Tranquility Bay, Jamaica
Founded: 1997
Shut Down: 2009
Allegations: Torture, unsanitary living conditions, unqualified staff, denial of medical care
Lawsuits: Florida family sues WWASPS for negligence, New York Family sues Jamaican reform school, 2006 Turley Lawsuit (a class action lawsuit filed against all WWASPS programs)
Other Names: n/a
Official website: http://web.archive.org/web/20030813193704/http://www.tranquilitybay.org/
Teen Help Referral:
Location: Treasure Beach, Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica
Staff: Director Jay Kay
Cost: $3,000 per month
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tranquility_Bay
Notes: The television program A&E - Intervention aired an episode about Cassie, a young woman sent to Tranquility Bay for her addition to painkillers.
Videos:
BBC feature - "Locked in Paradise"
Liveleak.com - "Tranquility Bay-WWASP behaviour modification camps"
Movie
"The children lost in Tranquility Bay"
Blogs:
The WWASPS Diaries
Live Leak - Tranquility Bay
Tales from the black school - Bekah's story
Tranquility Bay
News:
Tranquility Bay is not a paradise
25 Plaintiffs join in lawsuit against WWASPS
Camp Fear
Eyes, Mind, Heart - WWASP
Controversy surrounds Tranquility Bay
Rough Love
Troubled U.S. academy closed
The Last Resort
Parents divided over Jamaica disciplinary academy
"Visit to Tranquility Bay"
Boot camp offers youth hope, help, hell
Family sues Jamaican reform school
In loving memory of Kerry Layne Brown
Former student alleges months of abuse
Tough love schools are both loved, hated
Sorry to wake you honey, they're coming to take you away
Kidnapping of California youth ruled legal
Bay kidnap case pits parents vs teens
Utah Adolescent Hospital Shut
Deaths
2001 (in program) - Valerie Ann Heron, 17 years old, suspected suicide, Tranquility Bay
2006 (after program) - Carter Lynn, suicide, had previously attended Tranquility Bay (interview from a few weeks before his death)
Shut Down: 2009
Allegations: Torture, unsanitary living conditions, unqualified staff, denial of medical care
Lawsuits: Florida family sues WWASPS for negligence, New York Family sues Jamaican reform school, 2006 Turley Lawsuit (a class action lawsuit filed against all WWASPS programs)
Other Names: n/a
Official website: http://web.archive.org/web/20030813193704/http://www.tranquilitybay.org/
Teen Help Referral:
Location: Treasure Beach, Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica
Staff: Director Jay Kay
Cost: $3,000 per month
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tranquility_Bay
Notes: The television program A&E - Intervention aired an episode about Cassie, a young woman sent to Tranquility Bay for her addition to painkillers.
Videos:
BBC feature - "Locked in Paradise"
Liveleak.com - "Tranquility Bay-WWASP behaviour modification camps"
Movie
"The children lost in Tranquility Bay"
Blogs:
The WWASPS Diaries
Live Leak - Tranquility Bay
Tales from the black school - Bekah's story
Tranquility Bay
News:
Tranquility Bay is not a paradise
25 Plaintiffs join in lawsuit against WWASPS
Camp Fear
Eyes, Mind, Heart - WWASP
Controversy surrounds Tranquility Bay
Rough Love
Troubled U.S. academy closed
The Last Resort
Parents divided over Jamaica disciplinary academy
"Visit to Tranquility Bay"
Boot camp offers youth hope, help, hell
Family sues Jamaican reform school
In loving memory of Kerry Layne Brown
Former student alleges months of abuse
Tough love schools are both loved, hated
Sorry to wake you honey, they're coming to take you away
Kidnapping of California youth ruled legal
Bay kidnap case pits parents vs teens
Utah Adolescent Hospital Shut
Deaths
2001 (in program) - Valerie Ann Heron, 17 years old, suspected suicide, Tranquility Bay
2006 (after program) - Carter Lynn, suicide, had previously attended Tranquility Bay (interview from a few weeks before his death)
