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AARON WRIGHT BACON


16 years old  
Lost his life on 3/31/94
Northstar Expeditions Wilderness Program
Phoenix, AZ

Click here to watch the Montana PBS Documentary "Who's Watching the Kids?" that aired November 2006. This documentary produced by Anna Rau addresses the continued lack of governmental regulations or oversight in the child/teen help industry.

Click here for summary of Court of Appeals Decision

 


 
March 2006 CAICA Report: Summary of the death of Aaron Bacon (click here)
October 11, 2007 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO): Parents call for greater oversight of boot camps: Congress is told poor training is a factor in deaths
 
(click here)
October 11, 2007 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO): Troubled US teens suffer abuse, neglect at 'boot camps'
 
(click here)
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
 
(click here)
February 12, 2000 Deadly discipline? Some Say Unregulated Wilderness Schools are a Threat to Troubled Teens' Lives
 
(click here)
December 24, 1998 Court of Appeals decision (click here)
June 10, 1996 Tough Love Proves Too Tough: The Short Life and Hard Death of a Teenager
 
(click here)
October 1995 Loving them to death (click here)
June 1995 What Happened Out Here? A death in the wilderness raises disturbing questions about boot camps for troubled teens
 
(click here)

 

 

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