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DEATHS IN RESIDENTIAL YOUTH FACILITIES/PROGRAMS

In Memory of all the children whose lives have been lost needlessly!

No, Diana, we will never forget! Click here

ARTICLES
LIST OF FACILITY DEATHS
LIST OF RESTRAINT DEATHS
LIST OF STATE CARE DEATHS
LIST OF FOSTER CARE DEATHS

Help for Grieving Families (click here)                                                                                          Watch "A Boy Who Loved Flowers"
 
List of Deaths List of Children Who Have Died in Residential Youth
Facilities/Programs

 
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List of Deaths List of children who died as a result of restraints
 
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List of Deaths List of children who have died in the foster care system
 
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Report The Silent Death of American Children
 
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Database Database of Children Who Died During Restraints
 
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Orange Papers Boot Camps: Children's Gulags or Child Abuse for Fun and Profit
by A. Orange
 
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Report Citizens Commission on Human Rights: Desert Hills Center for Youth and Families - Even Under Investigation, Abuses Continue
 
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Senate Office Research

Seclusion and Restraints: A Failure, Not a Treatment
Protecting Mental Health Patients from Abuses
 

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Report on Restraints Citizens Commission on Human Rights:
Interim Report on Restraint Deaths in Psychiatric Institutions – A Culture of Violence & Terrorism
 
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NEWS ARTICLES RE DEATHS IN RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES

 

 
July 24, 2007 AYA surrenders license to state after boy's death (click here)
December 22, 2006 Family of boy who died in Va. group home files suit (click here)
November 4, 2006 Arkansas fires firm running youth lockup (click here)
November 3, 2006 Former Employee Speaks Against Alexander Youth Services (click here)
October 27, 2006 Pa. aide demoted in fallout at DHS (click here)
October 25, 2006
14-year-old Pa. girl died of dehydration; workers failed to notice neglect
The Associated Press
 
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October 20, 2006 Fla. students demand justice in boot camp death (click here)
October 19, 2006 Students protest about Anderson case today (click here)
October 19, 2006 Anderson suit partially dismissed
Judge lets claims of state, county negligence stand
 
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October 18, 2006 Students plan to march on the Capitol Thursday morning (click here)
October 18, 2006 Judge sets trial date, dismisses claim in boot camp case (click here)
October 9, 2006 16 DEATHS IN 11 MONTHS - WHEN IS ENOUGH GOING TO BE ENOUGH?
 
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October 7, 2006 Katy teen's death after workout stuns school (click here)
October 6, 2006 State releases preliminary report on death of foster child (click here)
October 5, 2006 Family sues over death of mentally ill prisoner (click here)
October 2, 2006

Canton woman charged in child's death

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October 11, 2006 Report: Codes met in case of Waupun foster child death (click here)
September 8, 2006 Ombudsman: Children Services could not predict Marcus' killing (click here)
September 8, 2006 Coroner IDs Marcus through body fragments (click here)
September 7, 2006 Coroner Reveals Details In Fiesel Autopsy Investigation (click here)
September 7, 2006 Agency's Preliminary Report On Fiesel Investigation Released (click here)
September 7, 2006

MARCUS FIESEL CASE: A Timeline

A look at the life and events surrounding the death of 3-year-old Marcus Fiesel

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September 7, 2006 Bones Found in Ohio Foster Child Case (click here)
September 7, 2006 Carrolls plead not guilty (click here)
September 7, 2006 Bone Pieces Found Where Police Say Boy´s Body Burned (click here)
September 7, 2006 Readers' reactions: Marcus Fiesel (click here)
September 7, 2006 Foster parents plead not guilty to murder (click here)
September 7, 2006 Timeline in Marcus Fiesel case (click here)
September 7, 2006 Trevino has right to sue, not to collect (click here)
September 6, 2006 Background Check Missed Previous Carroll Arrests In KY (click here)
September 6, 2006 Foster agency under scrutiny after child's death (click here)
September 6, 2006 Foster parents face life for death of 3-year-old (click here)
September 6, 2006 Foster Parents Indicted on New Charges In Death of Boy (click here)
September 6, 2006 Grand jury hands down 15 total counts for Carrolls -- including murder and kidnapping
 
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September 6, 2006 Couple face new charges in boy's death (click here)
September 6, 2006 Children Services records show Carrolls' 'level of deception' (click here)
September 6, 2006

Lawsuit in Marcus case 'not about the money': Middletown birth mother seeks $5 million in death of 3-year-old son in foster care

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September 6, 2006 Woman sues over death of child in foster care (click here)
September 6, 2006 Birth mother files lawsuit in Marcus's death (click here)
September 5, 2006 Mother sues county in foster child death (click here)
September 5, 2006 Foster boy's death ignites flurry of action (click here)
September 4, 2006 Foster Child's Death Sparks Review (click here)
September 4, 2006 Grand Jury Decision Expected Weds. In Foster Parents' Case (click here)
September 4, 2006
Raussen on improving children's safety
Ohio law adds safeguard
 
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September 4, 2006 Good foster homes in demand (click here)
September 3, 2006 Former Board Members Criticize Butler Co. Children's Services (click here)
September 1, 2006 Clermont County to handle most serious charges in child's death (click here)
August 30, 2006 The death of a child (click here)
August 25, 2006 Medical examiner of disputed boot camp death autopsy plans appeal (click here)
August 21, 2006 Report: Guards thought teen with no pulse was faking (click here)
August 21, 2006 Guards delayed dying teen's CPR (click here)
August 17, 2006

State, family of dead teen reach settlement

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August 14, 2006 Mom: Cadet who died at camp wasn't a sick child
 
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August 14, 2006 Military School Teen's Death God's Will, Says Mom
 
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August 14, 2006

Teen's camping death haunts mom: A grieving Plantation mother seeks answers after her 13-year-old son died abruptly while on a camping trip in North Miami

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August 13, 2006

Boy, 13, dies after collapse at camp: A Plantation teenager died of unknown causes after a camping trip at a state park in North Miami

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August 6, 2006 3 Idaho deaths are linked to West Nile virus
 
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August 4, 2006

Massachusetts Boy Dies Of West Nile and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever: Positive test returned for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

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August 4, 2006 Anderson probe may end soon
No charges have been filed in the boot-camp death
 
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August 4, 2006 Idaho Leads Nation in Human West Nile Cases
 
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August 4, 2006 Mass. boy among three Idaho fatalities linked to West Nile
 
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August 3, 2006 Timeline of the Martin Lee Anderson incident
 
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August 3, 2006

12-year-old with West Nile virus dies in Idaho
 

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August 2, 2006 Family Grieves For Boy Who May Have Died From West Nile In Idaho
 
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August 2, 2006 Idaho Facing Cases of West Nile Virus
 
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August 1, 2006 Rocco Magliozzi, 12; loved sports
 
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August 1, 2006 West Nile Virus Suspected In Boy's Death
 
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July 27, 2006 Family seeks answers amid grief in death of girl
 
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July 27, 2006 Indian bureau is faulted in teen's death
 
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July 24, 2006 Grieving mom: ‘They lied to me’ about the danger
 
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July 24, 2006 ‘I called her my miracle’
 
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July 23, 2006 Mom blames wilds program for girl's death
 
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July 23, 2006 Teen lost to the wilderness mourned: Answers elusive in Utah death case
 
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July 23, 2006 Outward Bound feels heat in fatal hike: Critics rip 110-degree ‘dance with death’
 
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July 22, 2006 We're failing our children
 
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July 21, 2006 Probate ruling propels expected lawsuit - Star Ranch closed, according to article
 
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July 21, 2006 KidsPeace settles lawsuit over ‘98 death
 
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July 21, 2006 KidsPeace settles lawsuit over ‘98 death
 
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July 21, 2006 Probate ruling propels expected lawsuit - Star Ranch closed, according to article
 
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July 20, 2006 Autistic man dies after clash with deputies (21 years old)
 
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July 20, 2006 Kin: Why was hiker left alone?
 
