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Help stop the abuse , neglect and deaths in Florida,s Juvenile Justice System

 

 

 

 




   

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DISSEMINATION OF JUVENILE RECORDS
IN THE POSSESSION OF FDLE

 

 

The following juvenile arrest or criminal history records in the custody of FDLE or the arresting agency are public records under section 119.07(1), Florida Statutes, unless a separate exemption or confidentiality provision, such as sealing or expunction, applies, and may be disseminated upon request:

 

·      Effective October 1, 1994, such records pertaining to a minor who is charged with or found to have committed an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult [see s.943.051(3)(a), and 943.053(3), F.S.].

 

·      Effective July 1, 1996, such records pertaining to a minor who is charged with or found to have committed one of the misdemeanor offenses listed in s.943.051(3)(b). These offenses (which also include felonies) are listed as:

 

·       Assault, as defined in s.784.011

·       Battery, as defined in s.784.03

·       Carrying a concealed weapon, as defined in s.790.01(1)

·       Unlawful use of destructive devices or bombs, as defined in s.790.1615(1)

·       Negligent treatment of children, as defined in s.827.05

·       Assault or battery on a law enforcement officer, a firefighter, or other specified officers, as defined in s.784.07(2)(a) and (b)

·       Open carrying of a weapon, as defined in s.790.053

·       Exposure of sexual organs, as defined in s.800.03

·       Unlawful possession of a firearm, as defined in s.790.22(5)

·       Petit theft, as defined in s.812.014(3)

·       Cruelty to animals, as defined in s.828.12(1)

·       Arson, as defined in s.806.031(1)

·       Unlawful possession or discharge of a weapon or firearm at a school-sponsored event or on school property, as defined in s.790.115

 

Records pertaining to a minor whose juvenile record has not then been expunged (purged) and who, after becoming 18 years of age is charged with or convicted of a forcible felony, or who, at any time, is adjudicated as an adult for a forcible felony, become part of the adult record. [See s.943.0515(2) ]

 

Records pertaining to a minor for other violations of law not specified above are not available for public disclosure or inspection under s.119.07(1), but may be made available by FDLE to other criminal justice agencies to be used for criminal justice purposes. [See s.985.212(1) ]

 

In addition to administrative expunction and court-ordered sealing or expunction on the same terms and pursuant to the same statutes as adult records, juvenile criminal history records are subject to the following special provisions:

 

·       943.0582, prearrest, postarrest, or teen court diversion program expunction

·       943.0515, abbreviated retention of criminal history records of minors
   

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Before reading the following and link's.There never was a fight ,this proof is on depostions and tapes, Danny never left his cell ,He was struck and left to die.................... Martin as seen in many vidios was beaten to death by several guards .Many storys are simular ...No one has been held accoutable......To do so the state in question would also be resposible....Our laws have not changed in many centuries.They are dated back to kings for this type of situation.A king can't be held responsible for its nights actions, Nor can anyone but the King punish said night. I explain it this way for to read as the law sits is unconprehencable..... For any children I have missed,They are also not forgotten .It is only the hard work of many to uncover the truths hinden within our systems.......... Please open your heart and minds not for our angels lost, We as parents will be with them again one day.....But for the children that we still may save............ Dee
   

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 Before you read.........
I apologize for my grammar and spelling.
I WILL NOT.........Engage in a debate over Religion....
Racialism..........Terrorism or Politics. That have no bearing's on my question !
While I have defined them , with a simple term or view of mine.
This is not my question........
If I lose friend's over this....So be it.......It s may be a lost friend ,
With a new understanding to the cry's and need of a Child !
I know for the most  of us....We love our Children !
I am not judging the worth of one's child to them as a indavigal !
But speaking as a whole  of today's generation !

 

 

Please Help me to Understand..????
Why is it .

We as a intelligent race of human being.
Can continue to fight Over....
  Political  agenda's
(Struggle for Power)
Racialism
(Fight to prove Superiority)
Terrorism
(Heartless Souls)
Religious Beliefs
(Fight to be the first in Gods eyes )
Yet we can sit back ......With eyes wide open and allow .
The Largest , Fastest Growing , Political , Terrorist , Raciest attacks
 that are and have been against that of ....OUR CHILDREN!!!!!!

 


 

Our Missing Children http://www.myspace.com/americasmostwantedmyspace

Fact's
Children....are
RAPED and MOLESTED........, everyday another child suffers this !!!
 BEATEN to DEATH...... Each day another child dies !!!
ABUSED........on a daily base..........By those that claim to Love.
MURDERED...... Due to Pedophiles........Abusive Parents.......Racialism......Control.........
  Sadistic Games........In the name of Treatment and Justice !
 STOLEN....In the middle of the night from there beds...
In the name of Treatment and Justice !   To Programs .Such as a Wildness program , Boot camp..
Many  Children are shipped out of Our Country too , Other Countries, were there are no laws against....
 Child Abuse or Neglect......... To come home in a body bag......... Many have died right here ....
Were our own Government agencies are held unaccountable......
ARRESTED.........
Just a few examples in the name of ........Zero Tolerance.........A  law that was meant to protect one's self in public places from drugs ,
 Guns and serious boldly harm !

Now has been adopted to  Arresting children for childhood misdeeds such as.........
                             Kicking a teacher at the age of FIVE......... ( Temper Tantrum , First time away from Parents ) ?
                             For bring a neighbors Bunny on to her property at the age of seven ( Curious and Amazed by Animal's ) ?
                             To spend years in jail at the age of THIRTEEN for a school yard fight ,
                             were neither child was hurt.. (But a adult that was breaking up the fight had been  accidentally hit ) ?
                            This is just a micro dot of Arrest , Due to nonsense........ That should be dealt with between Patents and The community when necessary.....
                          Not  the Justice system !!!!!! Were they are Beaten..Neglected......Abused.....Starved......Molested and Raped..........Denied the right to read.........
                           Pushed to Suicide and Murdered !

