealed: LGAs where police strip-searches occur most often

Revealed: LGAs where police strip-searches occur most often

A coalition of justice and health organisations has urged the state government to outlaw such searches of young people due to their traumatic impact.

  • Max Maddison and Cindy Yin

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Police Minister Yasmin Catley’s review of strip search practices has not yielded any change

Police strip-searched 51 children in a year despite Labor’s promised review

It has been 12 months since the NSW police minister promised to review the strip-searching of children. She has held only three meetings.

  • Michael McGowan
Joey Orrock was still figuring out how to be comfortable in her own body when she was strip searched by police at a music festival in 2019.

Joey wanted a fun day out. She ended up being stripped naked and humiliated

Thousands of people strip searched at music festivals may be owed compensation from NSW Police.

  • Riley Walter and Nick Newling
A state government agency has argued restrictions apply to damages payouts in some cases involving the abuse of children in custody.

Naked strip-search on youth detainees ‘wrong’, NSW Ombudsman finds

In 2019 three youths were forced to strip naked, lift their penises and in one case part their buttocks for inspection with a torch at a NSW juvenile jail.

  • Josh Dye
A police sniffer dog used to search for drugs at a Sydney music festival.

Drugs in body no reason to strip-search: police watchdog

The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission has delivered a lengthy report on strip searches following a public inquiry, saying the practice had no "logical basis".

  • Angus Thompson and Lucy Cormack
Police at the Field Day music festival in January 2020.

Watchdog recommends NSW Police apologise to woman strip-searched at festival

The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission detailed a series of complaints investigated by police after strip-searches performed in 2018 and 2019.

  • Georgina Mitchell
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A police sniffer dog in action at Slendour in the Grass in 2019.

Teenage strip search victim rejects police 'apology' claim

The lawyer for the 18-year-old woman also sent a cease-and-desist letter to Police Commissioner Mick Fuller over on-air comments he made last November.

  • Angus Thompson
Police were found to have broken the law multiple times during the strip search of a 16-year-old Aboriginal boy in a regional town.

Police had 'no idea' about strip search laws, watchdog finds

The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission urged NSW Police to adopt a firm policy on exactly when strip searches should be conducted.

  • Angus Thompson
An Aboriginal girl who was strip searched is taking legal action to prevent footage of her body from being aired to men in court.

Aboriginal girl fights to exclude men from seeing strip search footage

The 16-year-old is seeking in the Supreme Court to uphold the cultural sanctity of women's business.

  • Angus Thompson and Ella Archibald-Binge
Law Enforcement Conduct Commission Acting Chief Commissioner Reginald Blanch, QC.

Strip search inquiry revived amid questions over watchdog's future

The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission is suffering from instability and an uncertain future over its leadership, a parliamentary committee has heard.

  • Angus Thompson

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