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July 20, 2006 Boston student dies in Utah
Family questions Outward Bound hike
 
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July 20, 2006 Why did two hikers die in Utah desert?

Autopsies pending: N.J. man in survival course carried no water; Boston teen, party got separated
 

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July 19, 2006 South Boston Teen Dies On Outward Bound Hike
 
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July 19, 2006 2 Hikers Die in Utah Desert, 1 in S.D.
 
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July 19, 2006 Boston teen hiker, 16, found dead south of Moab
 
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July 19, 2006 Man on survival trek, girl on Outward Bound hike die in Utah deserts
 
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July 19, 2006 Massachusetts teenager dies on Utah hike
 
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July 15, 2006 It goes beyond a lawsuit
 
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July 13, 2006

Boot camp suit asks $40M: The family of Martin Lee Anderson, who died after a pummeling in a boot camp, goes to court

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July 13, 2006 Teen's family sues for $40M over death at boot camp: The state's juvenile justice agency and the sheriff's office that ran a Panama City boot camp are being sued for the wrongful death of a teen.
 
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July 13, 2006 Natalynndria Lucy Slim - Death at Adolescent Residential Treatment Center
 
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July 12, 2006 Martin Anderson family to file wrongful death suit
 
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July 2, 2006 Polk Boot Camp Last One in State: Program has turned young criminals "into young productive citizens," sheriff says
 
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July 1, 2006 Manatee's boot camp shuts down
 
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July 1, 2006 More boot camps shut down: Only the Polk County facility will remain open
 
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June 30, 2006

Two boot camps close; one left: Less than six months after Martin Lee Anderson's death at a juvenile boot camp, two more camps are closing down, leaving just one in the state

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June 30, 2006

Nearly 200 Laws To Take Effect: New rules range from no more boot camps to doggie dining outdoors

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June 29, 2006 Key Lime, Boot Camp Laws to take Effect
 
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June 27, 2006 Officials probe death at Fla. boys camp
 
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June 27, 2006 DeSoto camp for teen offenders scrutinized after boy's death
 
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June 27, 2006 Teenager's camp death scrutinized
 
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June 26, 2006 Authorities Probing Boy's Death After Stay At Camp For Teen Offenders
 
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June 26, 2006

Medical Examiner Works to Solve Final Mysteries

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June 26, 2006 The Short Life of Angellika "Angie" Nicole Arndt
 
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June 25, 2006 Boy dies after illness at offender camp : Specialists investigating cause of death
 
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June 22, 2006 Rough Love: A heart-wrenching article with a chilling ending
 
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June 17, 2006

State revokes Star Ranch’s license
 
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June 17, 2006 Star Ranch Order Shut By State Where Two Children Recently Died
 
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June 10, 2006 Charges pondered in death of girl, 7: Physical restraint at facility reviewed
 
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June 9, 2006 Punta Gorda boy dies after stay at camp for teen offenders
 
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June 9, 2006 Rice Lake Death Called a Homicide
 
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June 9, 2006 Restraint leads to homicide: Examiner: Death caused by holding down child
 
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June 9, 2006 Death Of Restrained Girl, 7, Ruled Homicide
 
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June 9, 2006 Prosecutors weigh whether child's death was criminal homicide
 
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June 5, 2006 Officials Looking Into 7-Year-Old Girl's Death
 
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June 4, 2006

Rally seeks justice in boy's death

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June 2, 2006 Florida NAACP Deems Bush’s OK of Boot Camp Closure ‘Too Little, Too Late’
 
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June 1, 2006 Girl who was restrained later passes out and dies
 
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June 1, 2006

Rescued foster care drowning victim dies
 
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June 1, 2006 Martin Lee Anderson Act Signed into Law
 
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May 31, 2006 Bush signs Anderson Act; parents renew call for accountability
 
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May 31, 2006 Child in foster care dies weeks after creek rescue
 
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May 31, 2006 Florida Eliminates Boot Camp System
 
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May 31, 2006 Florida Eliminates Boot Camps for Kids
 
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May 31, 2006 Police: Patient Died After Taken To Hospital
 
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May 30, 2006 Governor To Sign Bill Replacing Boot Camps
 
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May 30, 2006 Teen's death inspires students
Group is protesting officials' handling of boot-camp case
 
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May 29, 2006 Boycott events wrap up with downtown march
 
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May 29, 2006 Students continue to focus on Anderson
 
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May 28, 2006 COMMENTARY - The Schiavo Case: Anatomy Of A Cover-Up
 
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May 26, 2006

Inquest says teen inmate died from medical condition

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May 25, 2006 Some Florida families are accusing a medical examiner of botched work and cover-ups
 
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May 25, 2006

Families File Complaints Against Coroner In Boot Camp Case

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May 25, 2006 Families: Boot camp medical examiner covered up other deaths
 
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May 24, 2006 Former FDLE boss to tackle cold cases in his hometown
 
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May 24, 2006 C.K. Steele honored at rally that relives the past - RALLY IN JUNE
 
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May 23, 2006

Questions on boot camp death go unasked

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May 23, 2006 Senators demand justice for boot camp death
 
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May 23, 2006 Countdown to Justice
 
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May 23, 2006 138 days later, no one is being held accountable
 
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May 23, 2006 Candidacy leaves local GOP without leader
 
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May 18, 2006 Students Continue Phone Protest Over Boot Camp Death
 
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May 17, 2006 Teen's suicide settled (Ryan Lewis)
 
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May 15, 2006 Documents Show Martin Lee Anderson Was a Very Troubled Child
 
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May 15, 2006 Sheriff's office inundated with calls
 
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March 15, 2006 Boot camp fallout
 
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May 14, 2006 Hidden truth of youth's death at camp
 
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May 11, 2006 Cover-up exposed in teen’s boot camp death
 
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May 11, 2006 Bush wants former boot camp supervisor fired
 
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May 10, 2006 Florida NAACP Joins Family in Vowing to Seek Justice for Boot Camp Killing
 
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May 10, 2006

Martin Lee Anderson Case:Gov. asks for dismissal of camp's ex-supervisor
 

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May 10, 2006 Update 1: Gov. Bush Wants Ex-Boot Camp Chief Fired
 
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May 10, 2006 Gov. Bush Wants Ex-Boot Camp Chief Fired
 
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May 9, 2006

Crime and Punishment/Public Safety: Boot camps
 

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May 9, 2006 Fatal 'restraint'
 
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May 9, 2006 This boot-camp death wasn't just `sunstroke'
 
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May 8, 2006 Boot Camp Death Shook Up Legislative Agenda
 
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May 7, 2006

Boot camp death was unexpected addition to legislative agenda

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May 6-9, 2006 Google Alert list of articles re Martin Lee Anderson suffocated
 
