Facilities:
Morava Academy
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Child Death
Medical Neglect
Physical Restraint
Facilities:
Canyon State Academy, Arizona Boys Ranch, Last Chance Ranch
Key Figures:
Penelope Clarke, Verne Speiers, Dave Cox, Illa Collin
Humiliating Punishments
Forced Labor
Medical Neglect
Unsanitary Conditions
Child Death
Facilities:
Canyon State Academy, Arizona Boys Ranch
Key Figures:
Linda Babb, Geoffrey Lewis, Troy Jones, Montgomery Hoover, Michael M. Moreno, Bob Thomas
General
Breaking Point (1998-10-15)
Facilities:
A Better Way Youth Academy
Physical Restraint
Medical Neglect
Child Death
Staff Misconduct
Graphic Descriptions of Assaults or Injuries
Facilities:
Canyon State Academy, Arizona Boys Ranch
Key Figures:
Bob Thomas, James A. Hart, John Clayton
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Facilities:
Elmcrest Mental Hospital
Facilities:
Laurel Ridge Treatment Center RTC
Facilities:
Laurel Ridge Treatment Center RTC
Physical Restraint
Child Death
Safety Violations
Medical Neglect
Facilities:
Canyon State Academy, Arizona Boys Ranch, Vision Quest
Key Figures:
Bob Thomas, James Hart, Cassandra McCray, Montgomery Hoover, Nick Cademartori
Child Death
Medical Neglect
Humiliating Punishments
Facilities:
Canyon State Academy, Arizona Boys Ranch
Key Figures:
Linda Babb, Geoffrey Sean Lewis, Montgomery Clayton Hoover, Michael Martin Moreno, Troy Michael Jones
Physical Restraint
Humiliating Punishments
Unsanitary Conditions
Medical Neglect
Child Death
Facilities:
Canyon State Academy, Arizona Boys Ranch
Key Figures:
Linda Babb, Geoffrey Sean Lewis, Montgomery Clayton Hoover, Michael Martin Moreno, Troy Michael Jones, Bob Thomas
Facilities:
Capistrano-By-the-Sea, Capistrano By The Sea Hospital, Adolescent Transitional Center
Key Figures:
George P. Condas
Humiliating Punishments
Unsanitary Conditions
Medical Neglect
Child Death
Facilities:
Canyon State Academy, Arizona Boys Ranch
Key Figures:
Linda Babb, Geoffrey Sean Lewis, Montgomery Clayton Hoover, Michael Martin Moreno, Troy Michael Jones
Facilities:
Elan School
Key Figures:
Joseph Ricci
Facilities:
Robert Land Academy
Facilities:
Arkansas Juvenile Assessment and Treatment Center
Humiliating Punishments
Unsanitary Conditions
Medical Neglect
Physical Restraint
Child Death
Facilities:
Canyon State Academy, Arizona Boys Ranch
Key Figures:
Bob Thomas, Linda Blessing
Medical Neglect
Child Death
Facilities:
Canyon State Academy, Arizona Boys Ranch
Key Figures:
Bob Thomas, Denice Fitchie, David Boyer, Robert H. Johnson
Forced Labor
Medical Neglect
Child Death
Facilities:
Canyon State Academy, Arizona Boys Ranch
Key Figures:
Bob Thomas, Denice Fitchie, Cassandra McCray, Robert H. Johnson, Linda Blessing
Child Death
Medical Neglect
Facilities:
Canyon State Academy, Arizona Boys Ranch
Humiliating Punishments
Child Death
Medical Neglect
Unsanitary Conditions
Victim Blaming
Facilities:
Canyon State Academy, Arizona Boys Ranch, Oracle campus
Key Figures:
Bob Thomas
Facilities:
Challenger Foundation
Physical Restraint
Medical Neglect
Child Death
Facilities:
Canyon State Academy, Arizona Boys Ranch
Key Figures:
Linda Blessing, Bob Thomas, A. Melvin McDonald
Physical Restraint
Humiliating Punishments
Child Death
Facilities:
Canyon State Academy, Arizona Boys Ranch
Key Figures:
Bob Thomas
Medical Neglect
Humiliating Punishments
Unsanitary Conditions
Child Death
Suicide
Victim Blaming
Facilities:
Canyon State Academy, Arizona Boys Ranch
Key Figures:
Linda Blessing
Physical Restraint
Medical Neglect
Child Death
Facilities:
Canyon State Academy, Arizona Boys Ranch
Key Figures:
Linda Blessing, James Hart
Physical Restraint
Medical Neglect
Child Death
Humiliating Punishments
Graphic Descriptions of Assaults or Injuries
Facilities:
Canyon State Academy, Arizona Boys Ranch, Arizona Boys Ranch - Queen Creek campus, Arizona Boys Ranch - Mount Lemmon summer camp
Key Figures:
Bob Thomas, Linda Blessing, A. Melvin McDonald
Child Death
Medical Neglect
Staff Misconduct
Facilities:
Canyon State Academy, Arizona Boys Ranch, Last Chance Ranch
Key Figures:
Bob Thomas
Child Death
Medical Neglect
Staff Misconduct
Facilities:
Canyon State Academy, Arizona Boys Ranch
Key Figures:
Bob Thomas
General
Mailbag (People, 08/24/1998)
Also covered by:
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Facilities:
Polk County Juvenile Boot Camp
Facilities:
Summit Quest
Child Death
Law Enforcement Abuse
Facilities:
Canyon State Academy, Arizona Boys Ranch
Child Death
Facilities:
Canyon State Academy, Arizona Boys Ranch, Last Chance Ranch
Key Figures:
Dan Lungren, Robert Carter Olson, Charles Ratliff, Rob Stutzman, George Miller
Medical Neglect
Humiliating Punishments
Child Death
Physical Restraint
Facilities:
Canyon State Academy, Arizona Boys Ranch, Rite of Passage, Last Chance Ranch
Key Figures:
James Broman, Bob Thomas
General
Camp Fear (People, 8/3/1998)
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Facilities:
Tranquility Bay
Physical Restraint
Seclusion
Humiliating Punishments
Unsanitary Conditions
Medical Neglect
Facilities:
Canyon State Academy, Arizona Boys Ranch
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Facilities:
King George School
Child Death
Medical Neglect
Facilities:
Canyon State Academy, Arizona Boys Ranch
Key Figures:
Deborah Penny Bennett, Sidonie Squier, Judge John Schwartz
Child Death
Physical Restraint
Medical Neglect
Facilities:
Canyon State Academy, Arizona Boys Ranch
Key Figures:
President of Arizona Boys Ranch, Bob Thomas
Medical Neglect
Child Death
Facilities:
Canyon State Academy, Arizona Boys Ranch, Camp Mary Mullaney
Key Figures:
Bob Thomas
Physical Restraint
Medical Neglect
Child Death
Facilities:
Canyon State Academy, Arizona Boys Ranch
Key Figures:
F. Kenton Komadina
Child Death
Physical Restraint
Humiliating Punishments
Safety Violations
Facilities:
Canyon State Academy, Arizona Boys Ranch, Last Chance Ranch
Key Figures:
Assemblywoman Dion Aroner, Chief Justice Ronald M. George, Attorney June Clark, U.S. Rep. George Miller
