Big Brother spies in toilets and changing rooms at local schools

Please have a read of this article that is in the sentinel.CCTV in Toilets And Changing rooms in schools. This is criminal This is immoral This is a downright disgrace. What next cctv in our homes. BIG BROTHER IS UPON US FOLKS NOT ONLY IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND WORDS BUT NOW IN EVERY STEP OF YOUR AND YOUR CHILDRENS LIVES.

CONCERNS have been raised over the monitoring of CCTV cameras which have been installed in school toilets and changing rooms. It comes after a report published by Big Brother Watch found more than 100,000 surveillance cameras are now monitoring secondary school pupils across Britain. ​CONTROVERSIAL: Some school changing rooms are being monitored by cameras. CONTROVERSIAL: Some school changing rooms are being monitored by cameras. And The Sentinel revealed yesterday that at least eight high schools in Staffordshire, one in Cheshire East, and two in Stoke-on-Trent have CCTV in toilets or changing rooms. These include Madeley High, Painsley Catholic College in Cheadle, Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy in Blurton, Thistley Hough High in Penkhull, King Edward VI High, in Stafford, and Alleyne's High in Stone. The Sentinel approached all schools but they declined to comment. Staffordshire County Councillor Frank Chapman said he was wary of the use of cameras in schools. The Conservative councillor, below, whose ward includes Madeley High School, said: "If there's the case for them with regards to safety, then I can understand why they are being used. "My concern is that use of it is properly monitored." It is understood that the cameras are positioned to show the comings and goings to the toilet and changing room areas, rather than individual cubicles. The Department for Education said the use of CCTV was down to individual headteachers. A total of 825 cameras were located in the toilets or changing rooms of 207 schools across England, Scotland and Wales, according to the figures provided by more than 2,000 schools to Big Brother Watch. Peter Marenghi, a security officer from Greenway Avenue, Stone, believes it is an infringement for cameras to go up in the toilet areas. Both his sons Andrew, aged 22, and James, aged 25, used Alleyne's High for its sporting facilities when they were teens. The 53-year-old said: "I hope that this 'Big Brother is watching you' syndrome hasn't gone too far because people can get paranoid. "I work in the security industry and we rely quite heavily on CCTV so I can understand that it does have its benefits and there can be a real need for it. "I accept that a lot of bullying may take place in these key areas like changing rooms and toilets but the methods of security have to be appropriate." Alisha Wood, who has two children at Thistley Hough, defended the use of CCTV. The 43-year-old from Penkhull said: "The cameras in the toilets aren't intrusive at all. They focus on the sinks and help the school monitor who's been in there, in case there's behavioural problems or vandalism. "It doesn't concern me as a parent because I know they don't overlook the cubicles." A spokesman for Big Brother Watch said: "This report highlights an issue that has not been subject to any real public debate and we hope by highlighting the scale of the situation a proper debate can now take place."