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May 6, 2006

Autopsy: Teen was suffocated - Martin Lee Anderson died because guards at a juvenile boot camp suffocated him, a medical examiner who autopsied the teen's body said Friday

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May 6, 2006 Teen was suffocated in boot camp death, new autopsy reveals
 
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May 6, 2006 Martin Lee Anderson timeline
 
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May 6, 2006

New Autopsy Finds Fla. Teen Was Suffocated: Second Autopsy of Florida Teen Beaten at Boot Camp Finds He Died of Suffocation by Guards
 

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May 6, 2006 Punishment Is Due For Boot Camp Death Subjects - DeFede Report & Video
 
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May 6, 2006 PRESS RELEASE: State Attorney's Investigation Regarding the Death of Martin Lee Anderson and Statement by State Attorney, Mark Ober
 
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May 6, 2006 Autopsy Ties Boy's Death to Boot Camp
 
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May 5, 2006 Report outlines discrepancies in youth’s death at juvenile center
 
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May 5, 2006

Punishment Is Due For Boot Camp Death Subjects: Doctors Now Say Anderson Died Of Suffocation
 

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May 5, 2006 Legislator honored for leading DJJ boot camp reform
 
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May 5, 2006 2nd autopsy finds boy hit at boot camp died of suffocation
 
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May 4, 2006 Questions over boy's death at juvenile hall
Unheard calls for help ... discrepancies in written reports. ... What really happened the morning that Johnny Lim died?
 
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May 3, 2006 Interim chief named to head FDLE:  The inspector general of the state Lottery Department has been appointed interim commissioner of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement
 
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May 3, 2006

Juvenile Justice hit with $11M budget cut: Legislature slices proposed $33M increase
 

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    May 3, 2006 Faulty door caused teen's fall down elevator shaft: inquiry (click here)
April 27, 2006 Florida Medical Examiner Investigated
 
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April 27, 2006

BOOT CAMP DEATH: Examiner: Prompt aid might have saved teen; the medical examiner who performed the first autopsy on Martin Lee Anderson said the teen might have survived if he had received help shortly after collapsing

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April 27, 2006 State to close final 4 boot camps: An extra $32.6 million is expected to be used for a new program described as softer and gentler
 
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April 27, 2006 Accord Kicks Out State's Boot Camps
 
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April 27, 2006

In wake of death, juvenile boot camp system is scrapped: State lawmakers voted to discard the militaristic juvenile boot camp system and refashion it to emphasize treatment rather than fear

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April 27, 2006 After Death of a Boy, Florida Moves to Close Its Boot Camps
 
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April 26, 2006

Crist urges search for autopsy 'flaws': Florida's attorney general has asked medical officials to investigate autopsies by Dr. Charles Siebert, the examiner who concluded that Martin Lee Anderson died of natural causes

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April 26, 2006 Boot Camps To Close In Deal To Spend More On Juvenile Justice
 
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April 26, 2006

Fla. Attn'y Gen. Wants Probe of Coroner

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April 26, 2006 Crowder wary of plan for camps
 
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April 26, 2006

Teen's death spurs boot camp overhaul

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April 26, 2006 State shuts down juvenile boot camps
 
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April 26, 2006 Legislature, under pressure, agrees to kill juvenile boot camps
 
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April 26, 2006 STATS Maia Szalavitz Speaks at CATO, Talahassee Rally for Martin Lee Anderson
 
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April 26, 2006

Legislature 2006: Boot-camp overhaul moves to Senate
 

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April 25, 2006 Boot to boot camps: State needs better ways to rescue troubled youth
 
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April 25, 2006 Dr. Charles Siebert Statement Regarding April 21, 2006, Letter from Attorney General Charlie Crist
 
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April 25, 2006 JOB OPENING AT SUMMITQUEST: Counselor Aide - Summer Temporary Jun-Aug: Amazingly, a person with a high school diploma meets ViaQuest's qualifications for (according to their own website) working with "the most challenging cases of individuals with behavior and mental health diagnoses"
 
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April 24, 2006 Capitol has budget on the brain
 
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April 24, 2006 Juvenile Justice: Gov. Jeb Bush has a private meeting with the parents of Martin Lee Anderson.
 
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April 21, 2006 Furor grows over Fla. boot camp death
 
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April 21, 2006 Jackson, Sharpton Join Student Protest Against Boot Camp Death
 
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April 21, 2006 Gov. Bush Offers Apology to Parents Over Teen's Death
 
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April 21, 2006 Students to Resume Boot Camp Death Protest
 
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April 21, 2006

Students end boot camp sit-in

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April 21, 2006 FDLE head quits; sit-in by students at Capitol ends
 
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April 21, 2006 Update 5: Protest at Fla. Governor's Office in Day 2
 
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April 21, 2006

Polk Boot Camp Says Hold On

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April 20, 2006 UPDATE: Governor says FDLE Commissioner resigned tonight
 
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April 20, 2006 FDLE Commissioner Has Resigned, Bush's Office Says
 
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April 20, 2006 Bush asks for probe of missing e-mails
 
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April 20, 2006 Voices from the protest
 
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April 20, 2006

Students continue vigil at the Capitol

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April 20, 2006

Bush To Meet Parents Of Boot Camp Beating Victim: Peaceful Student Protest Continues Outside Governor's Office
 

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April 20, 2006 Thursday Update: Students hold all-night sit-in at Florida governor’s office protest boot camp death
 
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April 19, 2006 Students staging overnight sit-in at the Capitol
 
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April 19, 2006 Rooms With A Phew: Children Get Ill Due to Mold Exposure in Facilities
 
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April 19, 2006 Associated Press - Update 1: Students Protest at Fla. Governor's Office
 
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April 19, 2006 University students stage sit-in in governor's office over boot-camp probe
 
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April 19, 2006 Sit-in at governor's office
 
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April 19, 2006 Students stage protest at Jeb Bush's office
 
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April 19, 2006 Fla. students protest boot camp death
 
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April 19, 2006 Crist raises doubts on autopsy
 
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April 19, 2006 Attorney: Boot camp e-mails lost
 
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April 19, 2006 Advocacy Groups Seek Ban on Prone Restraint; 'Unreasonable Risk of Death for Children'
 
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April 15, 2006 Bad attitude burdens DJJ
 
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April 14, 2006 Leon County's own boot camp had mixed reviews
Financial reasons limited academy's run to 1994-2001
 
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April 14, 2006

Changes recommended after teen inmate's death: a state agency releases a report calling for training and equipment after the incident at the Cypress Creek Facility

 

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April 13, 2006 Sex abuse claims in suit refer to boot camp death
 
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April 13, 2006 Boot-camp case stirs students: FAMU, FSU students call for justice at forum
 
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April 12, 2006 Judge won't stop probe of juvenile detention center
 
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April 11, 2006 Justice for kids: Youth programs are at risk: Proof the system failed the kids
 
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April 9, 2006

State-sanctioned abuse: If parents used on their children the same kind of force regularly administered at boot camps, the state would intervene. So, why has it been tolerated?

