Even after accounting for other factors, black detainees remained more than twice as likely to be strip-searched as their white counterparts.
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Strip-searching prisoners has been found to breach human rights. Will the Victorian government implement changes to strip-searching policies in places of detention?
A court challenge from high-profile prisoner Craig Minogue will see new limits around prison officials’ treatment of prisoners
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