Florida Gives Camps the Boot

Florida Gives Camps the Boot
April 27, 2006

News Summary

The beating death of a teenager has led Florida lawmakers to close down the state's boot-camp system for juvenile offenders.

Fox News reported April 26 that the new state budget shifts funding away from the camps to a "less militaristic" program. The move comes in the wake of the death of Martin Lee Anderson, 14, who died after being beaten by guards at a Panama City boot camp.

The budget plan approved by House and Senate lawmakers also increases juvenile-justice spending by about $32 million, to a total of $700 million.

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