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April 8, 2006 House bill named after boy who died at boot camp
 
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April 8, 2006 Bill memorializes Martin's boot-camp death
 
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April 7, 2006

Boot camp closes; facility now dormant: State has the option of subleasing, but is not in hurry to do so

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April 7, 2006

Law closing boot camps named for teen: Representatives passed a bill Thursday closing state boot camps and named it after a teen beaten by guards

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April 7, 2006 Legislature Briefs: House votes to end teen boot camps
 
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April 6, 2006

Mother seeks changes at center: Allentown woman takes case to Capitol. Her son died while at SummitQuest Academy after being restrained

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April 5, 2006 Summit Quest Deaths
 
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April 5, 2006 Mom Claims Death of Son in Treatment Center was No Accident
 
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April 5, 2006

JUVENILE JUSTICE: Chief says his hands were tied on camp's use of force
"... teens were manhandled for minor infractions -- for simply shrugging, smiling or smirking"

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April 4, 2006 Rally planned on behalf of boot camp victim
 
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April 4, 2006 EDITORIAL - Cover-up In Schiavo Case Precludes FDLE Accreditation
 
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April 2, 2006

Manatee's boot camp in trouble:
Facility struggling with rate of recidivism, budget deficit

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April 2, 2006 No charges will be filed in teen's death
 
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April 1, 2006 No charges in death of teen at Lancaster County behavioral center
 
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April 1, 2006 Opinion: Totaro lets killers skate in SummitQuest murder
 
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April 1, 2006 E-mail from Cynthia Allen, Joey’s mother, received 4/1/06
 
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March 31, 2006 From: Donald R Totaro, District Attorney: No Charges Will be Filed
 
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March 31, 2006

Teen's death: no charges
 

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March 31, 2006 FDLE replaced in camp investigation
Hillsborough sheriff to aid in probe of 14-year-old's death
 
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March 30, 2006 Special prosecutor seeks outside help with boot camp probe
 
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March 29, 2006 FDLE chief's boot camp e-mails trouble Bush
 
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March 28, 2006 E-mails put Florida investigator in hot seat
  GUY TUNNELL

   E-mail #1 - click here
   E-mail #2 - click here
   E-mail #3 - click here
   E-mail #4 - click here

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March 28, 2006 Gov. Bush: Official Shouldn't Have E-Mailed
 
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March 28, 2006 FDLE Chief Wrote To County Sheriff About Boot Camp Investigation
 
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March 25, 2006 Juvenile boot camps are due to be eliminated and replaced with 'Star Academies,' Florida lawmakers said
 
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March 25, 2006

Impact of zero-tolerance school-arrest policies

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March 25, 2006 Lawmakers to continue push for medical examiner's removal in boot camp death case
 
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March 22, 2006 Pennsylvania Protection & Advocacy, Inc.'s  Review of SummitQuest Academy - READ THEIR FINDINGS
 
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March 20, 2006 Parents of dead teen don't want case tried in Panama City if anyone is charged
 
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March 20, 2006

Cover-up alleged in boot camp beating

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March 20, 2006 Anderson Family Attorney Will Seek Venue Change
 
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March 20, 2006 Attorney Accuses Bay County of Cover-Up in Boot Camp Death
 
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March 20, 2006
Opinion

The Punishment Did Not Fit the Crime: Martin Lee Anderson
"
... They beat the life right out of Martin. Parents will be up in arms, and should be up in arms, about this issue ..." "... Children, once locked behind closed doors, have no voice so it is incumbent upon us to be their voice." read more
 

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March 20, 2006 Parents of dead teen don't want case tried in Panama City if anyone is charged
 
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March 20, 2006

Cover-up alleged in boot camp beating

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March 20, 2006 Anderson Family Attorney Will Seek Venue Change
 
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March 20, 2006 Attorney Accuses Bay County of Cover-Up in Boot Camp Death
 
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March 20, 2006
Opinion

The Punishment Did Not Fit the Crime: Martin Lee Anderson
"
... They beat the life right out of Martin. Parents will be up in arms, and should be up in arms, about this issue ..." "... Children, once locked behind closed doors, have no voice so it is incumbent upon us to be their voice." read more
 

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March 19, 2006 Never Again:  If the Remaining Boot Camps in Florida Are to Stay Open, They Need Adequate Funding, Training, Oversight, and Follow-up
 
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March 19, 2006

More Miami-Dade students face detention for misdemeanors: A 'zero-tolerance' policy against violent crimes has put more Miami-Dade students in handcuffs--for fighting, graffiti and other minor offenses

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March 19, 2006 Never Again:  If the Remaining Boot Camps in Florida Are to Stay Open, They Need Adequate Funding, Training, Oversight, and Follow-up
 
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March 18, 2006 JUVENILE JUSTICE: Boot-Camp Death May Unlock Funding
 
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March 18, 2006 Autopsy: Illness Didn't Kill Boot Camp Boy
 
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March 18, 2006

Doctor: Beating Cut Off Teen's Oxygen: An inability to breathe during a boot camp beating is what killed the teenager, says a pathologist

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March 18, 2006 Doctor: Boot camp teen likely suffocated
Family of boy, representative fault beating
 
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March 18, 2006

Pathologist: Teen couldn't breathe:
Anderson probably died from lack of oxygen, Baden says
 

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March 18, 2006

Doctor: Beating Cut Off Teen's Oxygen: An inability to breathe during a boot camp beating is what killed the teenager, says a pathologist

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March 18, 2006 Autopsy: Illness Didn't Kill Boot Camp Boy
 
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March 18, 2006 JUVENILE JUSTICE: Boot-Camp Death May Unlock Funding
 
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March 17, 2006 Siebert Statement
 
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March 17, 2006 New Documents Show FL Boot Camp Had A History Of Abuse
 
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March 17, 2006

Boot Camp Controversy Continues

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March 17, 2006 Doctor: Boot Camp Teen Likely Suffocated
 
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March 17, 2006

Boot Camp Controversy Continues

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March 17, 2006 Siebert Statement
 
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March 17, 2006 Doctor: Boot Camp Teen Likely Suffocated
 
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March 16, 2006 Doctor: Beating, Not Sickle Cell Trait, Killed Teen
 
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March 16, 2006

Sheriff Pleads for Boot Camp that Works
 

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March 16, 2006

JUVENILE JUSTICE: Lawmakers Decry DJJ Chief's 'Lies'
Some Florida lawmakers are losing confidence in the state's juvenile-justice agency, saying its head, Anthony Schembri, has told 'lies' too many times.
 

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March 16, 2006 Even If We Didn't Beat Him to Death, We're Responsible
 
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March 16, 2006 Medical Examiner Defends Boot Camp Finding
 
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March 16, 2006 Commentary: Boot camp beating leaves jarring image
 
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March 16, 2006 Doctor: Beating, Not Sickle Cell Trait, Killed Teen
 
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March 16, 2006

Sheriff Pleads for Boot Camp that Works
 

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March 16, 2006 Use of force routine in boot camp where guards struck teen
 
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March 16, 2006 Medical Examiner Defends Boot Camp Finding
 
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March 16, 2006 Even If We Didn't Beat Him to Death, We're Responsible
 
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March 16, 2006 Commentary: Boot camp beating leaves jarring image
 
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March 16, 2006

JUVENILE JUSTICE: Lawmakers Decry DJJ Chief's 'Lies'
Some Florida lawmakers are losing confidence in the state's juvenile-justice agency, saying its head, Anthony Schembri, has told 'lies' too many times.
 

