FOLLOWING allegations of systemic violence, drugs and a toxic culture at Bimberi Youth Detention Centre, shadow Minister for Families, Youth and Community Services Elizabeth Kikkert says Rachel Stephen-Smith should refer the disturbing allegations to ACT Policing. 

Mrs Kikkert says news of the sickening systemic behaviour inside Bimberi is in fact illegal if allegations of drug use and systemic violence are found to be true.

“Sadly, all we are seeing is a government that has lost its way when it comes to providing protection and care for the most vulnerable in our territory,” she says. 

“What the government seems slow to understand is that its continued resistance to act on these recommendations has meant more children and staff are suffering in the ACT’s youth detention system.”