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 Mental Health Facility / Autism News (click here)

SEPTEMBER 2008

September 6, 2008 Changes made, but violence continues (click here)
September 6, 2008 CALEB JENSEN: Utah doctor indicted in Caleb Jensen's death (click here)

AUGUST 2008

August 26, 2008 CALEB JENSEN: Bad circumstances’ claimed teen (click here)
August 17, 2008 Teach aide tied up tyke (click here)
August 13, 2008 Attorney for parents calls hearing process 'tainted' Parents want classroom cameras to protect children
 
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List Potentially abusive schools (click here)

 

JULY 2008

July 22, 2008 Former youth center worker gets 4-year sentence (click here)
July 18, 2008 Will 'SAFE-P' (Substance Abuse Felony Punishment Facilities) and TDCJ (Texas Department of Criminal Justice) Be Held Accountable?
 
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July 15, 2008 Straight, Inc. and KHK survivors protest locally (click here)
July 15, 2008 Charges filed in teen's death at boot camp (click here)
July 6, 2008 Controversy trails 'attachment' therapist who runs Chesapeake center (click here)


JUNE 2008

June 27, 2008 Behind Closed Doors: Some Calif. Schools Locking Children In Closets (click here)
June 26, 2008 State report cites mistakes in youth overdoses (click here)
June 25, 2008 House Approves Legislation to Stop Child Abuse in Teen Residential Programs - HR 6358 (previously HR 5876) (click here)
June 20, 2008 Autistic boy smothered at school 'I don't understand how this happened,' father says of youngster's death (click here)
June 20, 2008 Blanket suffocates boy in Quebec (click here)
June 19, 2008 Autistic boy likely suffocated: coroner's report (click here)
June 18, 2008 Father sues over face-down restraint of autistic boy (click here)
June 14, 2008 Block Island officials defend room in school basement (click here)
June 13, 2008 School of Shock: Eight states are sending autistic, mentally retarded, and emotionally troubled kids to a facility that punishes them with painful electric shocks. How many times do you have to zap a child before it's torture?
 
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May 2008

May 20, 2008 'Fat School' In the Hills of North Carolina, a Controversial Experiment in Weight Loss (click here)
May 15, 2008 House panel passes tougher law on wilderness therapy programs (click here)
May 15, 2008 Teen's Neighbor Charged in Death (click here)
May 9, 2008 Wider use of methadone to ease pain is proving deadly (click here)
May 8, 2008 When is "Tough Love" Torture? (click here)
May 5, 2008 Aunt: Girls took pills through night (click here)
May 3, 2008 Girl who OD'd at KidsPeace dies (click here)
May 2, 2008 Coroner: Teen dies after methadone overdose at KidsPeace (click here)

 

April 2008

April 29, 2008 Schoolteacher in heat? Woman arrested thrice (click here)
April 24, 2008 Congress Takes Aim at Abusive Teen Programs House Bill Would Curb Worst Abuses (click here)
April 24, 008 Marketing of boot camps under congressional scrutiny (click here)
April 24, 2008 Teen boot camp hearing targets Missouri agency (click here)
April 22, 2008 Teen 'Boot Camps' Again in Spotlight (click here)

 

March 2008

March 26, 2008 Government to probe Tranquility Bay (click here)
March 26, 2008 Cayman Minister orders Tranquility Bay probe (click here)
March 26, 2008 Custody Case Over Son Of Hatzalah Executive Suit alleges 16-year-old ‘being abused’ at Jamaica facility (click here)
March 6, 2008 Tranquility Bay: helping or harming Cayman's youth? (click here)
March 5, 2008 No more shock therapy for D.C. special education youth (click here)
March 4, 2008 DC Bill Aims to Stop Shock Therapy for Children (click here)
March 4, 2008 NYC Cops Charged With Teen Abandonment (click here)

 

February 2008

February 28, 2008 Tranquility Bay: Youth pleads to get out of rehab (click here)
February 20, 2008 Troubled youth facility on horizon (click here)
February 18, 2008 Tukwila teen a monk no more (click here)
February 17, 2008 Child abuse by the government (click here)
February/March 2008 People of the Year - Jonathan's parents fight for rights of children with autism (click here)
February 15, 2008 First anniversary of Jonathan Carey's death (click here)
February 9, 2008 Report: Third student targeted in shock-prank (click here)

