North Carolina will revoke license of wilderness camp where boy died
Trails Carolina, a wilderness camp for troubled adolescents where a 12-year-old boy died in February, is losing its license.
North Carolina officials on Friday said that they will revoke the license of Trails Carolina, a wilderness camp for troubled adolescents where a 12-year-old boy died in February.
In a letter to the camp's executive director, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services wrote that Trails Carolina had failed to comply with state regulations and said its license to operate would be revoked in 60 days.
The department's letter cited medication requirements and "protection from harm, abuse, neglect or exploitation" as some of the regulations that Trails Carolina had failed to follow.
Wendy D’Alessandro, a spokesperson for Trails Carolina, said the camp could not immediately comment.
The move comes after the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services notified the camp in March that it had violated several state regulations, including one requiring mental health facilities to protect clients from abuse, and informed it that its license was in jeopardy.
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