TOPICS: Cash-strapped states cut juvenile justice programs - Grand Forks Herald

TOPICS: Cash-strapped states cut juvenile justice programs Grand Forks Herald, ND - 14 hours ago Kentucky is nixing a boot camp-style program developed by the National Guard. Virginia is losing behavioral services staff and a facility that prepares ...

Regime change as boot camps are the latest way to battle the bulge - The Herald

Regime change as boot camps are the latest way to battle the bulge The Herald, UK - Dec 14, 2008 The first boot camps appeared in the states of Georgia and Oklahoma in 1983. They were an attempt to reduce prison overcrowding, the rising costs of ...

Labette Men's Camp Closing Under Budget Constraints - KWCH

Labette Men's Camp Closing Under Budget Constraints KWCH, KS - Dec 31, 2008 The men's and women's camps were formed as a middle ground between probation and prison time. Major Tom Bringle, who runs both camps, says they are the only ...

State to close prisoner boot camp - Kansas.com

State to close prisoner boot camp Kansas.com, KS - Jan 2, 2009 With both the men and women, some inmates from the camps will be placed on intensive supervised probation while others will go to state prison, he said. ...

Santa Clara County probation chief seeks to expand juvenile ranches - San Jose Mercury News

Santa Clara County probation chief seeks to expand juvenile ranches San Jose Mercury News,  USA - Dec 16, 2008 Once adult-style prison boot camps, they now feature wooden furniture and overstuffed couches in 12-bed living "pods." Ongoing group treatment sessions ...