October 9, 2006
I'm not leaving, right? Cynthia Allen asked this question the other day.
Although I would like to write about boy Joey, how everyone loves him, and how he wants to become better and lead a normal life, I was forced to write about what really happened to Joey Aletriz and how his mother feels about that.
I stopped thinking about her question, and these thoughts came to mind:
Imagine what it would look like if you had a teenage boy who needed help to cope with problems in his life. You helped him with him, and you thought you found him. You enrolled him in a treatment program for children with the promise that within six months they will be able to help him overcome his problems. Two months after you placed him in the program, you received a phone call: “I'm sorry, Mrs. Allen, but we don’t think that Joe is going to do it.”
Imagine your pain and disbelief, thoughts rushing through your head when you remember your son's words about a boy who died there just a few weeks ago. Imagine that you are in a hurry to the hospital to find your child lifeless, lying on the bed, his face has been hurt beyond recognition. As a nurse, you understood everything said and everything that happened around your son. You watched as they continued to try to resurrect him, only to refuse, when they knew that he was not going to come back to life. Imagine that you hold your child in your arms when there is no life left - this is a tragic scenario that Cynthia was forced to end.
Cynthia was told that her son was restrained because he did not want to give the pants a shirt with a hood, which he was wearing. But Cynthia remembers that the sweater met his dress code and that her son was allowed to wear it. She also recalls that it was cold on February day. It resembles barrack-style rooms where the boys slept and how cold it is. Why did he have a problem with his sweatshirt, Mom thought?
Cynthia, being a nurse, knew what happened to her son, it was not just restraint. She was trained in restrictions and had to comply with restrictions. If the restrictions are implemented in accordance with the policy and procedure, they do not cause the types of injuries received by her son. She understands when she read the preliminary autopsy report. She was alarmed to learn that the contents of her son were in the nasal cavity. One side of his face was black and blue, and the other side had a hematome from his temple to his jaw. His organs were damaged and he had bruises that were compatible with bullets or blows at various areas of his body. The list continued, as its longing.
Mom Joey lives with the memory of that day every day. She can't shake what happened to her son. She cannot allow his death to be in vain. She fought last week when she said: “They didn’t even say they’re sorry.
I feel that Cynthia has good cause for concern and wants to seek justice for her son, Joey. She is not only concerned about what happened to her son, but also about what happened to countless others. Her goal is to see that other parents do not need to end the excruciating pain that she had to end, and continues to endure. She said: “I don’t know what I’m going to do, it’s almost holidays. Alex is her eldest son, who also mourns the loss of his younger brother.
The juvenile justice system did not protect Joey when they complained that his mother was placing him on an object run by a company with a history of abuse, some leading to death.
Below is a list of the sixteen seventeen children who died only in the last year, when they were in youth programs (of which we know, there are hesitantly others):
On September 11, 2005, 12-year-old Shirley Archishevski was restrained and died of asphyxiation at Charlotte Group Home in South Carolina.
On September 13, 2005, 12-year-old Alex Harris died of dehydration and a header, allegedly when he was thrown on his head at the Youth Hope Ranch in Minden.
On September 18, 2005, 14-year-old Linda Harris was physically restrained by a male worker at the Advanced Training Center in Chad. She stopped breathing and then died.
On October 8, 2005, 13-year-old Kasey Warner was found dead in 12-inch water on ViaQuest Warren Avenue, around-the-clock service and surveillance, and that he would never be left alone, he was left alone and drowned in a 12-inch bath.
On October 13, 2005, 17-year-old Willy Durden died at the Cypress Creek Private Correctional Center for Juvenile Offenders in Lecanto, in Citrus County. An autopsy revealed that Willie died of ventricular arrhythmias due to an enlarged and diseased heart. A recent report said that the guards waited about 20 minutes after finding the lame teenager before calling 911 and starting CPR. The guard told investigators that he was waiting for CPR to start, because adolescents sometimes "play jokes." & # 39; & # 39;
On December 5, 2005, 12-year-old Michael "Mickey" Garcia was put in a basket where a Star Ranch employee in Texas was located. Mickey stopped breathing, could not be reborn, and then died.
