This guide focuses on the specific laws and safeguarding procedures that apply when police strip search children in Wales. It explains the responsibilities of police and other agencies under Welsh legislation, including identifying and reporting children at risk of exploitation. It also explores children's rights, the importance of protecting their dignity and the safeguards designed to prevent harm and trauma.

This guide explains the safeguarding responsibilities, legal requirements and PACE safeguards involved in strip searching children in England. It covers the importance of necessity, proportionality and protecting children's rights, as well as the potential psychological impact of strip searches and the measures required to protect children's dignity and welfare.

Different rules in England and Wales mean children can lose protections depending on where they’re placed. Find out how these legal gaps affect their rights.

The case studies share children’s lived experiences of deprivation of liberty, from interviews with the Children’s Commissioner, to BBC reports of young people detained under little-known orders and The Guardian’s account of a 14-year-old girl failed by the system.

Depriving a person of their liberty involves the state restricting that person’s freedom in some way. A child is deprived of their liberty when the restrictions imposed are different to a restriction a parent or carer might use when caring for a child of a similar age and no one has given valid consent to those restrictions.

This factsheet gives an overview of the Scottish system of dealing with children in conflict with the law, including relevant vocabulary and the implications for those children.