Why have several of these boot camps come under the microscope
in recent years even prompting a Congressional Investigation?
- Allegations of abuse and several confirmed deaths have put teen boot
camps under the microscope in recent years.
- The allegations we are talking about include:
- Children being
kept in dog cages,
- Children
being deprived of food while held in isolation cells for
days at a time or being chained to bed
- Lack
of medical attention
Several teens have died as a result of some of these camps.
Can you give us a couple examples of the conditions that lead to the
death of teenagers in boot camp?
- In 1999, Gina Score at age 14 was sent to a camp in South Dakota
because she shoplifted. During a forced run she collapsed and
was left in the road for three hours. She died of heat stroke.
- In 1998, a 16-year-old boy at an Arizona camp was forced to eat
meals on the toilet and sleep in soiled underwear. He died of an untreated
infection.
- Recently Martin Lee Anderson, 14, was suffocated to death by guards
in a Florida boot camp. It was all caught on video.
Are these camps government run, or are they private camps?
- Many states are shutting down their state-run camps and replacing
them with different programs.
- However, private camps have almost no oversight.
As a society we have a duty to protect our children under
the age of 18. We don’t accept physical abuse in our
prisons; We don’t tolerate inhumane treatment of our mentally ill;
We need to reconsider sending our children to these camps.
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