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Teen?s death prompts calls to shut boot camp
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Teen?s death prompts calls to shut boot camp
Boy?s family says he was abused; program has 62 percent recidivism rate
Updated: 12:05 p.m. ET Jan. 11, 2006
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A Florida legislator is calling on the state to close its military-style boot camps for juvenile delinquents after a 14-year-old boy died just hours after entering one of the facilities.
?These programs are not working ... this shock-and-awe mentality on a kid,? said state Rep. Gustavo ?Gus? Barreiro, chairman of the House Criminal Justice Appropriations Committee. ?We need to shut these things down.?
Gov. Jeb Bush also believes lawmakers should take a hard look at the juvenile facilities. Asked about the boot camps Wednesday, Bush said: ?All of our programs ought to be under review.?
?We still have questions, questions on the autopsy and questions on the procedures,? Bush said.
The Department of Juvenile Justice is reviewing all sheriff?s office policies for the camps in light of last week?s death of Martin Lee Anderson, said spokeswoman Cynthia Lorenzo.
Anderson was sent to the Bay County Sheriff?s Office camp because of an arrest for grand theft.
He had to be restrained when he became uncooperative following exercises as part of the entry process at the Panama City camp, authorities said. He soon complained of breathing difficulties and collapsed. He died the next day a Pensacola hospital.
The family?s attorney says the boy was abused and has filed an intent to sue.
?There?s a lot that just doesn?t add up,? attorney Ben Crump said. He said the youngster had a cut lip, bloody nose and an abrasion on the side of his face.
The victim?s mother, Gina Jones, said her son was in good physical shape. He stood about 6-foot-1 and weighed about 140 pounds, she said.
Sheriff?s investigators have not completed a preliminary report on the youngster?s death, but a Bay County sheriff?s spokeswoman denied that Anderson was abused. The state gave the camp a good review in a June 2004 quality assurance report.
The state Department of Juvenile Justice?s records show that 62 percent of graduates from the several camps around the state are re-arrested after release. The camps are run by county sheriff?s offices under contract from the state.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10750051/GT1=7538
(there's a poll there, too!)
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Anonymous:
http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2006 ... 38629.html
Boot camp controversy
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
The Polk County Juvenile Boot Camp recently received high honors from the Department of Juvenile Justice.
Sheriff Grady Judd is proud of that.
"In fact, we received the highest rating possible," Judd said. "Our boot camp does a great job. And our recidivism rate is about 46 percent."
Judd disagrees with the state lawmaker who wants to shut down the entire boot camp system after the death of a 14-year-old boy at a Panama City camp.
"They try to shock and awe a kid," said Gus Barreiro, who chairs the House Criminal Justice Appropriations Committee. "It's really just basically trying to make a kid do things through intimidation."
Barreiro said he doesn't want to see another teenager die in the state's care. So, he's holding hearings in the Florida House about boot camps and their effectiveness.
"If the facts show what I really believe they're going to show, that they have the highest recidivism rate in the state of Florida and they're not being successful, then I just won't support funding it," Barreiro said.
Judd, however, said Polk County has proven the boot camp program can work as a deterrent to juvenile crime, and the state shouldn't throw out the entire program.
Sheriff Grady Judd said the camp has helped curb juvenile crime.
"The death is unfortunate, and certainly it needs to be completely investigated," Judd said. "But in our world don't throw the baby out with the bath water."
The Department of Juvenile Justice and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement are conducting investigations into the death of 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson.
The boy's parents believes he was abused at the Panama City Boot Camp and said he was in good physical shape before he went there. Boot camp officials said the teenager had to be restrained when he became uncooperative last week.
Anderson complained of breathing difficulties and collapsed. He died the next day at a Pensacola Hospital.
Deborah:
Poll results- what MSNBC fans think... :scared:
What do you think of boot camps for juvenile delinquents?
* 17487 responses
They go too far and create more hardened criminals.
15%
They should be used only in extreme cases.