 

JANUARY 2008

January 25, 2008 5 Year old handcuffed by school (click here)

 

DECEMBER 2007
 

December 18, 2007 Prank Call Led To Shock Treatment Disabled Persons Protection Committee Investigating (click here)
December 14, 2007 Group slams authorities over Swan Valley (click here)
December 4, 2007 Teen inmates pepper-sprayed on videotape (click here)
December 2, 2007 Study: Immaturity May Spark Teen Crime (click here)
December 2, 2007 MARTIN LEE ANDERSON: Protesters march against verdict in teen's boot camp death (click here)
December 1, 2007 State drops child abuse charges (click here)


NOVEMBER 2007
 

November 27, 2007

Teen's death sparks prison furor Guards, supervisor face criminal charges

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November 27, 2007 Former counselor pleads guilty to assault charges (click here)
November 27, 2007

More time needed to evaluate mandatory detox for youth conference

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November 20, 2007 Former teen center worker arrested for sex crimes (click here)
November 20, 2007 School’s co-founder sentenced (click here)
November 20, 2007

Randall Hinton: School director gets 25 days in assault case

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November 19, 2007 Jesuits settle Alaska sexual abuse cases (click here)
November 15, 2007 SummitQuest announces policy changes (click here)
November 12, 2007 Probation officer accused of child abuse (click here)
November 12, 2007 More Details on Chad Youth Death (click here)
November 11, 2007 Study Debunks Theory On Teen Sex, Delinquency New Analyses Challenging Many Old Assumptions (click here)
November 8, 2007 FBI investigating teen's death at Missouri boot camp (click here)
November 8, 2007 JONATHAN CAREY: Parents call for changes in abuse law
 
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November 8, 2007

JONATHAN CALDWELL: Alabama Teen Convicted in Marianna

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November 7, 2007 COLUMBIA TRAINING SCHOOL: Kids forced to eat their own vomit (click here)
November 7, 2007 JONATHAN CALDWELL: Mark Caldwell distraught over son’s conviction (click here)
November 7, 2007 FLORIDA DJJ CAICA REPORT: Abuse and deaths in the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) system (click here)
November 7, 2007 JUSTIN CALDWELL: Jury finds Caldwell guilty of battery in Dozier officer (click here)
November 7, 2007 Closed college continues to raise questions of accountability (click here)
November 6, 2007

School police officer found "not guilty" of assaulting student

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November 6, 2007 Mazzeo acquitted of assault and harassment charges (click here)
November 6, 2007 College being sued for $1 billion Class-action suit claims form (click here)
November 4, 2007 Expanding autism help on Long Island (click here)
November 2, 2007 Alleged teenage victim testifies in former corrections officer rape trial (click here)
November 1, 2007 Rose Moore - Child advocate Claims Abuse By School Police (click here)
November 1, 2007 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING: Woman alleges ill treatment (click here)


OCTOBER 2007
 

October 31, 2007 Oprah's school under scanner for girl child abuse (click here)
October 28, 2007 Judge Rotenberg Center: Shock tactics (click here)
October 27, 2007 Degree inspires little faith Florida's juvenile justice chief draws praise. But his degree doesn't. (click here)
October 26, 2007 Youth ranch details policies after boy's allegation (click here)
October 25, 2007 Chairman Miller Statement on GAO Referral to FBI in Death of Child at Missouri Residential Program
 
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October 2007 What Horses Taught Monty Roberts About Wisdom In Parenting (click here)
October 22, 2007 Oprah Flies to South Africa Amid Allegations of Sexual Misconduct at Her School (click here)
October 20, 2007 Panel visits Southwest Florida to look at reasons for juvenile crime (click here)
October 20, 2007 Hastings troubled-youth facility has troubles of its own (click here)
October 20, 2007 KidsPeace lays off 79 employees (More KidsPeace news) (click here)
October 18, 2007 Rose Moore: Listen to Rose Moore discuss "Bullying (plus more) of Advocates for Disabled Kids that are in the Public School System"
 
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October 14, 2007 JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: EDITORIAL: Caring for disabled undervalued, underpaid job (click here)
October 13, 2007 Boot camp teens disciplined to death (click here)
October 13, 2007

