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

Exclusive: Four men outline similar encounters at the hands of guard Brett ‘Chicken’ Dennis.

Scores of former detainees say the ACT should have done more to protect them Warning: This article contains allegations of child sexual abuse and mentions of self-harm some readers might find distressing Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast There was an old chicken shed at the Quamby youth detention centre.

Out past the classrooms and out of sight of the facility’s many security cameras, it was a place most detainees avoided.

But they knew what sometimes happened down there.

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