12%
They could probably use some oversight, but overall, a good idea.
45%
Spare the rod and spoil the child: They should be used more widely.
23%
I'm not sure.
4%
Anonymous:
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/01/12/State ... ot_c.shtml
Close juvenile boot camps, legislator says
His proposal comes a week after a teen died after entering a Panhandle camp. But some lawmakers support the camps.
By Associated Press
Published January 12, 2006
TALLAHASSEE - A Republican lawmaker wants the state to close its military-style boot camps for juvenile offenders.
State Rep. Gus Barreiro, R-Miami Beach, chairman of the House Criminal Justice Appropriations Committee, called for eliminating the camps the week after 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson died shortly after entering such a camp in Panama City.
"These programs are not working. ... We need to shut these things down," Barreiro said Wednesday.
But his counterpart in the Senate, Stephen Wise, R-Jacksonville, said he still supports the camps.
"Every once in a while something happens," Wise said. "It happens in prisons. It happens in real life, too. ... It's a shame. ... We just have to make sure we try to fix it."
(it's a shame? a shame? ::noway::)
Gov. Jeb Bush said lawmakers should take a hard look at the camps.
"When you look at recidivism rates, they have had a proven record of success," Bush said. "When you have a case where a child dies, I want you to pause and do the necessary investigations."
He said policies at the boot camps across the state may need to be standardized.
"I'm looking forward to seeing what the investigation yields," Bush said. :roll:
The state Department of Juvenile Justice's records show that 62 percent of graduates from the several camps around the state are arrested again after being released - a rate experts call high. The camps are run by county sheriffs' offices under contract from the state.
"Boot camps don't work," said Aaron McNeese, dean of Florida State University's College of Social Work, which has done some of the research.
Cynthia Lorenzo, a Department of Juvenile Justice spokeswoman, said the department is reviewing all of the sheriff's offices' policies for the camps in light of Anderson's death.
Anderson was sent to the Bay County Sheriff's Office camp after a June arrest for grand theft. He was doing push-ups, sit-ups and other exercises as part of the intake process Jan. 5 when he became uncooperative and had to be restrained :roll: , authorities said. He soon complained of breathing difficulties and collapsed. He was transferred to a Pensacola hospital and died early the next morning.
On Tuesday, Anderson's family filed an intent to sue. The family's attorney, Ben Crump, said the boy appeared to have been abused - he suffered a cut lip, a bloody nose and a scrape on the side of his face when he was restrained. A sheriff's spokeswoman denied that.
The victim's mother, Gina Jones, said her son was in good physical shape and enjoyed playing basketball. Anderson was about 6-foot-1 and weighed about 140 pounds, she said.
The Department of Juvenile Justice gave the Bay County camp a good review in a June 2004 quality assurance report, listing it as being in full compliance with state standards.
Sheriff's investigators have not completed a preliminary report on Anderson's death.
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Anonymous:
martin was my friend....he didnt deserve this to happen to him. 14 year olds shouldnt be allowed to be addmitted into something like that when there that young, at least wait until there like 16...when there more matured and stronger and can handle the police bullying them. i know they abused him and fucked him up before he died. i've been in the exact same place before...ive seen what they do to kids...and its not right. you dont twist there arms around and shove them up against walls...who cares if there in "boot camp"....hes 14. Thats still child abuse, or actually in there case, manslaughter. I beleive boot camps should no longer be. It wont happen I know,becuse the system is so incredibly fucked up.But beleive me, I am going to see to it that these horrible people pay for what theve done...you dont kill a child and go on like nothing happened. Like I said, who cares if your the "drill instructor"..It still gives you absolutly no right to physically harm a child, a child is a child..and thats just not right.How would they feel if there child got locked up and had men 3 times there size over them screaming and pushing them around...and even maybe killing them.. im am sure they would be outraged, just as I am... and beleive me, you they wont get off easy...no they will not.
sorry, i just had to get that out.
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