Children degraded by 'cough and squat' strip searches, Bimberi staff say

By Steven Trask
Updated April 24 2018 - 9:17pm, first published March 30 2017 - 5:27pm

Bimberi staff have called for an end to the routine use of degrading strip searches where detainees as young as 10 years old are forced to "squat and cough".

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