Boot Camps People Eslpod Difficult Training Exercise Designed

A "boot camp" is usually a short-term training program, especially when referring to training for new soldiers or intense exercise programs designed to help people lose weight quickly. This idea has been "adapted" (changed for another purpose) to be used in prisons. Boot camps are sometimes used instead of a "prison term" (a length of time when one must stay in a prison). Some of these boot camps require "hard labor" (intense, difficult physical activity), while others are more "therapeutic" (designed to change one's behavior) and include activities like "counseling" (opportunities to talk about one's feelings) and "academic" (related to school subjects) classes.

Some boot camps are designed specifically for "juvenile offenders" (children and teenagers who have broken the law) and they are "highly" (very; extremely) "controversial" (with people having strong opinions for and against something). In one "alarming" (causing surprise and great concern) case, a 14-year-old died during a boot camp in Florida while his "drill instructors" (the people who lead activities in a boot camp) "beat" (hit) him and insisted that he continue to exercise even after he had "collapsed" (fallen down). This boot camp was actually part of an "academy" (school) rather than a prison system, but in response, the state of Florida in 2006 "banned" (no longer allowed; prohibited) "state-run" (operated by the state government) boot camps.

"Advocates" (people who think something is good) of boot camps say that the camps are a good way to "shock" (surprise in a negative way) "trouble youth" (children who get into a lot of trouble) so that they change their behavior. But "opponents" (people who dislike something) say that the boot camps are too "harsh" (difficult) and "severe" (strong and strict) for children and teenagers.