DSS investigates Carolina Springs Academy

From Desperate Measures – CAICA.org (site no longer exists) “Carolina Springs Academy teaches values, integrity, honor and respect for authority.” So begins the Teen Help marketing handbook’s description of one of the company’s newest...

U.S. Youths Rebel at Harsh School

By TIM WEINER Published: May 27, 2003 OROTINA, Costa Rica, May 25 — A torrent of teenage rage, hard and fast as the tropical rain on this Pacific coast, washed away the Academy at Dundee Ranch this weekend. Dundee Ranch, the latest foreign outpost in a far-flung...

WWASP Slammed by Federal Court

Children’s Programs Marred by Scandal PRESS RELEASE WEBWIRE – Thursday, July 06, 2006 By Paula Reeves CONTACT: paulareeves@paulareeves.com WEB SITE: www.paulareeves.com SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (July 9, 2006) – The World Wide Association of Specialty Programs (WWASP), a...
Update: WWASP lawsuit to be heard in St. George Utah

Update: WWASP lawsuit to be heard in St. George Utah

Wide-scope school abuse lawsuit to be heard in St. George Written by  Kevin Jenkins August 15, 2012 · Last Update: 10:57 AM ST. GEORGE — A lawsuit claiming several youth correctional schools throughout the world were involved in perpetrating physical and sexual abuse...
Romney, Torture, and Teens

Romney, Torture, and Teens

Romney, Torture, and Teens The former governor’s connections to abusive “tough love” camps By Maia Szalavitz | June 27, 2007 Article quoted from Reason.com When Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said he’d support doubling the size of the...