 

 

If I wrote every thing on my mind............I would create a novel of were we as a intelligent race , Have no brains at all when it comes to our most precious gift in life.
Our Children........ Yes we Love them !!!!!!! ........ But do we really stand up for the harm that comes to them ?
When you feel a teacher is wrong in the assessment of your child ...... Do you continue to fight for the rights of your child.....
Or give up in the end.......Placing in your mind you can not fight the school system...... Or the teacher knows best !
When you have seen a child on your property or neighbors playing basketball .....many times ......
A new  Officer decides to throw the child to the ground due to his color or race in the neighborhood.....
Maybe the child  is simply a teen outside during school hours....
Due you defend the child.......... Or simply say the justice system is fare .....He will be fine ? Will he ?
I apologize for babbling...I simply need to understand !!!!!! ......Why we can fight over thing's that should not be our first priority in life and some that should
simply  should not be !!!!!!!! Yet not stand together to protect and fight for our most precious gift in life........OUR CHILDREN !!!!

Millions of Children have lost there life .Due to Adult actions or in actions.... Hundreds disappear everyday !!!!!!!

Thousands are harmed a each day!!!!!!!!!

What am I missing here!!!!!!!!!!

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BY CAROL MARBIN MILLER AND MARC CAPUTO
Timeline of Boot Camp incident
Versions of what happened
On the morning of Jan. 5, Bay County sheriff's Sgt. David Cruel called 911 to report a medical emergency at a boot camp for juvenile delinquents.

''We need an ambulance over here immediately, please,'' Cruel said. ``We got an offender that we just entered this morning. Looks like he's passed out.''

What Cruel didn't say: At least seven of his co-workers had spent more than half an hour manhandling 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson. They punched and kneed him, dragged him around and shoved ammonia capsules in his nose. When they were through, he lay on the ground, dying.

Hours after the 911 call, the sheriff's office, which ran the camp, posted a press release on its website, saying Martin had fallen ''ill.'' Headline: Boot Camp Offender Receives Medical Care.

Thus began a concerted effort to define Martin's death as a tragic but unforeseeable medical mishap, whether from illness or shoddy medical care.

From the Panama City boot camp to the state Department of Juvenile Justice, officials miscast the circumstances surrounding the youth's demise numerous times in the ensuing days, masking the brutal details of a death that brought national attention, major reforms to Florida's boot camps and the resignation of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's chief, Guy Tunnell, who had founded the boot camp when he was Bay County sheriff.

In those first days immediately after Martin's death, Tunnell's FDLE, which was investigating his former agency, refused to release the videotape of the beating. Meanwhile, some officials cast aspersions on Martin, portraying him as a malingering, belligerent drug user and gang member who provoked guards to use ''force'' to restrain him when he became ``uncooperative.''

The juvenile justice agency even floated a theory to lawmakers and The Miami Herald that Martin bled to death when emergency workers botched a procedure to insert a breathing tube, piercing the youth's windpipe.

The boot camp's narrative of Martin's final conscious hours contrasts sharply with the emerging picture of Martin as a victim of brutality:

Martin was suffocated by guards who held his mouth shut while they jammed ammonia tablets up his nose in an attempt to revive him, according to a new autopsy performed at the request of a special prosecutor, who also threw FDLE off the case after Tunnell sent chummy emails to Bay County's sheriff. No arrests have been made in the case.

OFFICIAL VERSION

The official version of events of Jan. 5, like Martin, died hard.

Even paramedics and emergency-room doctors -- whose treatment of the youth depended in large part on what they were told ailed him -- were told little. They were given a benign story by guards about a teenager who had mysteriously collapsed.

''After about 15 minutes of physical therapy, the patient said he could not go on, and he collapsed to the ground,'' Jeffrey Appel, the emergency-room doctor at Bay Medical Center, wrote, based on information he received from guards. The guards, the doctor added, ``used an ammonia capsule to the nose. He got some response from that, but then went completely unresponsive.''

Paramedics aboard a Panhandle air rescue service that airlifted Martin from Bay Medical to a trauma center in Pensacola say they were told only that the youth passed out from exercise.

''Patient was at juvenile boot camp -- running a 1.5-mile run,'' their notes say. 'Stopped midway through run, stated `I can't do this' and then collapsed.''

Doctors at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola were given the same story. In his discharge summary after Martin died, Dr. Jason Foland, the boy's attending physician, wrote that he was told that Martin was ``a 14-year-old male who presented to [the] emergency room after passing out at boot camp.''

The boot camp's nurse, Kristin Schmidt, expressed few concerns about Martin's treatment by guards when the state Department of Juvenile Justice's highest-ranking medical official, Dr. Shairi Turner, interviewed her shortly after Martin's death.

Schmidt referred to Martin's ordeal as ''use of force techniques,'' ''counseling'' and and an effort by guards to ``maintain control.''

''She noted that Martin Anderson was alert, looking around and made eye contact,'' Turner wrote in her report. ``The youth stated to her that he could not breathe, however, per her report, he appeared comfortable and in no respiratory distress.''

If the boot camp officials' story to doctors was sanitized, the information they provided to the public was positively sterile.

In a Jan. 5 press release posted on the Bay sheriff's website and e-mailed to reporters who inquired, spokeswoman Ruth Sasser said Martin was airlifted to a trauma center ``after becoming ill during Intake procedures.''

''The nurse began to take his vital signs and assess his medical condition,'' Sasser wrote. ``When she became concerned, EMS was called to the facility. Just minutes prior to the arrival of EMS, the offender became unresponsive.''

ILLNESS CITED

After Martin died on Jan. 6, the department twice repeated its claim that Martin simply ''became ill'' in a press release. Its headline underscored the fact that Martin died nowhere near the Panama City boot camp: Juvenile Offender Passes Away in Pensacola.

Later that day, however, Sasser acknowledged to The Miami Herald that guards had used ''force'' when Martin became ''uncooperative,'' but declined to elaborate.

''The body has been turned over to the Medical Examiner's Office and authorities are awaiting autopsy results,'' Sasser wrote in the Jan. 6 release.

But the autopsy itself began to raise questions. In her five-page report to DJJ administrators, Turner briefly recounted a conversation she had on the morning of Jan. 6 with Dr. Charles Siebert, Bay County's chief medical examiner:

''Reported that the Sheriff had requested that the autopsy be moved from Pensacola where the death occurred to Panama City where the boot camp was located,'' she wrote. 'Pathologist felt this was `highly unusual.' ''

Normally autopsies are performed in the county where a person dies. But Siebert has consistently denied saying the request to bring Martin's body back to Panama City was unusual. Turner insists he did, and said so at a hearing of the state House Criminal Justice Appropriations Committee.

