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 ARTICLES OCTOBER 2007
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Features:    Injustices of the Justice System (click here)
                          Mental Health Facility / Autism News (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 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 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"
 		 (click here)
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 (click here)
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
 		 (click here)
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
 		 (click here)
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
 		 (click here)
October 11, 2007 JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: News From New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
 		 (click here)
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
 		 (click here)
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'
 		 (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 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
 		 (click here)
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
 		 (click here)
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
 		 (click here)
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
 		 (click here)
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
 		 (click here)
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 (click here)
October 9, 2007 JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: Aide: Restraint may have been excessive
Defendant told police overwork possibly led him to use extra force
 		 (click here)
October 8, 2007 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO): Congressional Hearing: Tough Love or Teen Torment: Will the Industry Finally Be Regulated?
 		 (click here)
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
 		 (click here)
October 6, 2007 JONATHAN CAREY DEATH: As autistic boy died, health aide 'just froze'
Defendant, in unsealed court records, describes restraining Jonathan Carey
 		 (click here)
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
 		 (click here)
NEWS October 1 through October 10 (Blog) (click here)
NEWS Martin Lee Anderson trial updates October 4 through October 10, 2007 (click here)

 

 

 

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