realanastasia
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“Protocol” dictated that the newly arrived camper would have to spend the night on the floor of the bunkhouse, in a makeshift tent which he could not leave without assistance from staff? What aspects of THAT practice are ‘evidence-based” or “trauma-informed”?Here are warrants for the current case (there was another death maybe 10 years ago):
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Warrants show clearer timeline, disturbing details after boy found dead at Trails Carolina
A News 13 investigation is uncovering new details about a 12-year-old’s death at a wilderness therapy program in Transylvania County.wlos.com
The warrant references bivy bags and restraints, though this might be cautionary and not reflective of the incident.
But, heck, on what planet would a camp have use for bivy bags in a cabin in North Carolina. Sleeping bag yes. Bivy bag NO. They're basically sacks. They have no insulation, so you wouldn't get issued one for warmth. They're sometimes (not always) waterproof. They're generally used to protect from the elements when you bivouac; this can be an emergency, or e.g. if you're climbing El Capitan and to on top of one of those scary-looking platforms hung of a sheer cliff with ropes. Were these bivvies "technical", or homemade? Horrors. I wonder if the camp used them as a restraint, or maybe they had kids exposed to the elements?
Let me continue reading...
That article has WAY more details. I don't even want to spell them out. They're just....
Oh, man...the bivy was a deprivation chamber on the floor of the cabin. Sickening.
More horrific details (bolded by me) from this article—IMO, there are probably details still to be learned about the staff members’ role in this child’s death: Warrant: 12-year-old boy found cold, stiff at NC wilderness camp
“According to the warrant, the boy was laying on a mat on the floor of a bunk house.
[…]
“CJH was laying on his back with his arms on his chest and his knees bent upwards toward the sky.”
According to the warrant, the boy was wearing a hoodie and t-shirt but his pants and underwear were laying next to his shoulder. The warrant said none of the staff interviewed by detectives could explain how his pants and underwear were taken off and ended up next to his shoulder.
“Once they rolled the body, CJH began to foam at the mouth, which could’ve indicated that he ingested some sort of poison.”