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By Ken Dilanian, USA TODAY

WASHINGTON — The first federal inquiry into boot camps and wilderness programs for troubled teens cataloged 1,619 incidents of abuse in 33 states in 2005, a congressional investigation out Wednesday reveals.

The study, by the Government Accountability Office, also looked at a sample of 10 deaths since 1990 and found untrained staff, inadequate food or reckless operations were factors. In half of those cases, the teens died of dehydration or heat exhaustion, the GAO says.

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Toni

It's now an hour after sunset and Turn-About Ranch has a boy who ran at 5:30 still out there in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, alone, barefoot and on his own.  This is some of the roughest desert on Earth, canyons, straight down cliffs, no roads.  It's getting close to freezing at night, depending on where he is.

I went looking but that's like a needle in a haystack.  Turn-About has one guy on horseback (probably back by now, though) and another on foot (I know he was coming back) and the rest in vehicles along the main roads.  But it's a heck of a long way between those canyons and the main roads.

I'm praying.  If anyone else is so inclined, I'm sure he could use it right now.  I feel so helpless in this whole awful mess of an industry.

Toni

I need to hear from you guys.  Where are you?  I've quit TAR and turned 'em into the State for sexual and child abuse and harassment.  Of course, the state licensing, the sheriff's office, and child protective services all closed their case (see below).

At Roundy, Emily told me that her back was hurting.  When I asked why, she said it was from her wrestling match with Wayne.  At that very moment, and before I could respond to her, Wayne came out of nowhere and boomed, "Yes we wrestled, and I won, now didn't I."

Then, he tried to used brainwashing on me to say that I was a coward.  I'm not a coward, and so far, Wayne has won.

I need to hear from former Turnabout students.  Something's going on at Roundy and it ain't pretty.  I gave a list of problems to the state, and TAR has fixed all of the physical things (vehicles without brakes or steering, closed sleeping lofts without any open windows or air conditioning, and a bunch more) 'cept the sexual abuse.

I understand from another staff that Wayne tried to call Danielle one evening (I think during Max's 2-day investigation), but Connie wouldn't let him talk to her (against the rules, for sure).  

At Roundy, they routinely staff only 2 males when they should have 1 female there.  I identified 3 names on the male staff list that were shady characters.  I've begun talking to the local residents here about them since I'm fairly new to the area.  The locals are shocked that TAR has these men working alone (no female staff) with young teen girls.  One is known for sexually abusing his younger sister.  One is known for playing with the young girls.  The head of the church turned to me in total unbelief when he heard their names, but wouldn't tell me what he knows.

Max, the TAR Director, has a blood relative with Child Protective Services.  Wayne is a police informant.  The state licensor's husband works at a related facility also owned by Aspen Education Group (TAR is owned by Aspen).  It's no wonder the case was closed with all 3 governmental agencies.

We need to expose them.  Send me a private message.  Please, anyone out there that might know these young ladies . . . have them contact me if they are able.

Toni