Jail break at Tranquility Bay?

[Antigen]

I just heard a rumor that around 14 kids busted out of Tranquility Bay and that 7 have been caught. Anyone got any news or confirmation? Can ya'll look around some of the other forums and see what turns up?

Thanks,
Ginger

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed people can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.
-- Margaret Mead

[Anonymous]

On 2003-11-10 20:27:00, Antigen wrote:

"I just heard a rumor that around 14 kids busted out of Tranquility Bay and that 7 have been caught. Anyone got any news or confirmation? Can ya'll look around some of the other forums and see what turns up?



Thanks,

Ginger

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed people can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.
-- Margaret Mead

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Ginger, Here is the link to the Constabulary Communication Network (AKA The Jamaica Police).
You can contact them by email.  TB is located in St. Elizabeth Parish.

http://www.jamaicapolice.org.jm/ccn.html

 :wave:

[Anonymous]

I respectfully suggest the J. P. D. are about the last ones anyone ought to contact.

[Anonymous]

I too had concerns about the kids, if in fact there has been a mass escape from TB.  What I did was contact the Police in Treasure Beach directly.  The phone number is (876) 965-0163, to see if anything had actually happened.  The gentleman, although very asleep, prior to my call, said there had not been any disturbance at Tranquility Bay.

As the previous poster pointed-out, there is obviously the possibility that the Police were not involved; however, you would think on a mass exodus of that size they would have to be.

Feel free to verify my information.  This info and a similar comment are up on my BBS as well.

Richard Titsch III

[Anonymous]

If kids were ever to escape from TB, they should go to the hotel called "Jakes" which is a little bit further up the beach than Sunset Resort (it's the next one over and is a group of little cabins designed by a set designer, and they look it!).

Sunset gets most of its business from TB so would likely return the kids; Jakes is a boutique hotel highlighted by Vogue magazine and so does not have those kinds of issues.  In fact, it has a computer in its lobby with free internet for hotel guests that they often let non-guests use for little or no fee.

The beach is rough, but it is possible to walk from TB to Sunset on the beach and then up to the road to Jakes.  Not sure if you can get to Jakes directly from the beach from TB.  But if you get to Jakes, the guests there tend to be funky liberal types and the employees seem to know there's something up at TB.

[Anonymous]

That's interesting/helpful information.  Ginger, where did that info come from?  Maybe there's some way to follow-up with the source of that information.

Richard Titsch III

[Antigen]

It was just a rumor that a part time Treasure Beach resident heard from a local. (I wonder, do they call the winter people "snow birds" like we did in Florida?)

I was hoping it were true and that maybe a few of them would actually make it. But I haven't heard anything back to suggest that it is. Course, break outs are not all that uncommon. They have set fees that the parents have to pay for the staff to recapture the kids. They probably don't call the police. So, unless a kid went to them or a neighbor called or the police station happens to be within ear shot or something they probably wouldn't know.

So this is still just a rumor, as far as I can tell.

Thanks for the info on Jakes, Anon. Unfortunately, there's no way to contact the kids inside to tip them off. But maybe if the word gets around among the locals, it'll get a little easier for an escaped kid to find someone who won't automatically turn them in. I wish we could find out if and how much TB pays them for turning in runaways and maybe match it or something.

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[RichTitsch]

OK Everyone-

I do have some confirmation on the run-a-ways. Unfortunately, it appears to be true. I received a call at about 7:15PM this evening, from an individual who wishes to remain anonymous, and that person told me that a Treasure Beach resident did report that 14 young men ran away from Tranquility Bay and all have been recovered by the reformatory. I am still hoping it's not true, but if it is:

Here's what ticks me off. First, all of those Treasure Beach advocates and townspeople that said that the locals aren't in on this, that I have the whole thing wrong, that the school while good economically for the community isn't well liked (by Treasure Beachites) and that there are no cover-ups or overt support for the school - POPPYCOCK!!! I called the Treasure Beach Police just after 2:00 AM this morning and I was told there were no disturbances at Tranquility Bay. So, am I to assume that Jay Kay and his thugs personally rounded-up all of the run-a-ways - c'mon?!

To more important matters. After reviewing the Tranquility Bay Parents Handbook, I am now understanding that severe reduction in levels, loss of privelege, Observation Placement, a financial charge to the parents and "consequences" are all going to be the order of the day for these poor kids. I, personally, will be writing Bruce Kraft at the US Embassy and copying my Senator. I already have a letter into Bruce Kraft which has gone unanswered; however, it's going to be important here to establish a record of these events.

The parents of the children - are you going to pay fines for your children running away and let Jay Kay physically and emotionally abuse your children for kicks? Please wake-up, admit you failed miserably as parents and call Tranquility Bay and the local Police and demand that your children not be tortured - it's the least you can do for them. Do this one thing for your children now and then go back to the seminars, mortgaging your houses, borrowing against your credit cards, begging your family for money the day after, but today, call Jay Kay, call Bruce Kraft, call the Police and make sure your children are O.K., and that they are not being restrained, screaming-out in pain from abuse, crying because their hopelessly scared and alone - DO IT NOW!!!!!!!!