MARTIN LEE ANDERSON TRIAL: Tense Moments After Boot Camp Acquittal

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October 13, 2007 MARTIN LEE ANDERSON TRIAL: Boot Camp Death Verdict Sparks Outrage
All-White Jury Delivers 'Not Guilty' Verdict in Beating Death of Black Teen
 
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October 13, 2007 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO): Four recent Utah deaths in treatment programs (click here)
October 13, 2007 MARTIN LEE ANDERSON TRIAL: Boot camp staff cleared of killing teenager (click here)
October 13, 2007 MARTIN LEE ANDERSON TRIAL: Acquittals in boot camp death ignite protests (click here)
October 13, 2007 Boot camp teens disciplined to death (click here)
October 13, 2007 Utah residential treatment programs: Eight dead kids and counting ... (click here)
October 12, 2007 Torture, starvation and death: how American boot camps abuse boys (click here)
October 12, 2007 MARTIN LEE ANDERSON TRIAL: Acquittal Fits the Pattern in Boot Camp Deaths (click here)
October 12, 2007 MARTIN LEE ANDERSON TRIAL: Guards, nurse acquitted of manslaughter in boot camp case (click here)
October 11, 2007 OMEGA LEACH DEATH: City stays course at Tenn. child center
Click here for more news re Omega Leach's death in Tennessee Dept. of Juvenile Justice
 
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October 11, 2007 GAO: Ten have died in wilderness therapy programs - and Congress wants to know why (click here)
October 11, 2007 Catherine Freer responds to House Hearings (click here)
October 11, 2007 MARTIN LEE ANDERSON TRIAL: Teen died of rare genetic disorder after one day at boot camp, defense experts say
 
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October 11, 2007 JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: News From New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
 
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October 11, 2007 GAO: Congressmen call for probe of some wilderness therapy programs (click here)
October 11, 2007 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO): Finding a good wilderness program may be all luck - NATSAP criticized
 
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October 11, 2007 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO): Parents tell of horrors at youth boot camps (click here)
October 11, 2007 MARTIN LEE ANDERSON TRIAL: Closing Arguments Underway In Boot Camp Trial (click here)
October 11, 2007 MARTIN LEE ANDERSON TRIAL: Boot Camp Trial - Day Six of Testimony - A Long Day in Court (click here)
October 11, 2007 MARTIN LEE ANDERSON TRIAL: Boot Camp Trial Day 7  (click here)
October 11, 2007 MARTIN LEE ANDERSON TRIAL: Testimony recalls teen's tragic death (click here)
October 11, 2007 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO): Troubled US teens suffer abuse, neglect at 'boot camps'
 
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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
 
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October 11, 2007 JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Jury: Aide killed teen Panel finds O.D. Heck worker guilty of manslaughter in the death of a 13-year-old autistic youth
 
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October 11, 2007 GAO: Wilderness Therapy Scrutinized in Congress (click here)
October 10, 2007 PRESS RELEASE: GAO Report Finds Thousands of Allegations of Child Abuse at “Boot Camps” (click here)
October 10, 2007 JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Brother: Boy like 'family' (click here)
October 10, 2007 JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Manslaughter conviction in autistic boy's death (click here)
October 10, 2007 JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Aide denies guilt in death of teen
"I did not kill the boy," caregiver of autistic youth tells trial jury
 
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October 10, 2007 JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Manslaughter conviction in autistic boy's death (click here)
October 10, 2007 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO): GAO Report Finds Thousands of Allegations of Child Abuse at “Boot Camps” Education and Labor Committee Hears Testimony from Parents of Children Who Died in the Programs
 
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October 10, 2007 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO): Congress investigates teen boot camp abuse (click here)
October 10, 2007 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO): After a teen's death, a wilderness therapy program heads to court
 
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October 10, 2007 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO): Teen ‘boot camps’ get congressional scrutiny (click here)
October 10, 2007 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO): GAO finds abuses at 'tough love' camps for troubled kids
 
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October 10, 2007 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO): Tough-Love Teen Camps A "Nightmare" (click here)
October 10, 2007 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO): U.S. Rep wants fed probe of Mo. boot-camp death (click here)
October 10, 2007 Shawn Hornbeck and Ben Ownby abducted: Devlin Gets Life Sentences in Abuse Case (click here)
October 10, 2007 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO): House looks at how kids are treated at boot camps (click here)
October 10, 2007 JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Tirado takes the stand (click here)
October 9, 2007

JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Edwin Tirado testifies in his own defense

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October 9, 2007 JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Aide: Restraint may have been excessive
Defendant told police overwork possibly led him to use extra force
 
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October 8, 2007 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO): Congressional Hearing: Tough Love or Teen Torment: Will the Industry Finally Be Regulated?
 
