Boy’s Death Spurs Call for Boot Camp Oversight
Gov. Jane Hull wants the state to look into boosting oversight of private boot camps in the wake of a 14-year-old boy’s death at one of the facilities.
Hull said her staff is researching how other states keep tabs on such programs and that she will appoint a task force to suggest steps the state should take.
“Camps of this type . . . occupy a ‘black hole’ in our state’s regulatory scheme--and that’s wrong,” Hull said.
Anthony Haynes, 14, had been attending a private boot camp outside Phoenix before he died July 1. A court document said he was forced to stand in sweltering heat as punishment and died at a motel after he vomited mud.
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