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Another WWASP death
Anonymous:
When parents stop putting their kids in programs and when people come to grips with what's really going on behind closed doors.
Yes, the deaths are horrible and very sad. It's the worse of the worse, I can't even imagine what a parent and other family members go through when they lose a child. But imagine how horrible it must be for your child to die at the hands of someone you paid to care for them. Parents, please beware. There are really some very bad places out there.
And there are far more casualties than these and the other deaths that are not listed here. The casualties are the living - the kids who have to endure the program, the people who abuse them and mistreat them, and then life afterwards. They have a reality like none other.
Imagine adults being imprisoned without ever even getting a fair trial, never getting to talk to an attorney, it wouldn't fly. So why is it OK for parents to basically do the same to their children? The thing that really galls me is that many of these kids are not the druggies people envision, they are not brats, they are not bad kids. Many are normal kids with parents who have serious problems. These kids are thrown into a world of hell because their parents don't want to deal with them for whatever their reasons. It's truly sickening.
I just hope the world learns about these places before we lose more kids and before more kids lives are messed up in the name of treatment.
Anonymous:
One account from WWASP's Cross Creek: http://www.strugglingteens.com/news/let ... anche.html:
"She told me she had tried to commit suicide while she was there and no doctor was called. She said she was put in isolation and laid on a concrete floor for hours while throwing up. The children are frequently placed in isolation according to my granddaughter, and are locked up for indefinite times with nothing but a concrete floor to lie on. She indicated she was threatened with "consequences" as they call them, if she testified against them in court."
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---On 2005-12-19 18:37:00, Anonymous wrote:
"PARTIAL LIST:
LIST OF DEATHS IN FACILITIES
There is no federal or state agency that tracks the number of deaths or the cause of death in residential youth facilities. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy.
Legislation passed in 2000 by Congress (Children's Health Act 2000) that requires treatment facilities who receive federal funds to report deaths caused by restraints and seclusion procedures within 24 hours after the child has been removed from restraint or seclusion or when it is reasonable to assume the death is a result of the restraint or seclusion.
Click here for articles.
Name
Age at Death/
Date if Available
Facility
Ryan Lewis
14 years old
2/13/2001
Alldredge Academy
Committed suicide by hanging
Jamar Griffiths
15 years old
10/18/94
Allen Residential Center
Breathing was obstructed while being restrained...Traumatic asphyxia and brain death from lack of oxygen due to heart and lung failure
Anthony ?Tony? Haynes
14 years old
7/1/2001
America's Buffalo Soldiers (Arizona)
Dehydration and near drowning
Travis Parker
13 years old
Appalachian Wilderness Camp
Restrained l l/2 hours. Denied request for asthma med
Lorenzo Johnson
17 years old
6/27/94
Arizona Boys Ranch
Drowned while trying to escape
Nicholaus Contreras
16 years old 3/2/98
Arizona Boys Ranch
Prolonged and serious medical neglect and openly abusive treatment per investigative summary
Dawn Renay Perry
16 years old 4/10/93
Behavior Training Research
Restraint
Anthony Green
15 years old 5/21/91
Brookhaven Youth Ranch
Restrained face down for 15 minutes Asphyxiation
Corey Baines
16 years old 3/26/03
Catherine Freer Wilderness Expeditions
Tree limb fell on tent while he was sleeping
Erica Harvey
15 years old
5/27/2002
Catherine Freer Wilderness Program
Hyperthermia with dehydration
Kristen Chase
16 years old
6/27/90
Challenger Foundation
Heatstroke
Tristan Sovern
16 years old
4/19/98
Charter Behavioral Health
Asphyxiation during restraint
Earl Smith
9 years old
1/11/95
Children's Village
Asphyxiation due to chest compression during restraint
Casey Collier
17 years old
12/93
Cleo Wallace Center
Restraint Asphyxia
Jeffery Demetrius
17 years old
8/26/97
Crockett State School
Strangulation while in restraint hold
Charles Collins, Jr.
