An inquiry into the experiences of women and girls in police custody in Greater Manchester has called for an end to the inappropriate use of strip-searches amid allegations they have been used to punish and “degrade” women.
The Baird report, which was commissioned by Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, and released on Thursday morning, examined 14 cases of 11 women and three men who had been treated unfairly by Greater Manchester police (GMP). It found wrongful arrests, a lack of care for domestic and sexual abuse survivors, and strip-searches being conducted forcefully on vulnerable women.
