‘He’d take boys down to the chicken shed’: survivors share harrowing allegations of rape in Canberra youth detention

Key points

• Former detainees at Canberra's Quamby and Bimberi youth detention centres allege they were sexually abused by guard Brett Dennis, who died by suicide in 2017. At least 12 former detainees between 2003 and 2013 make similar allegations.
• Some have lodged civil claims naming the ACT government as a defendant. Lawyers say the government has been slow to provide records.
• The government says it denies knowing of any risk posed by Dennis and says it is working to provide records as quickly as possible.