150 police visits in 20 months: Indigenous mother takes action after her boys subjected to ‘relentless’ checks

An analysis of police data found Aboriginal children on bail were subject to home visits more often than non-Aboriginal children, the Justice and Equity Centre says. Composite: Victoria Hart/Guardian design/Getty Images

Megan’s children were just 11 and 13 when what they describe as excessive home visits by the police began.

In 2021, the brothers – who are Indigenous – had been bailed after being passengers in a stolen car. Over the next 20 months, the police visited their home to conduct bail checks more than 150 times. Often police visited in the middle of the night, or in the early hours of the morning when the children were asleep.