15 years old
Crossroads for Youth
Jimmy Kanda
16 years old ? 9/20/97
Crow's Nest Family Care
Strangulation while in restraint hold 911 had to talk staff thru CPR
Latasha Bush
15 years old
2/14/2002
Daystar Residential Treatment Center
Complications of mechanical asphyxia Restraint
Edith Campos
15 years old
2/4/98
Desert Hills
Restraint Asphyxia
Robert Rollins
12 years old
4/21/97
Devereaux School
Asphyxiation while restrained after a dispute about his teddy bear
Michael Ibarra-Wiltsie
12 years old 2/5/2000
Eckert Youth Alternatives
Asphyxia -- Restraint sat on by 320 pound counselor
Andrew McClain
11 years old
3/22/98
Elmcrest Psychiatric Hospital
Traumatic asphyxia and chest compression Restraint
Candace Newmaker
10 years old 4/18/2000
Evergreen Attachment Center
Rebirthing
Roxanna Gray
17 years old
7/6/89
Family and Children's Center
Restrained Face Down on a Pillow Suffocation
Sakena Dorsey
19 years old
6/10/97
Foundation Behavioral
Suffocation during face down restraint with staff member laying across her back...history of asthma
Chris Campbell
13 years old 11/2/97
Iowa Juvenile Home
Restrained 4 times in her last 24 hours....Cause of Death undetermined
Jason Tallman
12 years old
5/12/93
KidsPeace
Restrained Face down on pillow
Suffocation
Mark Draheim
14 years old
12/98
KidsPeace
Asphyxiation while being forcibly restrained by 3 staff
Maria Mendoza
14 years old ? 10/12/2002
Krause Children's Center
Restraint
Randy Steele
9 years old
2/6/2000
Laurel Ridge
Restraint...in the scuffle he vomited then stopped breathing. After reviving he was transferred to a hospital where he died the next day. Had been restrained 25 times in 28 days prior to death.
Rochelle Clayborne
16 years old 8/18/97
Laurel Ridge
Pinned down by aids and given tranquilizer cardiac arrhythmia
Wauketta Wallace
12 years old
7/11/89
Marysville Academy
Postural asphyxia and stress due to restraint
Cedric Napoleaon
14 years old 3/7/2002
Mason Middle School
Restraint
Will Futrelle
15 years old
3/25/96
Mountain Park Baptist Academy
Murdered by other students
Kristal Mayon-Cenceros
16 years old 2/5/99
New Alternatives
Restrained face down by 4 staff
Shinaul McGraw
12 years old
6/5/97
New Directions 2nd Chance
Hyperthermia after restraint in a bed wrapped in a bed sheet with gauze over mouth
Jeffrey Bogrett
9 years old 12/1/95
New England Center for Autism
Sudden Death during Restraint
Jerry McLaurin
14 years old 11/2/99
New Horizons Ranch
Restraint
Sabrina E. Day
15 years old
2/10/2000
North Carolina Group Home
Restraint
Aaron Wright Bacon
16 years old 3/31/94
Northstar Expeditions Wilderness Program
Untreated Peritonitis *
Bobby Sue Thomas
17 years old 8/16/96
Northwood Childrens Home
Acute cardiac arrhythmia while restrained
William "Eddie" Lee
15 years old 9/18/2000
Obsidian Trails Wilderness Camp
Injury to Vertebral Artery at base of skull after being restrained by counselors
Eric Roberts
16 years old ? 2/22/96
Odyssey Harbor
Wrapped in plastic foam blanket for one hour stopped breathing due to pressure on chest according to autopsy
Charles "Chase" Moody
17 years old
10/14/02
On Track Wilderness Therapy
The Brown School (CEDU affiliated)
Asphyxiation by restraint
Gina Score
14 years old
1990
Plankinton Boot Camp
Collapsed (hyperthermia), left out in sun for 3 hours....internal temp at least 108
Chad Andrew Frenza
16 years old
Polk County Boot Camp
Melissa Neyman
19 years old
7/24/97
(Judith Young Adult Family Home (private group home in Washington) Climbed out a window and became entangled in straps of restraint. Had been dead 6 hours before workers noticed her hanging from window.
Bobby Jo Randolf
17 years old 9/26/96
Progressive Youth Center
Asphyxia due to pressure on neck by 2 staff
Jamie Young
13 years old
Ramsey Canyon
Heatstroke dehydration
Katherine Lank
16 years old 1/13/2002
Red Rock Ranch Academy
Slipped and fell down crevice while hiking, suffered massive head trauma, died 3 weeks later.
