Just a little discipline??

June 16, 2000

Check this one out:

Boot Camp For Trouble Kids Closed

..c The Associated Press

<<<RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The state has shut down a ``boot camp'' for troubled

children after state officials accused the operator of improper discipline

that included handcuffing a child for three days.

After the state Division of Social Services filed a complaint against the

camp and Moses, a court issued a temporary restraining order Thursday

against Moses and his wife, Katrina. The order alleges Moses operated the

camp without a proper state license.

The camp was closed Thursday and the 62 children there were removed and taken

to an emergency shelter.

``It was clear that the strict discipline at the About Face Boot Camp was

sometimes abusive,'' said Burge, director of the Burke County Department

of Social Services.

The 2-year-old camp accepts troubled boys and girls between the ages of 5 and

16 and subjects them to a ``strict, military-style regimen.'' Parents were

charged $800 for the two-week sessions, according to the camp's Web site.

The state's complaint alleged Moses assaulted a child and then kept him in

handcuffs for three days. It said the state was investigating other

allegations of mistreatment.

Moses said he did handcuff the boy.

``He was handcuffed some and unhandcuffed some. He was allowed to go to the

bathroom and bathe. We even took him to Quincy's to eat with no restraints,''

Moses said.

The child who was handcuffed was among two children who left the group last

week, Sheriff T. McDevitt said.

Moses said he went to county and state officials in Raleigh to ask about

licensing requirements before he opened the camp.

``They couldn't give me an answer because they didn't know what category to

put me in,'' Moses said.

Toni Wyman, (CTO)...Gwinnett County Police, GA ( just N of HotLanta)

770 Hi Hope Rd, Lawrenceville, GA 30046

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