After Lamont was arrested on a battery charge earlier this year, when he was 10, a judge ruled he was not mentally competent, meaning he could not understand the charges against him and therefore could not be prosecuted until he did. But in the meantime, he got arrested for battery again at his school. Because after the courts sentence these children, possibly handing them over to the Department of Juvenile Justice, the children's mental condition still needs to be dealt with. A grand jury made a similar point in the case of a Marion County boy named Michael Wiltsie. The camp, operated by Eckerd Youth Alternatives, is designed to teach personal responsibility, communication and life skills to troubled youths.
Youths build their own shelters and plan wilderness trips.
Yet he was taken off his medication, because the camp does not accept boys who need it, according to the jurors' official report. St. Petersburg Times.