While his friends were soaking in the last days of summer, Damien and 20 or so other youths began a rigorous, 16-week boot camp called VIDA ... s squad car. The teen used to be one of her friends.

They say the investigation into the camp began a year ago when one teen allegedly went ... "180" Recon's Boot Camp Program is designed for Troubled Teenagers to Instill Self Discipline, Respect ...

the boot camp's drill instructors are abusive in their treatment of the troubled youth in the program . "You could hear them as you were riding through the arroyo, yelling at these kids,” said ...

"In boot camp, they tear them down to build them back ... said he spent $20,000 for a month in a psychiatric facility for the troubled teen. But five months at the camp changed Carey's life ...

They chose boot camp, believing, as many Americans do ... Maia Szalavitz ([email protected]) is the author of Help at Any Cost: How the Troubled-Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids (Riverhead).

Charles F Long II is arrested and charged with second-degree murder seven months after 14-year-old boy dies from exposure at his unregulated boot camp for troubled youth near Phoenix, Ariz ...

including a 14-year-old San Mateo County boy who died at an Arizona desert boot camp in 2001 after being forced to eat dirt. Therapeutic programs for troubled teens are a booming industry.

boot camps and religious programs intended to curb rebellious behavior, a phrase comes up again and again: The troubled teen industry. It’s an industry. That’s a chilling reality describing ...