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 ARTICLES APRIL 2006

 "Britain's Youngest Boozers" - 15-year old goes to Academy of Swift River, Her Progress Tracked

April 30, 2006 Save Martin's 'cadets': Finance the boot camp
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April 29, 2006

State pressured to resolve boot-camp death: Black Caucus wants someone blamed for tragedy
 

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April 27, 2006 After Death of a Boy, Florida Moves to Close Its Boot Camps
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April 27, 2006 In wake of death, juvenile boot camp system scrapped
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April 26, 2006

Fla. Attn'y Gen. Wants Probe of Coroner

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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 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 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 Teen Boys Change Through VisionQuest
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April 24, 2006

Group Home Worker Accused Of Sex With Teens: Business To Face License Revocation Hearing

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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 24, 2006 Capitol has budget on the brain
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April 23, 2006 Former House Parent At A Group Home Charged With Sexual Battery
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April 22, 2006

Prior to teen's death, auditors gave Florida boot camp stellar rating
 

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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 Top mental health guide questioned
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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 Bush asks for probe of missing e-mails
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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 University students stage sit-in in governor's office over boot-camp probe
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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 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 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 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 10, 2006 Junior One Order and Clansman gangs plaguing St Catherine schools: Jamaican Observer; April 10, 2006; Jamaica calling to open behavior modification program,  looking at Tranquility Bay.
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April 9, 2006 State-sanctioned abuse
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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 5, 2006 Illegal ‘brat camp’ kept children in animal sheds in Spain
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April 5, 2006 Summit Quest Deaths Presser; By Joscelyn Moes; WFMZ 69 News; April 5, 2006. (Read article, watch video); Allen says "SummitQuest officials told her her son died from congestive heart failure...but she's not buying it ... This was not an accident. This was not a mistake, oops I'm sorry. This is nothing short of murder."
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April 5, 2006 Mom Claims Death of Son in Treatment Center was No Accident; By Carl Madonna; WFMZ 69 News; April 5, 2006. (Read article, watch video); The mother of a Lehigh County teen who died a treatment facility in Lehigh County is urging lawmakers to ban the use of prone restraints before she says someone else is hurt, even killed.
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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 Bodies of missing mother, son found near Superior
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April 4, 2006 Les Enfants Perdus De Tranquility Bay - Documentary Review
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April 2, 2006 Mother on a mission
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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; By Dan Shope; The Morning Call; April 2, 2006; DA says restraining of boy at Ephrata psychiatric facility followed state regulations. But advisory group says rules should be changed — and the state is moving in that direction. 
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April 1, 2006

No charges in death of teen at Lancaster County behavioral center; Centre Daily; AP; April 1, 2006; No charges will be filed in the case of a teenage boy who died at a behavioral treatment center after reportedly being restrained for disruptive behavior, authorities said ... Aletriz's death was the second SummitQuest in two months.
 

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April 1, 2006 E-mail from Cynthia Allen, Joey’s mother, received 4/1/06; E-mail from Joey's mom, April 1, 2006; "They told me my son was dead. On February 4, 2006, they killed my son while restraining him."
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