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13 February 2019 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

13 February 2019 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

RLC is concerned that the voices of young people have been silenced following the announcement that the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) inquiry into strip searches on minors by NSW police has been cut short.

New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties (NSWCCL), Redfern Legal Centre and 2SER are collaborating on Strip searches and the law: Project Podcast.

Justice advocates ask why government didn’t renew contract of head of LECC, who was holding high-profile and potentially embarrassing inquiry. Michael McGowan reports for The Guardian Australia

06 February 2020 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

With the festival season upon us, so too is the debate over pill testing. David Smeidt reports for GQ Magazine

Data published by The Guardian reveals that NSW police performed strip-searches on 344 boys in the last three years (2016-17 to 2018-19). Young boys aged (11 to 17 years) accounted for 3 per cent of searches (344). Michael McGowan reports

A 22-year-old woman was allegedly strip searched in front of a shop window by two male police officers last month. Ugur Nedim and Sonia Hickey report for Sydney Criminal Lawyers

18 November 2019 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Redfern Legal Centre backs call to use strip searches for knife offences