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October 7, 2007 JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Prosecution rests in Tirado trial (click here)
October 7, 2007 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO): Abuse allegations, apathy show need for ‘boot camp’ regulations
 
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October 6, 2007 JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: As autistic boy died, health aide 'just froze'
Defendant, in unsealed court records, describes restraining Jonathan Carey
 
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October 5, 2007 JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Van driver testifies he lied to police (click here)
October 5, 2007 JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Heated exchange between both sides at Tirado manslaughter trial (click here)
October 5, 2007 JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Co-worker testifies against Tirado (click here)
October 4, 2007 JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Tirado trial day three (click here)
October 4, 2007 JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Ex-aide testifies in trial of boy's death (click here)
October 3, 2007 JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Victim's mom first to testify in Tirado trial (click here)
October 2, 2007 JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: 10 jurors seated in Tirado trial (click here)
October 1, 2007 JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Jury selection begins in Tirado trial (click here)
October 1, 2007 JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Aide's trial starts in autistic boy's death
Edwin Tirado accused of smothering 13-year-old Jonathan Carey
 
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NEWS October 1 through October 10 (Blog) (click here)
NEWS Martin Lee Anderson trial updates October 4 through October 10, 2007 (click here)

 

SEPTEMBER 2007

 

September 30, 2007 JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Many jurors familiar with teen's tragic death (click here)
September 27, 2007 Jury seated in boot camp trial of guards and nurse (click here)
September 25, 2007 Boot-camp trial jury selection plows through Day Two (click here)
September 25, 2007 Sides form over boot camp death : Many minds in Panama City appear made up along racial lines as jury selection begins
 
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September 24, 2007 Jury Selection Begins in Boot Camp Death (click here)
September 24, 2007 MARTIN LEE ANDERSON: Boot Camp Jury Selection Begins (click here)
September 23, 2007 MARTIN LEE ANDERSON: Jury selection begins Monday in boot camp case (click here)
September 23, 2007

6-Year-Old Autistic Student Criminally Charged After Alleged Assault Parent's response

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September 22, 2007 Boot camp beating victim's grandmother seeks justice : Jury selection begins Monday for the trial in the boot camp death
 
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September 21, 2007 KidsPeace disciplined over injuries to children; More information on KidsPeace (click here)
September 20, 2007 State gave her a home - and then locked her out (click here)
September 20, 2007 Teens escape from Gulf Coast Academy (formerly known as Bethel Boys, Eagle Point Academy, and Pine View Academy) - missing kids isted with the National Crime Information Center

According to Jay Kay, Director of Tranquility Bay, a  WWASPS facility, students leaving Jamaica were recently transferred to Gulf Coast Academy.
 

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September 18, 2007 Examiner clings to job after boot camp
He says all the facts about a teen's death will come out soon
 
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September 16, 2007 Specialized care defines CALO (click here)
September 14, 2007

Teacher, Student Trade Blows After Spat

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September 13, 2007 Class-action suit being prepared against GCC (click here)
September 13, 2007 Remedy or abuse? Controversy resurfaces over use of shock treatment at Canton school (click here)
September 13, 2007 Judge clarifies instructions for boot camp jurors (click here)
September 7, 2007 Utah fund-raiser for Romney steps down : Lichfield involved in schools that are subjects of lawsuits
 
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September 7, 2007 Romney fundraiser, Robert Lichfield, in Utah is off team : He is named among 140 defendants in a child-abuse lawsuit involving schools for troubled youths
 
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September 6, 2007 Top Utah money man leaves Romney campaign (click here)
September 6, 2007

Romney campaign says top fund raiser with links to 'abusive schools' resigned on his own

But ... WWASPS president, Ken Kay, stated, "Gov. Romney has asked Mr. Lichfield to step down and not be involved in any more fundraising "