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March 15, 2006 Boot camp fallout
 
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March 15, 2006 Autopsy Mistakes Emerge
 
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March 15, 2006 Boot camp fallout
 
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March 15, 2006 Autopsy Mistakes Emerge
 
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       March 14, 2006 Autopsy: Boot Camp Beating Killed Teen
 
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March 14, 2006

Prosecutor: Blood disorder didn't kill boy

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March 14, 2006 Doctor: Teen Didn't Die Because of Sickle Cell:
After Observing the Second Autopsy of the Youth Who Died After a Boot Camp Beating, He Contradicts the Initial Finding
 
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March 14, 2006 Boot Camp Death Not Natural, Second Autopsy Finds:
Fed Probe Under Way Into Florida Incident
 
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March 14, 2006 Expert's conclusions bring relief to teenager's family
 
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March 14, 2006 Boy's 2nd Autopsy a `Search for Truth': Civil rights workers called for justice as a second autopsy began on Martin Lee Anderson, who died at a Bay County boot camp Jan. 6
 
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March 14, 2006 Youth Who Died at Boot Camp Was Beaten to Death
 
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March 14, 2006 Doctor: Teen Didn't Die Because of Sickle Cell:
After Observing the Second Autopsy of the Youth Who Died After a Boot Camp Beating, He Contradicts the Initial Finding
 
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March 14, 2006 After Second Autopsy, Family of a Teen Who Died in a Fla. Boot Camp Alleges a Cover-Up
 
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March 14, 2006

Prosecutor: Blood disorder didn't kill boy

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March 14, 2006 Autopsy: Boot Camp Beating Killed Teen
 
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March 14, 2006 Expert's Conclusions Bring Relief to Teenager's Family
 
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March 14, 2006 Boot Camp Death Not Natural, Second Autopsy Finds:
Fed Probe Under Way Into Florida Incident
 
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March 14, 2004 Autopsy Observer Discounts Sickle Cell
 
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March 14, 2006 Expert's conclusions bring relief to teenager's family
 
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March 14, 2006 Boy's 2nd Autopsy a `Search for Truth': Civil rights workers called for justice as a second autopsy began on Martin Lee Anderson, who died at a Bay County boot camp Jan. 6
 
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March 13, 2006

Expert conducts 2nd autopsy in boot camp death
Boy, 14, died at Florida boot camp after being struck by guards

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March 13, 2006 New Autopsy Conducted in Boot Camp Death
 
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March 13, 2006

Amplifier for a Community:
The Attorney for Martin Lee Anderson's Family Says He Went to Law School to Represent Those Abused by Authority
 

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March 13, 2006

Autopsy Expected to Take All Day:
Supporters, including a sickle cell organization, refute earlier findings and hope their questions are answered in the second examination.

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March 13, 2006 Activists Rally During Autopsy:
A Final Determination in the Death of a Boot Camp Inmate is Expected to Take Eight Weeks
 
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March 13, 2006 Autopsy Findings Awaited
 
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March 13, 2006

Expert conducts 2nd autopsy in boot camp death
Boy, 14, died at Florida boot camp after being struck by guards

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March 13, 2006 Activists Rally During Autopsy:
A Final Determination in the Death of a Boot Camp Inmate is Expected to Take Eight Weeks
 
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March 13, 2006

Amplifier for a Community:
The Attorney for Martin Lee Anderson's Family Says He Went to Law School to Represent Those Abused by Authority
 

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March 13, 2006 New Autopsy Conducted in Boot Camp Death
 
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March 13, 2006

Autopsy Expected to Take All Day:
Supporters, including a sickle cell organization, refute earlier findings and hope their questions are answered in the second examination.

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March 13, 2006 Autopsy Findings Awaited
 
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March 12, 2006 Second autopsy to be performed on teenager who died in Panama City boot camp
 
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March 12, 2006 Second autopsy to be performed on teenager who died in Panama City boot camp
 
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March 11, 2006 Boot Camp Failures Were Unquestioned
 
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March 11, 2006

Boot Camp Has Few Successes:
Of 740 Youths to Complete the Program from 1993 to 2005, Only 74 Weren't Arrested Again
 

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March 10, 2006 AP - Body of Teen Who Died at Boot Camp Exhumed
 
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March 10, 2006

Body of Teen Who Died at Panama City Boot Camp Exhumed

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March 10, 2006 15-Year-Old Died at Facility for Troubled Teens in 2004
Thayer Home to Pay $1 Million in Death
 
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March 10, 2006 Body Removed for 2nd Autopsy
 
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March 10, 2006 Body of Teen Who Died at Boot Camp Exhumed
 
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March 10, 2006 Second autopsy performed in boot camp death
 
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March 10, 2006 Body of Teen Who Died at Panama City Boot Camp Exhumed
 
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March 9, 2006 Sheriffs: Lack of Money Hurts Boot Camps: In the Wake of a Teen's Death at a Panama City juvenile Boot Camp, the Sheriffs Who Manage the Camps Decried a Lack of Funding From the State
 
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March 8, 2006

Choice of Ober troubles NAACP
 

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March 8, 2006 Boot-Camp Nurse Failed Young Victim
 
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March 8, 2006 All Juveniles Removed from Panama City Boot Camp
 
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March 8, 2006 New Use for Boot Camp Rejected: While Officials Disagree on the Use of the Bay County Boot Camp After it Closes, Others Are Protesting the Exhumation of Martin Lee Anderson, the 14-year-old Who Died at the Camp
 
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March 7, 2006

Boot Camp Nurse Who Walked Away is Under Fire: The Actions of a Nurse Assigned to Monitor the Health of Teen Boys at the Bay Boot Camp in Panama City are Under Scrutiny After the Death of Martin Lee Anderson.

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March 6, 2006 Teen death at boot camp due to blood
 
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March 5, 2006 Autopsy: At Least Doc Got Gender Right
 
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March 5, 2006 Boot Camps Losing Favor Nationally
 
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March 5, 2006 BOOT CAMP DEATH
Lawyers: Officers Won't Be Convicted in Beating
 
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March 5, 2006 Boot Camps Losing Favor Nationally
 
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March 5, 2006 Autopsy: At Least Doc Got Gender Right
 
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March 5, 2006 BOOT CAMP DEATH
Lawyers: Officers Won't Be Convicted in Beating
 
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March 3, 2006 Boy Who Died in Boot Camp to Be Exhumed
 
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March 2, 2006 Boot Camp Manual Limits Use of Force
 
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February 27, 2006 NAACP leaders call for arrests of juvenile boot camp guards
 
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February 26, 2006 Martin Lee Anderson's Death: Community Calls for Justice
 
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February 26, 2006 Boy, 14, Tells of Boot Camp Beatings: A Boy Who Says He Witnessed the Beating of Martin Lee Anderson Recalled What He Saw and Heard at the Panama City Boot Camp
 
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February 26, 2006

Boot Camps Exempt From 'Pain Compliance' Ban
Harmful Techniques Were Outlawed at Other Facilities for Youths in 2004
 

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February 25, 2006 Camp Rules Allowed Force
 
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February 25, 2006 Boot Camp Death: State Asks to Exhume Teen's Body
 
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February 24, 2006 Body of Florida Boot Camp Teen to Be Exhumed
 
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February 24, 2006 State: No More Roughing Up Kids at Boot Camps
 
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February 24, 2006 Boot-Camp Body May Be Exhumed
 
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February 24, 2006

Boot Camps to Ban Manhandling of Kids

The State's Juvenile Justice Agency Wants to Avoid Another Boot Camp-Related Death and Wants to Do Away With the Violent 'Pain-Compliance' Techniques
 

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February 24, 2006 New Boot Camp Rules Outlined
Doctor Casts Doubt on Report That Teen Died From Sickle Cell
 
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February 24, 2006

Expert: Sickle-cell Trait Likely Did Not Kill Teen
A Top State Medical Officer Talks About the Death of a Boy at a Florida Boot Camp
 

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February 24, 2006
 
Body of Florida Boot Camp Teen to Be Exhumed
 
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February 23, 2006 Juvenile Boot Camps to Get New Policies
 
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February 23, 2006 During Crisis, DJJ Chief Stays Out of Spotlight
 
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February 22, 2006

Boot Camp To Close After Beating Death
 

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February 22, 2006

Sheriff to Shut Boot Camp
The Bay County Sheriff Says He Will Cancel the Camp's Contract in 90 Days: Its "Integrity ... Has Been Compromised."
 

