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Child Abuse Abounds in Wilderness and Boot Camp Programs
Loaded on July 15, 2008
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2008, page 16
by Matt Clarke
Filed under:
Boot Camps,
Excessive Force,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice,
Mental Health,
Suicides,
Education (Juveniles).
Location:
United States of America.
On October 10, 2007, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)--a federal governmental entity that audits, evaluates and investigates for Congress--released a report on residential treatment programs (RTPs) entitled Concerns Regarding Abuse and Death in Certain Programs for Troubled Youth. The report revealed widespread incidents of sometimes fatal ...
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