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TRANQUILITY BAY NEWS

Special Report:
New York boy trapped in Jamaican teen gulag Tranquility Bay


Tranquility Bay closing its doors? Rumor or fact? (click here)
Numerous children have reported being kept
in this position for days, weeks, even months

                                                                           ▪ Click here for news
                                                                           ▪ Click here for more information
                                                                           ▪ Click here for a sneak peak into one of America's best kept secrets

Documentary French Documentary Coming Soon
 		 (click here)

Randall Hinton

 About Randall Hinton
 		 (click here)

Testimony

 Terry Cameron

Supplemental Declaration of Terry Cameron

Declaration of Kerry Layne Brown

Layne was severely abused for nine months during his stay at Tranquility Bay. He was pepper sprayed by Randall Hinton multiple times per day every day while he was there. Hinton admitted to this on video.
 

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Testimony Aaron Kravig describes the Program as practiced by WWASP at Tranquility Bay
 		 (click here)

Testimony

 Trial testimony of Aaron Kravig, Lindsey Wise, and Nick Violente
 		 (click here)

        WWASP

 Tough Love - It's Gotten Too Tough
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TRANQUILITY BAY NEWS

March 26, 2008 Government to probe Tranquility Bay
 		 (click here)
March 26, 2008 Cayman Minister orders Tranquility Bay probe
 		 (click here)
March 6, 2008
 		 Tranquility Bay: helping or harming Cayman's youth? (click here)
July 7, 2007 Tranquility Bay closing its doors? Rumor or fact?
 		 (click here)
June 28, 2007
 		 Changes at WWASPS' Tranquility Bay (click here)
July 17, 2006 TB troubles very public
 		 (click here)
July 13, 2006 Controversy surrounds Tranquility Bay

Comments about article:

TB Troubles Very Public by Isabelle Zehnder

Do Homework on Tranquility Bay by Blanche Hardy
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June 22, 2006 Rough Love: A heart-wrenching article with a chilling ending
 		 (click here)
March 13, 2006 The Cutting Edge: Tranquility Bay:
Disturbing look at the booming tough-love industry in the United States
 		 (click here)
January 23, 2006 No More Nightmares at Tranquility Bay?
 		 (click here)
July 20, 2005 Cops search for two Tranquility Bay teens
 		 (click here)
December 7, 2004 Paradise Lost
 		 (click here)
December 7, 2004 Locked in Paradise
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December 7, 2004 Tranquility Bay: The Last Resort
 		 (click here)
July 9, 2003 Overseas Boot Camps: Trouble at Tranquility Bay
 		 (click here)
June 13, 2003 Parents Divided Over Jamaica Disciplinary Academy
 		 (click here)
June 8, 2003 Jamaica No Problem, Says Tranquility Bay
 		 (click here)
Spring 2003 My Visit to Tranquility Bay by Richard Titsch, III
 		 (click here)
December 31, 2002 Family Wins Fight to Remove Teen From Tranquility Bay
 		 (click here)

 

    

  A SNEAK PEAK INTO SOME
     OF AMERICA'S BEST KEPT
     SECRETS ... (click here) 

    Four separate countries, all with
    limited child protection laws,
    have shut WWASP  facilities
    down for suspected child
    abuse and neglect:

    ▪ Casa by the Sea in Mexico
    ▪ Dundee Ranch in Costa Rica
    ▪ Morava in Czech Republic
    ▪ Paradise Cove, W. Samoa
    ▪ Sunrise Beach, Mexico
    ▪ High Impact, Mexico

    WWASP FACILITIES
    (List updated May 2006)

    World Wide Association of
    Specialty Programs (WWASP)
     ▪  Sting of WWASP
     ▪  Updated list of WWASP facilities
    ▪  WWASP Founder
    ▪  WWASP President
    ▪  Tranquility Bay

 Tranquility Bay Documentary
  Comments from viewers -
  Les Enfants Perdus De Tranquility
  Bay
   Note: this film aired in Australia and France
   only, and is not available in the U.S.
 

 Tranquility Bay Documentary
    Comments from viewers
    Les Enfants Perdus de Tranquility Bay (France)
    The Cutting Edge (Australia)

     Note: this film aired in Australia and France only, and is not available in the U.S.

       

  • There are no laws to protect the children
  • The facility is not licensed and there is no oversight
  • Children lose their basic human rights
  • Many have no privacy to use the restroom or shower
  • Children lose contact with the outside world
  • Once phone calls with parents are finally allowed, usually 3-6
    months after the child enters the program, they are censored; 
    children lose all other verbal contact with the outside world
  • Children’s letters to extended family and friends are usually
    not delivered, and mail is censored
  • Many have spent months on their faces in isolation

     Over the years, thousands of children have ended up at WWASP’s
     Tranquility Bay facility in Jamaica where reports and articles have
     shown, and victims have alleged…
    
     Click here for more information on Tranquility Bay

    CONTROVERSY SURROUNDS TRANQUILITY BAY ◄ NEW

    ROUGH LOVE: (June 22, 2006), by Joanne Green - Kids from South Florida and beyond are
    sent to Jamaica to straighten up. Or else.

    A VERY CHILLING ENDING: Two of the boys whose stories were told in Rough Love are no
    longer with us today. Kerry Layne Brown died on June 6, Carter Lynn died on June 7.
    Click here.


 

    FOX NEWS:
   ▪  Tough-Love Schools
       (Box with "Photos/Videos",
        click Videos and choose
        Part 1, 2, or 3)

      12-Point Program to Prevent Torture (points 1-7 below)

   1. Condemn torture and other ill-treatment
       The highest authorities of every country should demonstrate their total
       opposition to torture and other ill-treatment ...
   2. Ensure access to prisoners
       Torture and other ill-treatment often take place while prisoners are held
       incommunicado – unable to contact people outside who could help them
       or find out what is happening to them ...
   3. No secret detention
       In some countries torture and other ill-treatment take place in secret locations,
       often after the victims are made to "disappear" ...
   4. Provide safeguards during detention and interrogation
       All prisoners should be immediately informed of their rights. These include the right
       to lodge complaints about their treatment and to have a judge rule without delay
       on the lawfulness of their detention ...
   5. Prohibit torture and other ill-treatment in law
       Governments should adopt laws for the prohibition and prevention of torture and
       other ill-treatment ...
   6. Investigate
       All complaints and reports of torture or other ill-treatment should be promptly,
        impartially and effectively investigated ...
   7. Prosecute
 

 

 

 

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