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February 21, 2006 Autopsy Uproar Not M.E.'s First
 
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February 20, 2006
 
NAACP Wants Florida Boot Camp Closed
 
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February 20, 2006
 

Boot Camp Autopsy Doctor Questioned Before
 

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February 20, 2006
 

The Guardian: Boot Camp Video Shows Beating of Boy Who Died Next Day
 

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February 19, 2006 Lock Up, Break Down
 
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February 18, 2006 An Advocate for Juvenile Justice
 
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February 18, 2006
 
No Charges in Garcia Death
 
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February 17, 2006
 
Florida Officials Release Video of Boot Camp Beating
 
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February 17, 2006 BBC: Child 'jail' restraint criticised: The inquiry was launched after the death of Gareth Myatt, 15
 
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February 16, 2006 Representative Miller Statement on Justice Department Announcement on Martin Lee Anderson Case 
 
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February 16, 2006
 
Tape Released Showing Teen Beaten at Boot Camp
Video Shows Guards Restraining and Punching Boy
 
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February 16, 2006 Autopsy: Boy Restrained at Boot Camp Died from Sickle Cell
 
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February 14, 2006 Inquest Ordered In Death At King County Juvenile Detention
 
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February 10, 2006 Boy's parents probing his death; Forensic pathologist reviewing Allentown teen's care at center
 
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February 10, 2006

News 8 Looks Into Teen's Treatment Center Death

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February 10, 2006 ViaQuest's Statement Released
 
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February 9, 2006 Family Seeks Answers in Boy's Death - 
Giavianni "Joey" Alteriz and James White
 
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February 9, 2006 Boy's death halts some referrals: Lehigh County department won't send youths to Lancaster site
 
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February 9, 2006 Giavianni "Joey" Alteriz: Initial autopsy: Restrained teen was suffocated
The autopsy showed evidence of a traumatic injury to the left side of the teen's head, chest compression, lesions inside his shoulders, and bleeding near his shoulder blade, in his ribs and in his spinal area, the attorney said.
 
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February 9, 2006 James White
"We have heard rumors that things aren't well at SummitQuest Academy and will be conducting a thorough investigation." Another SummitQuest resident, James White, 17, of Philadelphia, died Dec. 12. An autopsy conducted here showed he had an enlarged heart and died of natural causes.
 
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February 8, 2006

Police: Teen dies after reportedly being restrained
Giavinni "Joey" Alteriz
 

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February 8, 2006

Giovanni S. Aletriz – Obituary
 

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February 9, 2006
 
Judge: OTP Murder Charges Can Go Forward:
Stone Rejects Defense Claim of Flawed Indictments
 
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February 8, 2005 Boot camp sued over boy's death
North Bay youth, 15, died after a week at Missouri school
 
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February 7, 2006

2nd teen death at facility probed - Giavinni "Joey" Alteriz
 

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January 29, 2006 The Trouble with Tough Love - written by Maia Szalavitz, author of a brand new book coming soon "Help at Any Cost: How the Troubled-Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids"
 
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January 27, 2006
 

Victim's mom decries teen program's return
Utah teen-help industry: She wants the owners, whose first
license was revoked, to be banned from the business
 

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December 31, 2005 A young thief's lonely death
Boy's family wants answers from detention center
 
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December 28, 2005

Attorney General Awaits Call
Boot Camp Probe Dormant
 
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December 12, 2005 Suspect vowed to make parents pay:
Christopher Sutton may have been planning to kill his parents since 1996, according to court documents released by prosecutors last week
 
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December 9, 2005  Autopsy shows boy, 12, at Kerr center suffocated
 
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December 6, 2005
 
12-year-old Kerrville boy who was restrained by staff at an
Ingram camp for disabled youngsters died
 
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December 1, 2005
 
Mother and Son Found Dead: Apparent Suicide/Murder
 
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Court Opinion
 
Lawsuit: State v. Fisher - Child Dies at Northstar Wilderness
 
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November 12, 2005 Missing Tapes Hinder Juvenile Center Probe
 
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November 11, 2005

Lost lockup tapes called cover-up:
Questions are being raised as to why surveillance tapes in state juvenile facilities continue to be so unreliable, years after concern was raised about them in several cases involving the deaths of inmates.

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October 22, 2005

Cold Springs Correctional Facility (Mansfield Boot Camp), Fort Worth, Texas
 

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October 15, 2005 State examines juvenile center death
 
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October 14, 2005 Inmate Dies at Youth Facility
 
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October 12, 2005

Renner-Lewis' Family Heads To Mediation Over Suit Against School
 

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October 7, 2005

Parents in Thayer lawsuit seek protective order
Defendant John Bundy allegedly ‘threatened and harassed’ them
 
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October 2, 2005 Around Kidder, Thayer Has Backers
 
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1993 to October 2005 Multiple Articles Regarding the Death of Bryan D. Alexander at Cold Springs Correctional Facility, Fort Worth, Texas
 
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September 28, 2005

Conflicting Accounts Surround Death Of Teen At Facility
 

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September 20, 2005

In Harm's Way: Use of physical force on troublesome kids unchecked

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July 31, 2005

A Father’s Quest: A lawyer sues his former client— a school for troubled kids— when his own son dies under questionable circumstances
 

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July 19, 2005 Six Georgia counselors charged in teen's death
 
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Articles/Documents Articles and Documents Pertaining to the Death of Chase Moody
 
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July 7, 2005

Institution Agrees To Changes Following Matthew Goodman Death
 

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June 22, 2005 Arizona Counselor Sentenced in Teen's Death
 
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June 7, 2005 Plot to Kill Parents Detailed
 
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June 2, 2005 Death at Youth Camp Ruled Homicide
 
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May 25, 2005 Boot Camp Leader Gets Six Years in Youth’s Death
 
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           May 20, 2005 Sides settle Maryville suicide case
 
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May 18, 2005 Mother Sues State Agency, Juvenile Facility Over Death
 
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May 14, 2005 Counselors Fired After Death at Georgia Camp
 
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May 7, 2005

Boy's Pleas for Aid Denied: Inhaler Withheld, Restrained Teen Died
 
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May 6, 2005

State probes boy's death Camp's risky punishment cited
 
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May 1, 2005

GBI Investigating Death of Boy at State Camp
 
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November 5, 2004 Mom Details Son's Issues at Camp-Death Trial; 14-Year-Old's Dehydration Linked to Medication
 
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November 1, 2004 Boot Camp Drill Instructor Arrested for County Juvenile
 
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October 20, 2004 Boot-Camp Witness Tells of Boy's Death: Probation Promised for Testimony vs. Long
 
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Fall 2004 Detention Center Death of 15-Year Old Brian Malone

