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Search results for "camp" ...
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PBPost: Kids In Peril
This series exposed 30 years of inaction and broken promises by state lawmakers who knew that children were at risk in unlicensed summer camps across Florida yet enacted no basic laws to protect them; as a result, kids were sexually abused and many more are put at risk.
Tags: Sexual abuse; summer camps; children
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Disposable Soldiers
The article exposes a stunning crime: the U.S. Army tortured an American soldier. The reporters discover that this case was not an isolated incident.
Tags: torture; Fort Hood; Camp Taji; army; soldier; Afghanistan; Iraq
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"Disposable Soldiers"
Reporter Joshua Kors exposes the story of Sergeant Chuck Luther who was severely injured by "mortar fire while serving in Iraq." His injury took the form of intense headaches that caused his vision to black out. He was asked to sign documents that claimed he had a "pre-existing condition," and when he refused, he was locked in a closet for more than "a month, with armed guards enforcing sleep deprivation." Finally, Luther signed the documents, which stripped him of disability benefits and long-term medical care.
Tags: Iraq; disability; fraud; Camp Taji; U.S. Army; Fort Hood; medical care; pre-existing condition
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Sex offender, other felons ran camps for homeless kids
This investigation "found that Palm Beach County officials paid a convicted child molester, drug dealers, thieves and other people with criminal records nearly half a million dollars in public money to run summer camps for homeless, foster and impoverished children during the past three years."
Tags: child safety; sex offender; criminal records; child care; criminal background; camp; child welfare
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Camp Lejeune: Deadly Waters
Marines at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina had been exposed to toxic drinking and bathing water for 30 years despite warnings from outside contractors. When people began raising questions about the contaminated water, base officials ignored them.
Tags: toxic; contaminated; water safety; marines; chemicals
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Camp Drowning
In this investigation, it looks at the standards and regulations of U.S. summer camps. “Only 25 percent of camps in this country are accredited, meaning they meet 300 health and safety standards”. Many parents send their children to these camps believing their children are safe, but when accidents happen it is too late to do anything.
Tags: kids; Gottesman family; life guards; counselors; license; federal; American Camp Association; state; local
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Witness to War
This first-hand account of conflict in region of Afghanistan and Pakistan reveals how horrific living and working in this region can be. This investigation reveals the “human cost of conflict, reality of life in refugee camps, examine how children are impacted by the instability, and discuss whether there’s any hope for the future”.
Tags: documentary; danger; devastation; distrust; civil war; war on terror; media; violence; journalists; death; disease; global issues; oppression
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Killing Fields: Long Road to Justice
“An investigation of Khmer Rouge tribunal being held in Cambodia and allegations of corruption”. Further, the investigation began with the hunt for Ta Chan who was the chief interrogator and suspected of living in a remote Cambodian village. Also, torture was a daily experience for many of the prisoners being held and resulted in a number of deaths.
Tags: S-21 prison; camp; trial; charges; jungle; death camp; court; prosecution; horrific; institutions; Vietnamese; crimes
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Chainsaw Scouting
This series “examines the long-running logging and land use practices conducted by Boy Scouts of America groups across the nation for the past two decades”. Some of the major findings include: instead of preserving the land they often sold woodlands to make money, sold property given to them by donors, ruined habitats for a number of protected species, and used the revenue from these deals to compensate for lost funding.
Tags: non-profit; camps; profit; conservationists; children; Virgil McCroskey; forestry
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The Lost Kids
Treatment for mentally ill children is suppose to help children, but the treatment in Arizona is absent in many ways. This series explains the extent parents will go to find adequate help for their children. Further, will also describe the poor conditions where many of these children end up, these include the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections. Even after improvements, places such as the Juvenile Corrections cannot stop children from committing suicide.
Tags: Arizona; mentally ill; children; kids; treatment; parents; suicide; therapy; camp; support; help; illness; disease