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Juvenile Boot Camps

Tuesday March 25, 2008
Juvenile Boot Camps:
A battle has erupted in the Orthodox Jewish community over a Brooklyn teenager sent by his prominent family to a behavior boot camp accused of terrifying abuse.

Friday October 12, 2007
Juvenile Boot Camps:
Investigators have catalogued the abuse of thousands of teenagers and the deaths of at least 10 minors at American boot camps.

Juvenile Boot Camps:
Seven former Florida boot camp guards and a nurse were acquitted Friday of manslaughter in the death of a 14-year-old black boy who was hit and kicked in a videotaped altercation with the guards.

Wednesday August 22, 2007
Charles FlowersJuvenile Boot CampsLove Demonstrated Ministries:
A support rally was held for Pastor Charles E. Flowers of San Antonio’s Faith Outreach Center and a Christian Boot Camp trainer, Stephanie Bassitt, both of whom have been indicted on one count each of aggravated assault.

Monday August 20, 2007
Juvenile Boot CampsSynanon:
The idea that punishment can be therapeutic is not unique to the Rotenberg Center. In fact, this notion is widespread among the hundreds of “emotional growth boarding schools,” wilderness camps, and “tough love” antidrug programs that make up the billion-dollar teen residential treatment industry. No fewer than 50 programs (though not the Rotenberg Center) can trace their treatment philosophy, directly or indirectly, to an antidrug cult called Synanon.

Saturday August 18, 2007
Charles FlowersJuvenile Boot CampsLove Demonstrated Ministries:
The director of a Christian boot camp and an employee have been indicted on aggravated assault charges for allegedly dragging a 15-year-old girl behind a van after she fell behind the group during a morning run.

Saturday August 11, 2007
Charles FlowersJuvenile Boot CampsLove Demonstrated Ministries:
A San Antonio pastor and an employee of his Christian boot camp were arrested Friday on aggravated assault charges, accused of dragging a girl behind a van after she failed to keep up during a running exercise.

Sunday January 21, 2007
Juvenile Boot Camps:
Troubled teens, most with serious drug problems, slept in windowless rooms, were accompanied everywhere from the kitchen to the toilet stall, were often completely cut off from parents, and were subject to physical, emotional and, sometimes, sexual abuse, Gaglia says.

Thursday June 15, 2006
Juvenile Boot Camps:
Investigators are looking into other claims of abuse at unlicensed facility

Thursday March 16, 2006
Juvenile Boot Camps:
TAMPA, Fla. -- A pathologist who observed the second autopsy of a 14-year-old boy who was punched and kicked by guards at a juvenile boot camp said Tuesday the boy may not have died of a blood disorder as a medical examiner had ruled.

Tuesday March 14, 2006
Juvenile Boot Camps:
TAMPA, Fla. -- A forensic pathologist who observed a second autopsy on a teen who died at a juvenile boot camp said the results seem to indicate his death was caused by a beating by guards, not by a blood condition.

Friday March 10, 2006
Juvenile Boot Camps:
PANAMA CITY - The body of 14-year-old who died after he was beaten at a boot camp for juvenile offenders was exhumed and sent to Tampa on Friday for a second autopsy.

Wednesday March 8, 2006
Juvenile Boot Camps:
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- All juvenile offenders have been removed from a Panama City boot camp where a 14-year-old boy was hit and kicked by guards before he died, the head of the state's juvenile justice agency said Wednesday.

Wednesday February 22, 2006
Juvenile Boot Camps:
Local woman says son told her 'they killed that boy'

Monday February 20, 2006
Juvenile Boot Camps:
Help at Any Cost: How the Troubled-Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids

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