 
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Fall 2004

JAIL SUICIDE/MENTAL HEALTH UPDATE
(A joint project of the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives and the National Institute of Corrections, U.S. Department of Justice)
 

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August 23, 2004 A Year Is Long Enough To Gather Evidence In Restraint Death Case, Boy's Family Says
 
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June 15, 2004

Restraint Bill Bears Victim's Name
 

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April 19, 2004 Answers In Renner-Lewis Case May Be Far Away
 
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March 19, 2004 Worker who watched boy hang convicted of neglect
 
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March 18, 2004 Youth Counselor Convicted Of Child Neglect
 
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February 27, 2004 Ill Youth Died Amid Chaos, Confusion
 
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January 2, 2004

Renner-Lewis Family Sues School Over Son's Restraint Death
 

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November 17, 2003

Parents Still Have Few Answers On Son's Death, Restraint
 

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October 23, 2003 Judge Yanks Wilderness Therapy Programs License
 
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October 24, 2003

Mother Sues Institution And Hospital Over Matthew Goodman's Death
 

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October 9, 2003 Justice Officials Admit Errors Led to Fatal Fight
 
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September 29, 2003

Juvenile Detention Deaths Spark Public Hearing
 

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August 29, 2003 No charges in Brown Schools death
 
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August 28, 2003 Teen Dies After Seizure And Restraint
 
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August 9, 2003 Report: Guard's Error Opened Cell Doors
 
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August 7, 2003 Teen Not Charged in Fatal Fistfight
 
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July 24-30, 2003 Devereux Cleo Wallace cited for violations of restraint policy in the death of 15-year-old Orlena Parker
 
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June 20, 2003

Camp owner moves to halt a lawsuit in teen's death: Brown Schools want an arbitrator to handle the case if parents sue
 

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June 15, 2003 Detention Often a Terrible Option for Troubled Children
 
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June 5, 2003 Protesters Rally at Juvenile Center
 
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June 4, 2003 Charges Sought in Deadly Jail Fight
 
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June 3, 2003 Video Details Fatal Jail Fight
 
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June 2, 2003 Sent to Jail for Help, Teen Killed
 
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May 18, 2003 Competing Theories Explain Teen's Restraint-Related Death
 
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May 18, 2003 A Texas Toll: Deaths Attributed to Restraints
 
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May 18, 2003

When discipline turns fatal: Texas lacks tough law on prone restraint that's banned in three states
 

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May 18, 2003

Federal study found restraints lack sufficient regulation
 

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May 18, 2003

Where troubled children can help themselves
 

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April 3, 2003

Committee passes bill banning certain physical restraints: Father of teen who died while restrained gives emotional testimony
 

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February 19, 2003

New Report Says Goodman Was Not Neglected
 

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February 14, 2003

Centers for troubled teens sold: Brown Schools, under scrutiny for patient deaths, says it plans to focus on education
 

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January 24, 2003

Brown Schools' statement on state licensing report
 

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January 23, 2003

Advocates Vow To Continue Push For 'Matthew's Law'
 

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January 23, 2003 Investigators find multiple safety violations at wilderness camp
 
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January 17, 2003

"Matthew's Law" Rejected For Compromise On Restraints
 

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January 4, 2003

Camp staff is accused of abuse in teen death
 

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January 3, 2003


Death In The Desert
 

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December 27, 2002 West Virginia Treatment Center Sued for Negligence
 
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December 20, 2002 Son Dies at Wilderness Camp, Parents Sue
 
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December 19, 2002

Bancroft Given Two Week Notice
 

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October 26, 2002

Teen died after banned restraint used: Death at Mason County program not the first for company that runs it
 

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October 20, 2002 The father of a dead teenager seeks answers from On Track
 
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October 18, 2002 Boot Camp Death Results in $240,000 for Family
 
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October 17, 2002

Days after teen camper's death, questions linger: Few details emerge about what happened to a boy enrolled in a Mason program for troubled youths
 

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October 17, 2002 Death of teen at therapy facility investigated Richardson 17-year-old died being restrained by staff in Hill Country
 
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Therapy Program Closed Over Violations
 

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October 11, 2002 Utah Pulls Wilderness Youth Program's License After Boy's Death
 
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September 21, 2002 Outdoor Therapy Camp Workers Charged in Hiking Death of Boy, By Michael Janofsky
 
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September 19, 2002

Teen's Death Prompts New Restraint And Seclusion Measure
 

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September 10, 2002

Health worker admits abusing autistic teen
 

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August 28, 2002

Treatment Of Teenager Ruled Abusive
 

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July 11, 2002

Facility Charged With Largest Fine Ever, State Says
 

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July 2, 2002

After Teen's Death, Districts Thinking Twice About Sending Children Out Of State
 

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June 14, 2002 Tucker Treatment Center Fined $5,000 After Teen's Death, Child Neglect Charges Against Alldredge Academy Officials Dropped
 
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March 11, 2002

14-Year-Old Died After Incident in Killeen Special Education Class 
 

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March 7, 2002

Death Suit With Boot Camp Settled

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February 20, 2002 Charges filed against boot camp leaders
 
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February 16, 2002 Head of Camp in Arizona Is Arrested in Boy's Death
 
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February 11, 2002

Attorney General Files Agreement With Obsidian Services, Inc. of Bend
 

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February 1, 2002 Wilderness Camp Death Suit Settled
 
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2002 Candace's Law Signed As Accused Therapist Takes Stand:
Watkins Says Ponder Was In Charge, Checking On Candace's Welfare
 
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October 28, 2001 Voiceless and Vulnerable
 
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September 28, 2001 Counselor Charged With Not Helping Dying Teen
 
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September 8, 2001 Group Probed in Death Has New Class
 
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September 7, 2001 Arizona Boot Camp Where Boy Died Reopens
 
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August 23, 2001 Autopsy Results Released in Death of Arizona Boot Camp Teen-Ager
 
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August 8, 2001

Death Trip: Wilderness therapy programs claim they'll straighten out your troubled teen with tough love and survival training. Some kids never come back
 

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July 19, 2001 Affidavit Says Teenager Sent to Boot Camp Died in Bathtub
 
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July 16, 2001 Tough Love, Teen Death
 
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July 15, 2001 States Pressed as 3 Boys Die at Boot Camps
 
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July 5, 2001 Boy's Death At School A Homicide - District Heights Youth Died After a Struggle
 
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July 4, 2001 Death In `Boot Camp' Called Suspect
 
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July 4, 2001 Kids Tell of Camp Beatings: Say They Were Kicked, Punched
 
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July 4, 2001 Accounts Put Darker Cloud Over Camp
 
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July 4, 2001 Desert Boot Camp for Youth Is Shut Down After a Death
 
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April 15, 2001 Rebirthing Therapist Worked Miracles, Supporters Say:
But Critics Say Techniques Border On Quackery
 
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April 13, 2001

Prosecution Wraps Up In Rebirthing Therapy Trial:
Defense To Present Its Case In Golden
 

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April 9, 2001

Rebirthing Trial Continues Monday In Golden:
Therapists Accused Of Reckless Child Abuse
 

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April 6, 2001 Jurors Watch More Rebirthing Therapy Videotape:
10-Year-Old Died After Controversial Therapy Session
 
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April 6, 2001 A Description Of The Fatal Rebirthing Session
 
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April 5, 2001 Jurors Sob During Rebirthing Video:
Videotape Is Key Prosecution Evidence In Jeffco Case
 