December 12, 2005, 16-year-old James White lost his life at SummitQuest Academy, in Efrat, Pennsylvania. According to newspaper articles, his death is being investigated. Supposedly he fell during exercise and died.
On December 26, 2005, 14-year-old Johnny Lim complained of a painful headache, tore out and fell to the floor in his cell at the King County Juvenile Detention Center in Washington. A district medical expert ruled that death is a “spontaneous hemorrhage in the brain trunks”, due to natural causes. There are many unanswered questions from the Lima family and a lawyer representing the staff and center.
On January 6, 2006, 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson died in a hospital in Pensacola one day after the guards at the Shane County boxing camper punched, fried and put pressure on his head, trying to get him to continue doing the rounds. An autopsy by a special prosecutor led Martin to die of asphyxiation after the guards closed his mouth and put ammonia capsules in his nose. The strength report says that the guards thought Martin was strong.
On February 4, 2006, 16-year-old Giovanni "Joey" Alethriz died after being beaten and restrained at a SummitQuest in Efrat, Pennsylvania (details above).
On May 26, 2006, 7-year-old Angelica Arndt lost her life at the Northwest Leadership and Counseling Center in Rice Lake, Wisconsin. Angie was restrained nine times in the month when she was there, each containment lasted from one to two hours, when she was restrained for "rinsing with milk." The next day she again restrained herself, and the next she died as a result of restraint.
On May 31, 2006, 12-year-old Lenny Ortega drowned while walking on the Star Ranch in Texas. The object was under investigation for the death and the alleged abuse of other children; The facility was closed pending an investigation.
On June 17, 2006, 13-year-old Dillon Tyler Peak died after falling ill in the Mir-River wildlife camp in De Soto County, Florida. Officials say Dillon appears to have died from a severe case of encephalitis. Death remains under investigation.
July 16, 2006, 16-year-old Eliza Santri died after a hike in the desert in 110 ° weather, visiting an expedition through the desert. She was separated from her group for 10 hours before being found dead, alone with a canyon. She complained that she felt bad early in the morning, but she was allowed to go alone.
On July 31, 2006, 16-year-old Natalindra Lucy Slim was found a friend hanging from a computer cord. Her death is being investigated and considered suicidal at the Center for Rehabilitation of Adolescents administered by Presbyterian Medical Services
August 4, 2006, 14-year-old Daniel Kelly died in the heat. She was bedridden, infected with larvae and almost parallel to cerebral palsy. She died in extreme heat, dehydrated, weighed only 46 pounds when she died. According to October 25, 2006, an MSNBC article, a 14-year-old girl Pa, died of dehydration, fainted in bed with bedsores, under the nose of the city social services agency. workers did not notice the neglect.
On August 12, 2006, 16-year-old Alex Cullinan died of dehydration at the Christian Military Academy "Back to Basics." His death is being investigated. He did not eat for several days, according to other children, and complained of stomach pain. He died in the middle of the night, getting up to use the bathroom.
Below are the two children who died last year who were said to have been interrupted during their time in Tranquility, Jamaica. Both boys were presented on June 22, 2006 in the article “Rude Love”:
On June 6, 2006, Kerry Lane Brown was found dead in his bed. Lane spent nine months as part of the Worldwide Special Programs Program (WWASPS), Bay Tranquility Bay, where he was tortured - he was repeatedly processed with pepper for several months a day (the employee was admitted to him on video tape), his genitals were scrub with toilet brushes. His life was never the same, and he died at the age of 24. His death is under investigation.
On June 7, 2006, Carter Lynn was found dead hanging from a rafter in his house. Carter was interviewed about his experience, as well as in the WWASPS-Bay Bay program in Jamaica. His death is also under investigation.