The evening of Jan. 6, state Rep. Gus Barreiro, a Miami Beach Republican who spearheaded the boot camp reforms as head of the justice committee that controls juvenile justice spending, got a call from DJJ Secretary Anthony Schembri, who told him of Martin's death.

'He said: `I've investigated hundreds of these cases. He's a young black gang kid, and you'll find drugs in his system,' '' said Barreiro, who along with his committee has repeatedly faulted Schembri for lying to them.

In a written statement, Schembri responded: ``I remember telling the legislators that Martin's file indicated that he was a gang member. . . I was careful not to reach any conclusions based on preliminary information.''

Martin's arrests: joy riding in his grandmother's stolen Jeep, violating curfew while on probation for the car theft, and stealing candy.

WITNESSES TO VIOLENCE

The 10 frightened boys who were present in the exercise yard Jan. 5 also were told that Martin died of an illness -- although they had watched in horror as guards punched and kneed the youth and dragged him around.

Aaron Swartz, a Leon County 14-year-old who was admitted to the camp the same day as Martin, said a mental-health worker told the youths that Martin died of ''medical reasons'' and that the actions of guards ''had nothing to do'' with his death.

''She was telling us how athletes die every day, all the time, because of medical reasons. That healthy athletes stop and die, so it's not unusual,'' Aaron told The Miami Herald.

Martin's mother, Gina Jones, said she was given the same story at Bay Medical.

The boot camp's commander, Capt. Mike Thompson, was with her at the Panama City hospital just after 10 a.m., before Martin was flown to Pensacola, Jones said. She asked what had happened.

Thompson responded that her son ''ran two or three laps and just collapsed.'' Thompson couldn't be reached for comment.

At 1:30 a.m. when Martin was pronounced dead, Jones said that Lt. Charles Helms was with her and broke down, crying. ''That boy didn't deserve this,'' she recalled him saying. ``He never told me he was one of the first people to put his hands on my baby.''

Bay Sheriff Frank McKeithen, though, knew it would only get worse -- because of a videotape of Martin's last moments. In an unusual move, he issued a statement on Jan. 17 saying the tape would eventually lead to ``many questions, concerns and accusations.''

Yet McKeithen, who on several occasions has expressed sympathy for the dead teen's family, didn't discuss the tape's contents at the time, nor would the FDLE, which possessed it.

But two state representatives who privately insisted on viewing the tape couldn't keep quiet after what they saw. Barreiro and Democrat Dan Gelber told The Miami Herald for a Feb. 9 story that Martin had been ''brutally'' beaten and ``flung around like a rag doll.''

FDLE Commissioner Tunnell shot off several e-mails that day, bashing the lawmakers and assuring McKeithen, who soon called the legislators ''loose cannons,'' that his agency would fight a request from The Miami Herald that the video be made public.

Tunnell received an e-mail that day from an FDLE assistant commissioner, Scotty Sanderson, who wrote that the medical examiner was expected to release his report soon and ``bring this case in for a landing quickly. Our side will be ready to roll out as soon as we get the toxicology findings.''

''Hurry -- BEFORE I get REALLY carried away,'' Tunnell replied.

The next day, Tunnell called McKeithen's cellphone, according to records obtained by The Miami Herald. McKeithen says the commissioner only left a message, as he did in four other calls listed in records from Tunnell's office cellphone.

''There were no calls that I had with Mr. Tunnell that were inappropriate,'' said McKeithen, who declined to discuss any specifics. According to the FDLE, the agency was working on 11 other cases with the sheriff's office when the calls were made.

A week later, on Feb. 16, Siebert, the Bay County medical examiner, released his report, concluding that Martin died of natural causes when an undetected genetic blood disorder, sickle cell trait, together with rigorous exercise, led him to bleed to death. Tunnell placed a call to McKeithen's cellphone at 9:35 that morning.

Seven minutes later, Tunnell called the Bay County Sheriff's Office main line and had a nine-minute conversation with someone at the department.

Early the following morning, Tunnell and a key aide to Gov. Jeb Bush urgently debated by e-mail how best to release the 30- to 40-minute video that Tunnell had fought hard to keep private. In a 7:15 a.m. e-mail to Tunnell, the aide, Bush chief of staff Mark Kaplan, all but pleaded with Tunnell to release the controversial video in the state capital, not in Bay County.

''The press is already challenging FDLE's choice of location for this morning's press conference,'' Kaplan wrote. ``They are saying that you regularly investigate officer shootings and do not make an announcement from the officer's department.

``Your integrity is being challenged unfairly, and you are making it too easy for those who wish to allege that FDLE is part of some conspiracy.''

Tunnell ignored Kaplan's advice, saying that if his agency were to ''bow to the political or media pressure,'' it would empower his critics.

The videotape, released later that morning on Feb. 17 to a throng of reporters from across the nation, told a messier story than the official, sanitized narrative.

But in those hours before the tape was released, the state law enforcement chief and former Bay County sheriff was sure he could handle the criticism that McKeithen had predicted.

'There is simply no opportunity that would allow for any alleged `cover-up,' '' Tunnell said in his e-mail response to Kaplan. ``Not that there was any effort or intent to do so.''

 

 

 

                

 
 

 
 
   
Lost lockup tapes called coverup
Questions are being raised as to why surveillance tapes in state juvenile facilities continue to be so unreliable, years after concern was raised about them in several cases involving the deaths of inmates.
By CAROL MARBIN MILLER
cmarbin@herald.com
Omar Paisley, Danny Matthews, Shawn Smith and a now a 16-year-old named Robert.

Three children who are dead; a fourth who was allegedly raped.

All of their deaths or abuse happened in a state juvenile detention center. And in each case, one of the most crucial pieces of evidence was missing: the jail's surveillance tapes.

Tapes would have shown whether Shawn was being observed every five minutes as required, Barreiro said. And Daniel ''Danny'' Matthews was 17 when he died in May 2003 after a fight with another detainee at the the Pinellas County lockup.

Agency officials later acknowledged responsibility for Danny's death as guards had mistakenly opened cell doors for the two youths, knowing they had been spoiling for a fight.

 TO WHOM NOT HIS FAMILY !

 

 

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The lost surveillance camera footage could have shown whether a male inmate was raped.
By Associated Press
Published November 12, 2005
 
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TALLAHASSEE - An investigation into missing surveillance tapes at a Department of Juvenile Justice detention center has some critics suggesting there is a pattern of coverups.

The tapes were discovered missing as police began investigating the alleged rape of a severely retarded 15-year-old male.