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April 4, 2001 Rebirthing Mother Says She Thought Therapy Was Standard Practice: Newmaker Says She Didn't Know Of Therapists' Lack Of Experience
 
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April 4, 2001

Adoptive Mother Of Rebirthing Victim Testifies:
Victim Died After Evergreen Session
 

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April 3, 2001

Lawyers: Rebirthing Therapists Unaware Of Girl's Heart Problem:
Mother Scheduled To Testify Tuesday
 

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April 2, 2001

Opening Arguments To Begin In 'Rebirthing Therapy' Death:
Therapists Accused Of Reckless Child Abuse
 

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March 29, 2001 Trial Begins In 'Rebirthing' Therapy Death:
Psychotherapists On Trial For Death Of 10-Year-Old
 
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February 13, 2001 Bill To Ban Rebirthing Therapy Clears First Hurdle:
Law Is Named For Girl Killed In Evergreen Session Last Year
 
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February 6, 2001

Birth Mother Grieves For Daughter Killed In Therapy Incident:
Mother Had Hoped For Reunion
 

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January 17, 2001

Mother of dead camper sues Bend outdoor school:
Lynn McAward files a $1.5 million dollar suit against Obsidian Trails in the death of her son, William "Eddie" Lee
 

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December 10, 2000 Boot Camp Death Prompts Changes
 
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December 2000 Camp Fear: Gina Score was the latest teenager to die at a juvenile boot camp
 
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October 21, 2000 Deaths of mentally retarded while bound cause concern
 
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October 18, 2000

Camp Delinquent:
Wilderness Programs Face Regulations
 

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September 21, 2000

Wilderness School Counselor Charged in Death of Camper:
A 15-Year-Old Scappoose Boy Dies While Being Restrained at a High Desert Wilderness School
 

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September 21, 2000 A 15-year-old Scappoose boy dies while being restrained at a high desert wilderness school
 
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July 29, 2000

Suicidal Teen Given Bad Advice

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July 13, 2000 Shelter Has Reported 40 Kids Missing
 
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July 13, 2000 Admissions Resumed at Children's Shelter
 
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July 7, 2000 Child Advocate Denied Access to Shelter for Troubled Youths
 
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July 6, 2000 Teen Out of ICU, But Still in Coma
 
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July 6, 2000

Shelter Bars Advocate Investigating Hanging

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July 2, 2000 Lost Boy
 
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July 1, 2000 State Demands That Youth Shelter Get License
 
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June 30, 2000

Shelter Running Without License When Teen Hung Himself

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June 30, 2000 Parents Fault System in Boy's Suicide Attempt
 
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June 29, 2000 Parents: System Promised Help, Instead Delivered Harm
 
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June 23, 2000 Teenager Left Hanging by Belt in Shelter, Police Report Says
 
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June 17, 2000

State Probes Suicide Try of Boy at Shelter

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April 18, 2000 29 kids in 2 1/2 years died in state's care-- 2 stopped breathing while restrained recently
 
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March 21, 2000 Autistic Boy Dies While Being Restrained by Attendants
 
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February 12, 2000 Deadly discipline? Some Say Unregulated Wilderness Schools are a Threat to Troubled Teens' Lives
 
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February 8, 2000 Texas Probes "Restraint" Death of Young Patient
 
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December 4, 1999 Death, Abuse at S. Dakota Boot Camp Prompt Scrutiny
 
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August 1999 Teenage Girl Run to Death in SD Boot Camp
 
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May 4, 1999 "A noisy, obvious, gruesome, extended death" -- Arizona Boys Ranch charged
 
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March 25, 1999 Tightening up on the stranglers--142 youths dead in one decade
 
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March 15, 1999 Strangulation Death Occurs at Home for the Abused
 
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October 23, 1998 Boys Ranch Employees Plead Innocent
"In one case, Contreraz was forced to do pushups with his head over a bucket of feces-smeared clothing ..."
 
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October 15, 1998 Out of Tragedy, a Crusade Fighting in the Name of Their Son
 
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October 14, 1998 'People Die And Nothing Is Done'
 
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October 12, 1998 Little Training, Few Standards, Poor Staffing Put Lives At Risk
 
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October 1, 1998 Five Are Indicted in Arizona Youth Camp Death
"...he began to defecate on himself and vomit frequently. Among the indicted staff were those who belittled the youth, made him sleep in soiled underwear, made him eat dinner while sitting on a toilet and ordered him to carry a trash basket filled with his soiled clothes and his own vomit...The coroner noted 71 cuts and bruises on the boy's body."
 
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1998 Investigation Summary--
Investigation Of The Death Of A Nicholaus Contreraz At Arizona Boys Ranch And The Safety Of Children Remaining In That Placement (Source: Arizona Republic, 1998)
 
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August 31, 1998

Allegations of Abuse and Neglect Against Former Employees of Arizona Boys Ranch: Department of Economics Security's Proposal re Allegations of Child Abuse
 

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August 30, 1998 Chief Admits Tragic Fumble--Staff 'Thought This Kid Was a Malingerer,' he says
 
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August 27, 1998

Listening, Finally, to Nicholaus
 

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August 27, 1998 'Pattern of abuse'
Institution Won't Close, Chief Vows
"Department of Economics Security autopsy photos of Nicholaus Contreraz show some of the abrasions and bruises on his body. The curved marks on his chest and a small puncture wound near the breastbone were caused by resuscitation efforts. Bruising and abrasions along the right side and on the abdomen could have some number of causes including being dragged, pushed down on the ground..."
 
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August 20, 1998 Teen Assigned to Juvenile Boot Camp: Found in Apparent Suicide
 
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July 8, 1998 California Kills Placement Funds After 'Undeniable Abuse,' Death
Court Upholds Funding Cut
 
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June 19, 1998

Ron Ackert's letter of June 19, 1998 to Dr. Linda Blessing, Director, Arizona Department of Economic Security, regarding the killing of teenager Nicholaus Contraraz at Arizona Boys Ranch
 

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June 17, 1998 Dr. Christopher B. Cutter's letter of June 17, 1998 to the Los Angeles Times regarding the death of Nicholaus Contraraz at Arizona Boys Ranch
 
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June 13, 1998 A Puzzling Death at Boys Ranch
 
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May 7, 1998 State of Connecticut Child Fatality Review Panel’s
Investigation
into the Death of Andrew M.
 
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April 17, 1998 The slow, painful, pointless death of Nicholaus Contreraz, age 16, at the Arizona Boys Ranch: As described in the sheriff's report, Pinal County, Arizona, April 17, 1998.
 
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March 13, 1998 Campos Asphyxiated, Autopsy Confirms:
Lawyers for Two Desert Hills Workers Say There Was No Crime
 
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March 7, 1998 Court suggests removing youths at Desert Hills
 
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March 6, 1998 CPS Report re: Nicholaus Contraraz
 
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February 28, 1998 Campos death fuels guilt in another client at Desert Hills
 
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October 16, 1997 Maximize Profits, Lock Up Teens
 
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October 16, 1996 Teen's death at private youth center ruled homicide
 
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August 20, 1996 Girl's Death in Duluth Group Home is Probed
 
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June 10, 1996 Tough Love Proves Too Tough: The Short Life and Hard Death of a Teenager
 
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October 1995 Loving Them to Death
 
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February 18, 1992 California Problem Kids Get Few Luxuries in Desert
 
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