by WWASP Survivors | Aug 1, 2026 | Sunset Bay Academy, Survivor Testimony, WWASP Programs
I was sent to SBA (previously known as California Leadership Academy and Bayside Academy)in May 2016 after a failed suicide attempt. While I was there I was raped by the program director Dr. Hugo Wright. I was sexually abused by a staff member named Carlos, I was...
by WWASP Survivors | Aug 1, 2026 | Non-WWASP Programs, Survivor Testimony
I was sixteen years old when I was sent to Evangelhouse Christian Academy. I had been in and out of hospitals and treatment centers for the prior 3 years. A month before I was sent away, I had been raped by my girlfriend, attempted suicide, and relapsed hard with my...
by WWASP Survivors | Aug 1, 2026 | Non-WWASP Programs, Survivor Testimony
I went to Maple Lake in 2009 to 2010, I am now a successful adult and I am still undoing the trauma from here. I was sent to MLA after I was raped, kicked out of my home and then OD’d, it was all too much for a 17 year old to deal with alone. When I first got...
by WWASP Survivors | Aug 1, 2026 | Dundee Ranch, Survivor Testimony, WWASP Programs
When I was twelve I started to have behavioral issues but I don’t believe that I deserved this. I fought with my mom on occasion and I drank alcohol 1X and had started smoking weed. My brother was already in and out of DT and had a couple assult charges on his...
by WWASP Survivors | Aug 1, 2026 | Non-WWASP Programs, Survivor Testimony
I was sent to Pacific Life Program on Feb 8th, 2018 and I spent 7 months there. Prior to attending this institution I was having severe mental health problems and I stopped attending school, so my mom kicked me out and PLP was basically just a housing option for me...
by WWASP Survivors | Aug 1, 2026 | Non-WWASP Programs, Survivor Testimony
As a troubled youth I was placed in this institution. There were kids and even young adults there that had been forced to stay for over four years. I witnessed and experienced horrific mental and physical abuse. This program was chased out of a number of states and...