It's not the first time critical evidence was unavailable during similar investigations.

Surveillance tapes also were missing, nonexistent or of such poor quality as to be useless after the deaths of three youths in custody: Omar Paisley, Daniel Matthews and Shawn Smith.

Cathy Corry, a Clearwater juvenile justice watchdog, said she has received dozens of complaints from parents that officials could not confirm abuse allegations against their children because surveillance equipment didn't work.

"I got pretty sick of hearing that the videotape was lost, or the videotape didn't exist, or (the) area in question wasn't covered by the videotape," Corry told the Miami Herald.

In the latest case, the department's inspector general is investigating a break-in into the cabinet where tapes are stored. Detention center superintendent Linda Edwards-Ellis was aware of the break-in, but didn't report it or start an investigation, according to the report. She was fired this week.

Tom Denham, a department spokesman, said the agency is "attempting to move to more modern video systems that don't require tapes. We can only do that as funding permits."

Denham said tapes have helped prosecutors in other cases. "It's not like every time we have an incident the tapes go missing."

Paisley, 17, died of a ruptured appendix in June 2003 at the Miami-Dade Juvenile Detention Center. He had pleaded for medical attention for three days. The grand jury investigating the death said it "longed for" a recording of the days leading to the death, but most of the 10-year-old video cameras in the facility didn't work.

There were no tapes available after Smith, 13, hanged himself in a Volusia County center in 2001. Guards were supposed to be closely watching the youth.

Matthews, 17, died in May 2003 in a fight with another detainee in Pinellas County. Although a video camera was running at the time, it did not provide a clear image of what happened, the Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney's Office said
 
 
 
   

 
   

Sunday, January 28, 2007

Isabelle Zehnder (CAICA): Attention staff: a call for help

 

 
Letter to staff who have worked or who currently
work in a residential facility or program for children or
teens.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Written January 27, 2007
By: Isabelle Zehnder (Copyright 2007)
http://www.caica.org/
info@caica.org
 

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Dear Staff:

CAICA has received reports that staff members who work in residential facilities and programs for children and teens have been asked to sign an Employment Agreement stating they cannot talk about what goes on in the facility and that if they break confidentiality they will be sued for large amounts of money. We have contacted government officials and legal professionals for their advice and have done our own independent research. We have concluded this is simply a scare tactic that will not hold up in court.

Staff members who work or who have worked in residential facilities and programs for children are mandated (required) by law to report child abuse and/or neglect they witnessed there. There is protection for people who report child abuse. Remember, it is not only your moral obligation, but it is your legal obligation to do so.

Some staff members have reported they were not sure if what they saw was abuse because they begin to believe treating children in a harsh manner is necessary for their treatment. There is evidence that shows treating children in this manner can do more harm than good. If you are not sure that what you witnessed was abuse, please see the list below. These are things that have been reported to us that we believe should be reported and investigated.

Below I have provided information about:

1. The responsibilities of people working with children and their duty to report child abuse and/or neglect;

2. Protection available to staff who report child abuse and/or neglect;

3. How to file a report; and

4. Examples of what should be reported.

Kids are coming forward to report they were abused and/or neglected in facilities or programs (boarding schools, behavior modification programs, wilderness programs, boot camps, mental health facilities, etc.). These children and teens need help from the adults (staff) who worked with them and who know they are telling the truth.

We believe it is time for staff who witnessed child abuse and/or neglect in facilities to come forward for the sake of the children. People who witness child abuse and do not report it because they are scared are usually haunted by what they saw. They feel guilty for not reporting and not helping the kids. It’s not too late if that happened to you. It’s not too late to come forward and do the right thing – for those children, future children, and for yourself.
Again, when working in abusive programs sometimes the staff begins to believe what is happening is OK because they are told by people in authority that it is OK or that it is policy and because they need their job. I would ask you to listen to your own inner voice, and if you have a nagging feeling that it isn’t or wasn’t OK, then do something to protect the children or teens. They are helpless and need you to be their voice.

If you’re not sure what you saw was abuse or neglect, ask yourself if you would want to be treated the way the children were treated, or if you would want you brother, sister, or your own child treated that way. If the answer is no, and you saw things happen to kids that you think are abuse and/or neglect, then it is your duty to report it. Again, please refer to the list below.

I would also like to warn staff that face-down, prone restraints have killed many children. Staff should be properly trained in the use of restraints and they should only be used in the event of an emergency – when a child is truly a danger to himself or others - not just because the child is misbehaving. This should be used as a last resort and should never be done face-down. We have had reports that staff have placed children face-down on the floor, twisted their arms behind their back, put pressure on their upper body, while another staff member held down the child’s legs, sometimes bending them at the knees and pushing their legs towards their bodies. These restraints are abusive and have caused many deaths. Please do not allow someone to force or coerce you into abusing children just because you need your job. These children need your protection and they need you to speak up about what is happening to them.

A couple of things to remember: people who abuse children usually do it again, and no child or teen deserves to be abused or neglected, even if the child is troubled and is acting out. Whether they are voluntarily or involuntarily admitted into these programs, children look to these staff members to help them, not hurt them.

1. Responsibilities of people working with children:

Anyone working with children, and who reasonably believes a child has been or is being abused and/or neglected, must report it. When they report their suspicions they are legally protected because they are doing what they are mandated (required) to do by law … and that is to REPORT!

CAICA has received reports from staff that they were pressured into signing an Employment Agreement stating they would not talk negatively about the facility where they worked or what they saw there. They were also told if they did, they were in “breach of their contract” and that they could be sued for large amounts of money.

We believe it is important that staff understand the facility cannot legally do this because not reporting child abuse and/or neglect is illegal. What (illegally) happens in residential facilities cannot stay in those facilities. This in itself is illegal because facilities and programs are not above the law, and the law says anyone working with children must report child abuse and neglect. In all 50 states!

Remember, you as a staff member could be subject to prosecution for standing by and taking a passive role during an obviously abusive situation. Understand that if you participate in abuse or stand by as it occurs, you are not "doing your job", you are breaking the law!

No child should be harmed or killed if staff members are doing their jobs.

2. Protection is available to staff who report child abuse and/or neglect:

There is protection for people working with children who report child abuse and neglect. As stated above, it is your duty to report - you cannot be sued for doing what you are required by law to do. You can also ask that your name not be revealed if you have concerns someone will retaliate against you.

