FIRST DRUG TREATMENT BOOT CAMP FOR JUVENILES OPENS IN CALIFORNIA
FIRST DRUG TREATMENT BOOT CAMP FOR JUVENILES OPENS IN CALIFORNIA
NBC ID: ARQ1BY56GR | Production Unit: Today Show | Media Type: Aired Show | Media ID: T901023 | Air Date(s): 10/23/1990 | Event Date(s): 10/22/1990Transcript
Event Date(s): 10/22/1990 | Event Location(s): Lake Hughes;California | Description: FIRST DRUG TREATMENT BOOT CAMP FOR JUVENILES OPENS IN CALIFORNIA JUVENILE DRUG OFFENDERS WEAR UNIFORMS; STAND IN FORMATION; & MARCH ON GROUNDS OF DRUG TREATMENT BOOT CAMP IN LAKE HUGHES. MAN IN UNIFORM WEARING SGT STRIPES SHOUTS COMMANDS. JUVENILES SEEN IN SILHOUETTE AS THEY MARCH IN FORMATION. COLOR GUARD STAND NEARBY; & HOLD FLAGS AS MOUNTAINS ARE SEEN IN BACKGROUND. CLOSE UP OF 18-YEAR-OLD JUVENILE DRUG OFFENDER ALEX SEEN. IN OUTDOOR INTERVIEW ALEX SAYS MANY JUVENILES GET INVOLVED WITH GANGS; & DRUGS SO THEY NEED DISCIPLINE. IN OUTDOOR INTERVIEW DRUG COUNSELOR JAY CAVANAUGH SAYS THEY DEAL WITH EDUCATION; & SELF-ESTEEM OF JUVENILES. JUVENILES APPEAR WITH BLACKED-OUT FACES AS THEY SIT ON COTS; & READ PAMPHLETS IN BARRACKS. JUVENILES STACK CLOTHES ON SHELVES. DURING OUTDOOR PRESS CONFERENCE DIRECTOR OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY PROBATION DEPT BARRY NIDORF SAYS THIS IS JUVENILES LAST CHANCE BEFORE THEY FACE EQUIVALENT OF STATE PRISON. JUVENILES MARCH IN FORMATION AS CAMERAMEN; PHOTOGRAPHERS; & OTHERS ARE SEEN NEARBY. SHUMAN SIGNS OFF IN VO FROM LAKE HUGHES. 90K1415 CS TA; UNABLE TO ESTABLISH ALL IDS