by WWASP Survivors | Aug 25, 2020 | News, Politics
Recently, as member of a multi-organization coalition, WWASP Survivors along with The Freedom Village Experience and The National Youth Rights Association, co-wrote an open letter to our law makers to close “troubled teen” programs for youth.Due to health...
by WWASP Survivors | Aug 25, 2020 | News
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by WWASP Survivors | Jul 2, 2019 | News
by John Treanor Monday, May 20th 2019 LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — When a boarding school shut down, the owners arrested for forty counts of child abuse, we had questions. We had a hard time getting answers. To give you an example, when we asked who these students were and how...
by WWASP Survivors | Jun 19, 2019 | Breaking Code Silence, News
WWASP Survivors, is teaming up with BreakingCodeSilence.net and SDLS (Suburbia’s Dirty Little Secret) to support the #breakingcodesilence campaign to spread awareness of the troubled teen industry and the need for reform. Each year, thousands of teenagers are...
by WWASP Survivors | Dec 22, 2017 | Ben Trane Trial, News
Benjamin Trane, the former owner and director of Midwest Academy, shows no emotion as he was found guilty on three counts in his sexual abuse and child endangerment trial, Friday Dec. 22, 2017 at the South Lee County Courthouse in Keokuk, Iowa. [John...
by WWASP Survivors | Dec 14, 2017 | Ben Trane Trial, News
Testimony began Wednesday in Keokuk, Iowa, in the trial of former Midwest Academy owner and director Ben Trane, who has charged with offenses including sexual abuse of a minor, sexual exploitation of a minor, and child endangerment. The charges spring from...