Also, authorities have proved to be understanding of staff members who come forward after participating in an act they believed was not right at the time, or have later concluded was not right, but were under pressure from directors, fellow staff, or supervisors.

Some staff members have already come forward to report child abuse they saw. Because they reported to the proper agencies they were not retaliated against.

In some states there is further protection for staff through the “Whistleblower Act” that was enacted to protect people like you. It allows anyone with information about child abuse and neglect to come forward to the police and to government officials.

"Whistleblowing" has been defined as "the act of a man or woman who, believing the public interest overrides the interest of the organization he or she serves, publicly 'blows the whistle' if the organization is involved in corrupt, illegal, fraudulent, or harmful activity." (456) Chapter 554 of the Government Code, commonly known as the Whistleblower Act, was initially enacted by the legislature in 1983.

The purposes of the act have been described as: (1) to protect a public employee from retaliation by his employer when, in good faith, the employee reports a violation of law; and (2) to secure in consequence lawful conduct on the part of those who direct and control the affairs of public bodies. (460) Another court has declared that the statute's purpose is to "enhance openness in government and compel the government's compliance with the law by protecting those who inform authorities of wrongdoing." (461)

3. How to report suspected child abuse and/or neglect:

There are several ways to report child abuse. Below is a list of websites and telephone numbers for each state (the toll-free numbers are only accessible from within the state listed). You can also get help in reporting by calling Childhelp at 1-800-422-4453. This is a confidential hotline. Their website is www.childhelp.org.

If you know a law firm is involved in a lawsuit against a program where children are or were abused and you witnessed the abuse you can contact the law firm directly and be a witness for the children.

You can also file a report with the Police Department or Child Protective Services nearest to the facility. If you need help in locating these agencies please write to info@caica.org and we will assist you in locating the proper agencies. Again, you can ask that your name be kept confidential.

Suggestions from the Child Welfare League of America: If it is an emergency, call your local police department. They can ensure the immediate safety of a child and get medical attention if needed. Then call your state or local child abuse hotline (listed below).

4. Examples of what should be reported:

Staff members have reported they were unsure if what they witnessed in residential facilities for children was abusive. We have compiled a list to try to help clarify what types of things constitute child abuse and neglect.

If you witnessed teachers, therapists, staff, directors, family representatives, doctors, nurses, escorts, security staff, or anyone else working with children, doing any of these things, you should report them to the proper authorities (as mentioned above) so they can be investigated.
We may not have thought of everything so if you feel you witnessed something that is not on this list that you believe was child abuse or neglect please report it so it can be investigated. If you have difficulty locating the agencies please e-mail us at info@caica.org and we will assist in locating the proper agencies.
 

  • Forcing a child to lay on the floor for extended periods of time
  • Slamming a child to the ground
  • Hitting a child
  • Restraining a child on the ground or in any way that was hurtful
  • Seclusion (restricting them from activities, their parents, other family members, etc.)
  • Throwing a child against the wall, ground, or floor
  • Depriving a child of food or water
  • Twisting a child’s arm
  • Depriving a child of proper clothing and shoes for the conditions
  • Denying a child access to a toilet
  • A child forced to stay in isolation for long periods of times
  • Locking a child in small spaces
  • A child being bound and tied by their hands and/or feet
  • Use of electric shocks
  • Spraying water or lemon juice on children's faces (used mostly on developmentally disabled children)
  • Use of ammonia inhalants on a child (which ultimately led to the death of Martin Lee Anderson)
  • Pulling a child's hair
  • Locking a child in a basement
  • The use of mechanical restraints for extended periods of time, as was the case of Matthew Goodman
  • Restraining a child in a blanket, using a pillow, etc., that would restrict their breathing
  • Forcing a child to lie in their own waste as a method of punishment
  • Forcing a child to scrub toilets and floors with their toothbrush and forcing them to use it afterwards
  • Forcing a child to sleep any place other than a normal bed (unless they are camping)
  • If they are camping, forcing a child to sleep out in the cold without proper bedding and shelter
  • Forcing a child to stand, sit, or lie in uncomfortable or unnatural positions for long periods of time
  • Denying a child proper medical and dental treatment and care
  • Exposing a child to extreme hot or cold temperatures for long periods of time
  • Forcing a child to exercise beyond his or her physical capacity
  • Sexual contact between staff and children
  • Verbally abusing a child telling them their parents know what is happening to them are support it
  • Subjecting a child to older students who were allowed to physically, mentally, or sexually abuse him or her
  • Forcing a child to eat rotten food
  • Poking and prodding a child with objects during a strip-search
  • Forcing a child to write false confession letters to parents to justify them being there and to keep them longer
  • Threatening sever punishment, including death, to a child if they told anyone about the abuse or poor living conditions
  • Emotionally abusing a child by subjecting him or her to near total parental and societal isolation
  • Not allowing a child to have contact with the outside world - visits and phone calls were forbidden or discouraged even between parents and children
  • Not allowing the child a chance to contact the authorities if they were being abused
  • Not allowing the use of a bathroom
  • Confiscating and/or keeping students' mail to or from their parents and blacking out what they wrote
  • Upper level students abusing lower level students
  • A child forced to eat their own vomit

    There are several ways to report child abuse. Below is a list of numbers for each state (the toll-free numbers are only accessible from within the state listed). You can also get help in reporting by calling Childhelp at 1-800-4-A-CHILD (800-422-4453).


NOTE: Once you click on the links below, click on the “connect me now!” button in the middle of the page:

Alabama Local (toll): (334) 242-9500
Website: http://www.dhr.state.al.us/page.asp?pageid=304

Alaska Toll-Free: (800) 478-4444
Website: http://www.hss.state.ak.us/ocs/default.htm

Arizona Toll-Free: (888) SOS-CHILD (888-767-2445)
Website: http://www.de.state.az.us/dcyf/cmdps/cps/default.asp

Arkansas Toll-Free: (800) 482-5964
Website: http://www.state.ar.us/dhs/chilnfam/child_protective_services.htm

California Website: http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov/cdssweb/ChildProte_186.htm
Click on the website above for information on reporting or call Childhelp (800-422-4453) for assistance.

