Bay County Sheriff Frank McKeithen formally informed state juvenile justice officials Tuesday that he was shutting down the camp he operates under contract with the state.
In a short, three-paragraph letter to Department of Juvenile Justice Secretary Anthony J. Schembri, McKeithen defended his youth camp, which has come under heavy fire since Jan. 6, when 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson died hours after a 20-minute altercation with about seven or eight officers.
McKeithen said in his letter to Schembri that the boot camp ``concept is a very good idea.''
See the video at CBS News and judge for yourself if the bootcamp was a good idea.
Jeb Bush has assigned Mark Ober to investigate the death.
The Hernando County jail experienced three suicides within 3 months. I blogged before, how guard were not properly making their rounds, at the time of the suicides. Corrections Corporation of America runs the facility. The company has a history of mismanagement. Warden Arvil Chapman has been transferred to Kentucky. My question is why does he still have a job.
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