The government has promised a new era of youth justice reform focused on protecting vulnerable children and reducing harm.

The Metropolitan Police is in the spotlight again following the news that officers strip-searched a black 15-year-old girl without an appropriate adult present, leaving her deeply traumatised. Can the ...

One child is strip searched every 14 hours, according to data in a report by the Children's Commissioner, with police failing to record an appropriate adult in almost half of recent searches. The ...

Dame Rachel de Souza, children's commissioner for England, says her office will publish data annually until strip-search figures come down Too many strip-searches of children in England and Wales are ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Reports this week that police have strip-searched 122 girls under the age of 18 during the past ...