by WWASP Survivors | Aug 1, 2026 | Non-WWASP Programs, Survivor Testimony
6 months after my 12th birthday I was sent to Lake House Academy in Flat Rock, NC. Immediately after I got there a girl jumped from the highest balcony of the house in the middle of the night and broke both of her legs, and I knew that this wasn’t a place I was...
by WWASP Survivors | Aug 1, 2026 | Sunset Bay Academy, Survivor Testimony, WWASP Programs
I was sent to Sunset Bay Academy after a failed suicide attempt at 15 years old. I was originally sent to Holy Highway in Texas but was kicked out after a month. They told my parents my depression was too severe and recommended I be sent to a long-term psych hospital...
by WWASP Survivors | Aug 1, 2026 | Spring Creek Lodge, Survivor Testimony, WWASP Programs
I am 34 now, I was 14 when I attended which was 2002 ? I had just turned 15 part way through so I believe that is accurate. I was in EXCEL. My “leader” or whatever it was called – – – there was 2, KEVIN and another younger guy Adam? My...
by WWASP Survivors | Aug 1, 2026 | Sunset Bay Academy, Survivor Testimony, WWASP Programs
I survived Sunset Bay Academy in Tijuana Mexico. I was sent to SBA in May of 2016. I was there for about a year. During that time I was molested and raped by staff. I was physically abused almost daily. They would use withholding food as a punishment. I had my...
by WWASP Survivors | Aug 1, 2026 | Bethel Boys Academy, Survivor Testimony, WWASP Programs
This school left me as a shell of the person I could have been. My entire life has been spent unlearning and repairing myself from what they did to me, and with no support from family or anyone else. I was at Bethel for so long because my mother divorced her second...
by WWASP Survivors | Aug 1, 2026 | Paradise Cove, Survivor Testimony, WWASP Programs
Hello. I was in paradise cove and casa by the sea. I am 38 years old. I am only now BEGINNING to understand fully what happened to me. I want to help. I am from boston, when i came home the program did not stop for me. I am still being victimized by the courts and...