Colorado Local (toll): (303) 866-5932
Website: http://www.cdhs.state.co.us/childwelfare/FAQ.htm

Connecticut TDD: (800) 624-5518 Toll-Free: (800) 842-2288
Website: http://www.state.ct.us/dcf/HOTLINE.htm

Delaware Toll-Free: (800) 292-9582
Website: http://www.state.de.us/kids/

District of Columbia Local (toll): (202) 671-SAFE (202-671-7233)
Website: http://cfsa.dc.gov/cfsa/cwp/view.asp?a=3&q=520663&cfsaNav=31319

Florida Toll-Free: (800) 96-ABUSE (800-962-2873)
Website: http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/abuse/

Georgia Website: http://dfcs.dhr.georgia.gov/portal/site
Click on the website above for information on reporting or call Childhelp (800-422-4453) for assistance.

Hawaii Local (toll): (808) 832-5300
Website: http://www.hawaii.gov/dhs/protection/social_services/child_welfare/

Idaho Toll-Free: (800) 926-2588
Website: http://www.healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/site/3333/default.aspx

Illinois Toll-Free: (800) 252-2873 Local (toll): (217) 524-2606
Website: http://www.state.il.us/dcfs/child/index.shtml

Indiana Toll-Free: (800) 800-5556
Website: http://www.in.gov/dcs/protection/dfcchi.html

Iowa Toll-Free: (800) 362-2178
Website: http://www.dhs.state.ia.us/dhs2005/dhs_homepage/children_family/abuse_reporting/child_abuse.html
Kansas Toll-Free: (800) 922-5330
Website: http://www.srskansas.org/services/child_protective_services.htm

Kentucky Toll-Free: (800) 752-6200
Website: http://chfs.ky.gov/dcbs/dpp/Child_Safety.htm

Louisiana Website: http://www.dss.state.la.us/departments/ocs/Reporting_Child_Abuse-Neglect.html
Click on the website above for information on reporting or call Childhelp (800-422-4453) for assistance.

Maine TTY: (800) 963-9490 Toll-Free: (800) 452-1999
Website: http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/bcfs/abusereporting.htm

Maryland Website: http://www.dhr.state.md.us/cps/report.htm
Click on the website above for information on reporting or call Childhelp (800-422-4453) for assistance.

Massachusetts Toll-Free: (800) 792-5200
Website: http://www.mass.gov/portal/index.jsp?pageID=eohhs2subtopic&L=5&L0=Home&L1=Consumer&L2=Family+Services&L3=Violence%2c+Abuse+or+Neglect&L4=Child+Abuse+and+Neglect&sid=Eeohhs2 pageID=eohhs2subtopic&L=5&L0=Home&L1=Consumer&L2=Family+Services&L3=Violence 2c+Abuse+or+Neglect&L4=Child+Abuse+and+Neglect&sid=Eeohhs2

Michigan Website: http://www.michigan.gov/dhs/0,1607,7-124-5452_7119_7193-15252--,00.html
Click on the website above for information on reporting or call Childhelp (800-422-4453) for assistance.

Minnesota Website: http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/main/idcplg?IdcService=GET_DYNAMIC_CONVERSION&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased&dDocName=id_000152 Click on the website above for information on reporting or call Childhelp (800-422-4453) for assistance.

Mississippi Toll-Free: (800) 222-8000 Local (toll): (601) 359-4991
Website: http://www.mdhs.state.ms.us/fcs_prot.html

Missouri Toll-Free: (800) 392-3738 Local (toll): (573) 751-3448
Website: http://www.dss.mo.gov/cd/rptcan.htm

Montana Toll-Free: (866) 820-5437
Website: http://www.dphhs.mt.gov/aboutus/divisions/childfamilyservices/index.shtml

Nebraska Toll-Free: (800) 652-1999
Website: http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/cha/chaindex.htm

Nevada Toll-Free: (800) 992-5757 Local (toll): (775) 684-4400
Website: http://dcfs.state.nv.us/DCFS_PhDirectory.htm

New Hampshire Toll-Free: (800) 894-5533 Local (toll): (603) 271-6556
Website: http://www.dhhs.state.nh.us/DHHS/BCP/default.htm

New Jersey TDD: (800) 835-5510 TTY: (800) 835-5510 Toll-Free: (877) 652-2873
Website: http://www.state.nj.us/humanservices/dyfs/hotlines.html

New Mexico Toll-Free: (800) 797-3260 Local (toll): (505) 841-6100
Website: http://www.cyfd.org/index.htm

New York TDD: (800) 369-2437 Toll-Free: (800) 342-3720 Local (toll): (518) 474-8740 Website: http://www.ocfs.state.ny.us/main/cps/

North Carolina Website: http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us/dss/cps/index.htm
Click on the website above for information on reporting or call Childhelp (800-422-4453) for assistance.

North Dakota Website: http://www.nd.gov/humanservices/services/childfamily/cps/#reporting
Click on the website above for information on reporting or call Childhelp (800-422-4453) for assistance.

Ohio Website: http://jfs.ohio.gov/county/cntydir.stm
Contact the county Public Children Services Agency using the list above or call Childhelp USA (800-422-4453) for assistance.

Oklahoma Toll-Free: (800) 522-3511
Website: http://www1.okdhs.org/en/programsandservices/cps/

Oregon Website: http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/children/abuse/cps/report.shtml
Click on the website above for information on reporting or call Childhelp (800-422-4453) for assistance.

Pennsylvania Toll-Free: (800) 932-0313
Website: http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/Child/ChildAbuseNeglect/

Puerto Rico Toll-Free: (800) 981-8333 Local (toll): (787) 749-1333
Spanish Information on Website: http://www.gobierno.pr/GPRPortal/StandAlone/AgencyInformation.aspxFilter=177Filter=177

Rhode Island Toll-Free: (800) RI-CHILD (800-742-4453)
Website: http://www.dcyf.ri.gov/chldwelfare/reporting.htm

South Carolina Local (toll): (803) 898-7318
Website: http://www.state.sc.us/dss/cps/index.html

South Dakota Local (toll): (605) 773-3227
Website: http://www.state.sd.us/social/CPS/Services/offices.htm

Tennessee Toll-Free: (877) 237-0004
Website: http://www.state.tn.us/youth/cps/index.htm

Texas Toll-Free: (800) 252-5400
Website: https://www.dfps.state.tx.us/Child_Protection/About_Child_Protective_Services/reportChildAbuse.asp
Utah Toll-Free: (800) 678-9399
Website: http://www.hsdcfs.utah.gov/

Vermont After hours: (800) 649-5285
Website: http://www.dcf.state.vt.us/fsd/reporting/index.html

Virginia Toll-Free: (800) 552-7096 Local (toll): (804) 786-8536
Website: http://www.dss.virginia.gov/family/cps/index.html

Washington TTY: (800) 624-6186 Toll-Free: (866) END-HARM (866-363-4276) After hours: (800) 562-5624
Website: http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/ca/safety/abuseReport.asp?2

West Virginia Toll-Free: (800) 352-6513
Website: http://www.wvdhhr.org/bcf/children_adult/cps/report.asp

Wisconsin Website: http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/Children/CPS/cpswimap.HTM
Click on the website above for information on reporting or call Childhelp (800-422-4453) for assistance.

