At the boot camp where Anthony Haynes died, children were fed an apple for breakfast, a carrot for lunch and a bowl of beans for dinner, the GAO said. Haynes became dehydrated in 113-degree heat and vomited dirt, according to witnesses. The program closed, and the director, .... Deb Gullett, who sponsored House Bill 2610, said boot camps and wilderness programs have become a multibillion-dollar industry around the nation, with quality and price varying wildly. ...

the first federal inquiry into boot camps and wilderness programs for troubled teens cataloged 1619 incidents of abuse in 33 states in 2005, a congressional investigation out wednesday reveals. ...

A federal study of "boot camps" and wilderness programs for troubled children has found evidence of hundreds, if not thousands, of allegations of death and physical, sexual and emotional abuse... ... Aaron lost 23 pounds in his month at the camp before he died, because no one realized he had an infected, perforated ulcer, the GAO said. The condition "would have been treatable provided there had been early medical attention," the report states. A draft of the report was ...

These appear to be boot camps modeled on similar approaches to those described in the GAO report. For example, the Harris County boot camp offers an "adventure based treatment program," which sounds similar in type to the "wilderness" ...

It selected ten deaths since 1990 for special investigation in boot camps and ?wilderness programmes?. What they found: Examples of abuse include youths being forced to eat their own vomit, denied adequate food, being forced to lie in urine or faeces, ... At the American Buffalo Soldiers boot camp in Arizona, where Anthony Haynes, 14, died in 2001, children were fed an apple for breakfast, a carrot for lunch and a bowl of beans for dinner, the GAO report said. ...

The GAO has completed its report on abuse at teen "boot camps." It's not a pretty picture. The first federal inquiry into boot camps and wilderness programs for troubled teens cataloged 1619 incidents of abuse in 33 states in 2005, ...

The GAO report, dated Oct 10, 2007, has cited some very troubling cases, primarily from boot camp and other wilderness programs in the US. Some of the same cases were cited at the hearing today. This is depressing news? ...

One problem: ?GAO could not identify a more concrete number of allegations because it could not locate a single Web site, federal agency, or other entity that collects comprehensive nationwide data. ... Talking it over with her mother, she opted for the kind of place people are usually forcibly committed to ? a boot camp, one called Summit Quest, in Utah. The camp was based on a wilderness program, a basic-training sort of thing that ideally builds endurance and ...

after analyzing these programs in the big picture, gao followed up at the request of a congressional committee by analyzing eight individual abuse cases from boot camps and wilderness around the country. gao intends to come out with a ...

They can include boarding schools; wilderness-therapy programs, which aim to help troubled youths connect with nature; and so-called boot camps, which emphasize strict, military-style discipline. The GAO examined thousands of cases of ...

the congressional investigative agency selected 10 deaths to examine in depth and found reckless practices, inadequate training and misleading marketing. it also found what rep. todd platts, r-pa., called ?horrific? examples of abuse. ...