Paul Choy
16 years old
1992
Rites of Passage
Restraint
Chris Brown
16 years old 3/7/98
Robert Land Academy
Matt Toppi
17 years old
3/7/98
Robert Land Academy
John Avila
Age unknown
7/25/94
Rocky Mountain Academy
Diane Harris
17 years old
4/11/90
Sequin Community Living Center
Violently Restrained
Stephanie Duffield
16 years old
2/11/01
Shiloh Residential Treatment Center
Restraint
Ian August
14 years old
7/13/2002
Skyline Journey
Hyperthermia Hiking
Willie Wright
9 years old
2/4/2000
Southwest Mental Health
Stopped breathing while in restraint
Christy Scheck
13 years old
3/6/92
Southwood Psychiatric Hospital
Hung herself while on suicide watch
Joshua Ferarini
13 years old
1/8/89
St. Aemelian Hospital
Facedown restraint, suffocation
Michelle Lynn Sutton
15 years old
5/9/90
Summit Quest
Dehydration
Bryan Dale Alexander
18 years old
Texas Correctional Services
Pneumonia
Brandon Haden
18 years old
1998
Texas Neurological Rehab. Center
Roberto Reyes
15 years old 11/3/04
Thayer Learning Center
Probable spider bite and lack of medical care
Laura Hanson
17 years old 11/19/98
Unknown
Carlos Ruiz
13 years old 12/16/94
Vision Quest
Charles Lucas
16 years old ? 11/24/80
Vision Quest
Drowning
Danny Lewis
16 years old
6/89
Vision Quest
Dawnne Takeuchi
18 years old
6/25/95
Vision Quest
Eric David Schibley
17 years old 11/24/80
Vision Quest
Drowning
James Lamb
14 years old
11/24/80
Vision Quest
Drowning
Leon Anger
Age unknown 9/16/84
Vision Quest
Robert Zimmerman
17 years old
11/24/80
Vision Quest
Drowning
Tammy Edmiston
Age Unknown
9/11/82
Vision Quest
Bernard Reefer
Unsure
VisionQuest
John Vincent Garrison
18 years old
VisionQuest
Lyle Foodroy
Age unknown
VisionQuest
Drowning; boat capsized off Baha during storm
Mario Cano
16 years old
VisionQuest
Blood clot while doing calisthenics
Robert Doyle Erwin
15 years old
VisionQuest
Drowning
Mark Soares
16 years old
4/29/98
Wayside Union Academy
Cardiac arrest from physical restraint
Leroy Prinkley
14 years old 9/28/88
Western Center
Cerebral anoxia caused by heart and lung failure due to forceful restraint
Joshua Sharpe
17 years old 12/28/99
Wisconsin Treatment Center
Restraint
Christopher Landre
16 years old
6/12/97
WWASP - Paradise Cove
Suicide
Corey William Murphy
17 years old
3/21/2000
WWASP - Spring Creek Lodge
Suicide
Karlye Newman
16 years old 10/8/2004
WWASP - Spring Creek Lodge Academy
Suicide by hanging (read article)
Valerie Ann Heron
17 years old
8/10/2001
WWASP - Tranquility Bay
Jumped to death; question if suicide
Thomas Mapes
17 years old
7/8/94
Youth Center of Topeka
Asphyxiation; handcuffed, pushed face down on floor
* Peritonitis is infection (or inflammation) of the peritoneum, which is a two-layered membrane covering both the surfaces of the
organs that lie in the abdominal cavity and the inner surface of the abdominal cavity itself. It is frequently life-threatening and
acute peritonitis in a medical emergency. Outlook for untreated peritonitis is very poor.
"
--- End quote ---
There may be a place for this sort of thing, but the first issue is accuracy, and this is not accurate.
Some of these kids did NOT die in programs. Several had not even been in a program for months or even years. Some of the places listed aren't even programs. The large number who died from drowning were all in a car wreck.
This kind of intentional inaccuracy is one of the things that keeps folks from believing TRUE reports, people!
Anonymous:
If you're going to make such a declaration, then you must have some links to support it? Particularly 'drowning in a car wreck'.
List those you consider to be inaccurate.
Anonymous:
Corey Murphy did not die AT Spring Creek. Please check your facts before printing false statements. :roll:
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