Wyoming Website: http://dfsweb.state.wy.us/menu.htm
Click on the website above for information on reporting or call Childhelp (800-422-4453) for assistance.


 

 

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Teenage Brain: A work in progress
by the National Institute of Mental Health.

 Also, the American Bar Association writes, "The adolescent is not an adult... teens have increased difficulty making mature decisions and understanding the consequences of their actions." Read the ABA article Cruel and Unusual Punishment: the Juvenile Death Penalty.
   

 
   

Over 184 children have died in the last few years in the name of Justice and Treatment  alone,

Due to restraint ,Starvastion,Dehydration,Beatings and much more!

Yet the offending adults walk free !

To Date the department of children and family or Justice officials envoled

are held unaccountable for these deaths.Our government protects its employee's

from any accountability and negligence,,

Children are Rapped,Murdered, Starved ,Beaten and Neglected.

We sit here and close our eyes.

When a 5 years old child kicks. a teacher as she is being grabbed.......The CHILD IS ARRESTED.

and charge in the State of Florida ,Plus many other states follow this suit ,Due to zero tolerance.

A Law that was made tp protect US citizens from weapons , drugs and fatal harm within  schools ,Work environments

and Home's.But within our systems such as schools it has become common practice, to bend this law.

So that children are arrested for the smallest of childish behaviors ......

 While I believe we are a world of violence and need laws , I also strongly believe a child deserves a chance to live........

They are our most precious gift from God.

What Am I missing in this picture.

   

Proceedings are under way against officers involved in incident at the Pinellas Juvenile Detention Center.
By CURTIS KRUEGER, Times Staff Writer
Published October 9, 2003

 

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CLEARWATER - For the first time, the Department of Juvenile Justice has admitted it made mistakes that led to a fatal fight between two inmates at the Pinellas Juvenile Detention Center.

The department this week began proceedings to fire one senior detention officer and suspend an assistant superintendent for five days in connection with the fight that killed Daniel "Danny" Matthews, 17.

The agency's staff violated three procedures at the time of the fight, by failing to adequately supervise youths, failing to properly monitor one of the department's own employees and opening cell doors incorrectly, according to a new report prepared by the department's inspector general.

The report was another blow to the state-run agency that operates detention centers, which are essentially jails for juveniles, and residential rehabilitation centers for youths who have broken the law.

A criminal investigation in Miami is looking into the case of a 17-year-old detention inmate who died of a burst appendix even though he had reportedly complained of stomach pain. Staff members did not call 911 in that case.

Juvenile Justice Secretary Bill Bankhead said Wednesday it was clear the staff had erred in the Pinellas case, but he said his agency had made great strides overall in increasing the professionalism of its staff.

"It's a little (disappointing) to us that these situations would happen after we have worked so hard to improve the training of the department," he said.

Bankhead was in Clearwater attending a legislative committee hearing looking into safety at Florida's juvenile detention centers.

Some lawmakers expressed frustration at the state's handling of the Pinellas and Miami cases, and in the department's explanations.

"It just seems like they neglected to do things that are very important to secure the safety of our children," said state Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Palm Harbor.

"The department has this philosophy of just circling wagons and of trying to minimize the damage instead of just confronting the situation and dealing with it," said Rep. Gustavo "Gus" Barreiro, chairman of the Select Committee on Juvenile Detention Facilities.

The new report on Matthews' death in May pointed to three violations of procedures, one of which had been previously disclosed in a sheriff's report:

A trainee detention worker's decision to open two cell doors by using electronic controls. This allowed the two youths, Matthews and Louis Lauro, to confront each other and fight. The trainee, David Elswick, told investigators he thought he was opening doors for a group of inmates who were returning to their cells, not trying to get out.

Department policy says two detention workers should be present when an occupied cell is opened.

"It should not have happened," Assistant Juvenile Justice Secretary Larry Lumpee said.

Elswick, the trainee, should not have been working at the JDC. He had failed to pass his certification test, missing a passing score by one point. New workers have up to 180 days to pass the test, but Elswick had worked 241 days without passing it.

This oversight led to the five-day suspension of Assistant Superintendent Maureen Honan, who oversees training, and who has an otherwise spotless record, juvenile justice officials said.

Senior detention officer James Hull stayed behind in a JDC classroom putting away board games while a group of youths left and walked down a hallway to their cells. Under department procedures, he should have followed the youths. "This contributed to Elswick's confusion" when he opened the cell doors, the report says.

Matthews' mother, Diana, appeared at Wednesday's hearing and said afterwards she wasn't satisfied with the department's actions.

"Five-day suspension for my son's life?" she said.

"I would like to see some guards being punished a lot more than what they were," said Gerald Spence-Matthews, Daniel Matthews' brother. "If people were trained the right way, then my brother wouldn't be passed away right now."

At the legislative hearing in Clearwater, lawmakers heard from parents and advocates who said inmates sometimes don't receive proper medical care, and sometimes face violence from fellow inmates or overzealous guards. Two former employees said youths sometimes have been placed in confinement naked, a procedure designed for suicidal youths. But one said the practice was occasionally used as discipline.

Other speakers urged the department to provide more mental health services for youths in detention.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Justice Officials Admit Errors Led to Fatal Fight
 [SOUTH PINELLAS Edition]
 
CURTIS KRUEGER. St. Petersburg Times. St. Petersburg, Fla.: Oct 9, 2003. pg. 1.B

 

For the first time, the Department of Juvenile Justice has admitted it made mistakes that led to a

fatal fight between two inmates at the Pinellas Juvenile Detention Center.

Juvenile Justice Secretary Bill Bankhead said Wednesday it was clear the staff had erred in the

Pinellas case

 
 

Some lawmakers expressed frustration at the state's handling of the Pinellas and Miami cases,

and in the department's explanations.

