Reply #5: here's a better article on the boot camp and who supported it [View All]

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http://www.nospank.net/n-p68r.htm

Sheriff to shut boot camp
The Bay County sheriff says he will cancel the camp's contract in 90 days: Its "integrity ... has been compromised."

By CURTIS KRUEGER, LETITIA STEIN and ABBIE VANSICKLE St. Petersburg Times, February 22, 2006

A Panama City juvenile boot camp will be shut down and Hillsborough County State Attorney Mark Ober will investigate the death of a teenager who had been beaten by guards at the camp.

In rapid-fire developments Tuesday, the treatment of another boy raised new questions about operations at the camp, and the medical examiner who concluded the teenager died of a blood disorder renewed his medical license, which expired last month.

Despite the controversy, Gov. Jeb Bush reaffirmed his support of Florida's five boot camps.

"I believe that boot camps are worth having," said Bush, who appointed Ober as special prosecutor. "We need to learn from this tragic case and make some standard, regulatory proposals to the Legislature."

Boot camps are military-style programs designed to shock juvenile delinquents into complying with the law and to teach them discipline, study skills and work habits. They require rigorous physical training such as pushups and running.

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