Boys Ranch Will Keep Operating
The Arizona Department of Economic Security reached agreement with the Arizona Boys Ranch, allowing the troubled juvenile-offender rehabilitation program to continue operating in exchange for significant changes. Nicholaus Contreraz, 16, of Sacramento died under its care March 2, and a Pinal County grand jury has indicted five former Boys Ranch workers on child abuse and manslaughter charges. The changes in the accord, announced in Tucson, include zero tolerance for abuse of the delinquent and troubled youth in its care and custody.
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