"It just seems like they neglected to do things that are very important to secure the safety of

our children," said state Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Palm Harbor.

"The department has this philosophy of just circling wagons and of trying to minimize the damage

instead of just confronting the situation and dealing with it," said Rep. Gustavo "Gus" Barreiro,

chairman of the Select Committee on Juvenile Detention Facilities.

Department policy says two detention workers should be present when an occupied cell is opened.

"It should not have happened," Assistant Juvenile Justice Secretary Larry Lumpee said.

Elswick, the trainee, should not have been working at the JDC. He had failed to pass his certification

test, missing a passing score by one point. New workers have up to 180 days to pass the test, but

Elswick had worked 241 days without passing it.
 
 
 
 
   
   
 
   
 
   

 
   
   
 
   
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BOOT CAMP FOR KIDS: Torturing Teens for Fun and Profit
b

y Jordan Riak

Cruelty, sadism, injury & death in locked residential facilities for troubled youth; a resource for parents, students, educators, education policymakers, healthcare providers, children's advocates, and all others who are concerned with the safety and wellbeing of children.
 

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FICA
Fight Institutionalized Child Abuse
 

Our Mission: Our mission is to Fight Institutional Child Abuse. With the burgeoning multi-billion dollar business of institutionalizing troubled youth, the number of children being abused and dying in these institutions is growing at an alarming and shameful rate. The purpose of this site is to educate the general public about the dangers of institutionalizing youth in American companies that claim to provide therapy services for troubled youth.
by Kathy Moya
 

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Watchdog of the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice
 		 Our mission is to give voice to all who participate in Florida’s juvenile justice system: a voice for children, parents, and staff. Our goal is to use that voice to make the system better; to transform it into a service in which the entire community can be proud. TOGETHER, we make a difference! Justice4Kids
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 		 Fighting for the rights of children. Youth are speaking out about their experiences in behavior modification programs. Click here

What is the NAMI mission?
NAMI is dedicated to the eradication of mental illnesses and to the improvement of the quality of life of all whose lives are affected by these diseases.

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TB Fight Forum
 
 "We could be leading these kids to long-term problems that we don't have a clue about because we're not going about it in the proper way," he said... - Ken Kay - President WWASP - by Charles King
 		 Click here
 

Help at Any Cost: How the Troubled-Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids - A Book by Maia Szalavitz

I recommend you buy one for your public library, one for your local high school, middle school, and elementary school
 

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 		 IN LOVING MEMORY - ANGEL ABOVE
Daniel had one of the purest hearts I shall ever know and sang with tears in his eyes every night of his life to me , My heart shall go on . Daniel died 5-31-2003 in PCDJJ , Florida. His heart shall always go on ... by Diana Matthews
 		 Click here
 


 
Breaking the Vow of Secrecy, and more. Click here
 
Intrepid Net
Reporters		 This website represents the investigations and work of Donna Headrick who died on July 6, 2002. She devoted her time and attention to helping others. This website is a reflection of her concerns for our children. The owner of this website has not added to or changed any of the information as posted by Donna Headrick.
 		 Click here
Lone souls is a simple idea run by people who care about this issue. Since so many excellent grassroots advocacy organizations and information projects on the troubled-teen industry already exist, the idea of a gallery for creativity related to the issue seemed like one small thing we could do to contribute.
 		 Click here
A START seeks to promote access to community-based care so that children and families have meaningful, safe, and effective options available to them. A START believes that residential programs serving children with special mental health challenges should be properly licensed and monitored by state government, and accredited by independent accrediting organizations.
 		  Click here
The National Mental Health Association has written articles regarding the ineffectiveness of programs. You can find the articles in the "Professional Recommendations" section. click here
 		 Click here

 		 The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law is a national legal advocate for people with mental disabilities. Through precedent-setting litigation and in the public policy arena, the Bazelon Center works to advance and preserve the rights of people with mental illnesses and developmental disabilities. Click here to read what Bazelor has to say about children in residential treatment centers.
 		 Click here


 
At wwaspsinfo.net, you will find information WWASPS wants you to ignore. Some of the information is cross-referenced and appears on multiple pages. You will find overview of programs., etc.
 
Click here


 
CHARLY D. MILLER,
PARAMEDIC

 		 EMS Educator, Author, Consultant, Expert Witness - Charly has done extensive research about deaths resulting from restraints - Her report:
 "RESTRAINT ASPHYXIA – SILENT KILLER
"How to Avoid Restraint Asphyxia"

Part One
Part Two
Part Three

 
antiwwasp.com The goal of this website is to inform parents that may be considering to place their child into one of these programs that WWASP is not the answer to keeping your family together. Click here


 
Teen Advocates USA Founded in 1999 by Barbe Stamps, Teen Advocates USA is a not-for-profit children's rights and advocacy group ... Click here


 
the $traights dot com Straight, Inc.: rehabilitation, thought reform, $95 million and the destruction of young spirits. alk, in private, with their parents. Click here


 

EMANCIPATION PROJECT		 The Emancipation Project monitors and reports on all aspects of the "teen help industry" as it networks with scholars who study, and professionals who provide services to, juveniles who have been abused or neglected and parents who have been defrauded.
 		 Click here


 
Alexia Parks writes "An American Gulag", a must-read for anyone interested in learning more about the teen industry. (You can purchase this book online by clicking on the 2nd link to the right.)
 		 Click here

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WAVE Trust is an international charity dedicated to advancing public awareness of the root causes of violence, and the means to prevent and reduce violence in our society. Click here
 

PERSONS AGAINST RITUAL ABUSE - TORTURE
The main goals of Persons Against Ritual Abuse-Torture are: (1) to share information; (2) resource development; (3) research; (4) connecting with others with mutual goals; (5) and social activism to make a safer world for infants, children, youth, and vulnerable adults.
. 		Click here
 
Dr. Marshall talks about why corporal punishment does not work and gives alternative suggestions. Click here
Aware Parenting is a philosophy of child-rearing that has the potential to change the world... Parents who follow this approach raise children who are bright, compassionate, competent, non-violent, and drug-free. Click here


 
   
   
 

Our children need your voice!

If you have information regarding abuse, neglect, harassment, intimidation or discrimination of children in any state or local governmental institution, please contact justice4kids.org  or http://www.caica.org