Richard Titsch III

[Antigen]

Rich, if the guy was sleeping when you called him, then he couldn't have been out chasing kids. How many cops could there be in Treasure Beach, after all?

When kids split from Straight, even though we were in a suburban area, the routine was to send out a couple of graduates and staff and round them up. The police weren't always involved even under those circumstances.

If the locals were favorable to the Program, then why in the world would they contact you w/ this info?

I do wish the embassy would get involved. I think they need to hear from people who have been in TB and can give them firsthand accounts of why they need to do something.

you Momma is a big fat's ________
--Leroy Brown

[RichTitsch]

FOR IMMEDIATE DISSEMINATION


October 21, 2003



via Fax (876)935-6018 and AIRBORNE EXPRESS
Bruce Kraft, Chief, American Citizen Services Section
Embassy of the United States of America
  in Jamaica
16 Oxford Road
Kingston 5, Jamaica
West Indies

Re:   POSSIBLE TRANQUILITY BAY RUN-A-WAYS

Dear Mr. Kraft:

Early this morning, I was told that fourteen (14) boys tried to escape from Tranquility Bay Reformatory.  I have been seeking confirmation on this information as you will see from my webpage on the subject http://www.bulletinboards.com/view.cfm?comcode=Titsch.  This evening, I received a call from an individual who claims she has information, from a resident in Treasure Beach, and that the story is true.  While I can?t be 100% sure about this, I have serious concerns if it is.

The Tranquility Bay ?Parents Checklist, which can be viewed at http://www.adolescentspecialtyschools.c ... itybay.pdf , and the Tranquility Bay Parent Manual, which can be viewed at http://www.adolescentspecialtyschools.c ... itybay.pdf , enumerates, in detail,  the penalties for the children and the parents when this event either occurs or is planned.  While I could personally care less about the parents being charged for this (absurd as it is), I am very concerned to think of what lies in wait for these kids.  If the manual, which is available on the World Wide Web, suggests penalties for this type of situation, I absolutely blanche when I think what punishment they may be enduring since their capture and return to Jay Kay.


[Page 2.]

The children, as you already know, are U.S. Citizens, not under arrest or being  detained by the Jamaican Government who, in almost all cases, were brought to Tranquility Bay against their will.  While their have been conflicting rulings with respect to the parents? rights to have their children enrolled in the reformatory, I know of no legislation that permits assault and battery and unlawful detainment of U.S. Citizens, even those who have not reached the age of emancipation.

Because there is testamentary evidence that Tranquility Bay uses methods tantamount to torture; to wit, in re: Johnathan Tyler Mitchell, Tazewell County, Virgina (Testimony in Open Court of Nick Violante, et al., I request that your office immediately contact Tranquility Bay and warn its Director with respect to inflicting any physical punishment on the children who tried to escape and that you personally interview the those children to determine if their rights as US Citizens have or are being violated.  Their parents should also be notified individually of the incident, and not just by way of being billed for the cost of capture.

I have already sent you a letter, which has had no reply.  This matter is urgent, and you are in a position to intervene and help the children who are in this unfortunate mess, and I request that you do so right away.

I again ask you to keep me informed with respect to your actions in this regard.


Respectfully submitted,



Richard R. Titsch, III


cc:   file
   Peter Inverso, United States Senator (New Jersey)  By fax
   George Miller, United States Senator (California)
   

 




[ This Message was edited by: ricktitsch on 2003-11-11 19:48 ]

[Antigen]

Here's some back and forth from Titsch's forum, in response to that letter.

Piling on?
That's a damned fine letter, Rich. As I'm not fluent in Jaberwock, I would never have thought to put it just so. Thanks, again, for taking an interest and for donating your talents and energy to this.

Would it be helpful or more medelsome for others to write to Kraft from their own viewpoints?
[Date/Time=11-11-2003 - 11:14 PM]    Name:Antigen


Letter to Kraft
Ginger:

I think that's a GREAT idea. Everyone possible should write Kraft and cc their own Senator and George Miller. It has to help.

Thanks for the post.

Richard Titsch III
[Date/Time=11-11-2003 - 11:34 PM]    Name:Richard Titsch III Ph:609-799-7787 ricktitsch@comcast.net,

Anon, why do you say not to contact local police? You don't have to say who you are, but I'd apreciate a little context and your reasons for not trusting them.

A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another; shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement
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[RichTitsch]

Yes Ginger,

I was wondering about that myself.  Why not contact the Police?

Richard Titsch III

[Anonymous]

Here is the link to the Constabulary Communication Network (AKA The Jamaica Police).
You can contact them by email. TB is located in St. Elizabeth Parish.

http://www.jamaicapolice.org.jm/ccn.html

Contact the Police by email. Send copies to the US Embassy asking them to follow up.  If no one is doing their job, that needs to go on the record to establish a pattern of indifference to the rights of American minors who reside in offshore treatment facilities.   :eek:

[Antigen]

"Building Confidence and Credibility through Transparency and Professionalism"

Is this just like the first and most impotent rule? When I tested it, I got my nose smashed. Wonder what will happen this time?

Real criminals walk free every day to rape, rob, and murder again because the courts are so busy finding consensual criminals guilty of hurting no one but themselves.... To free cells for consensual criminals, real criminals are put on the street every day.
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[anon]

About the police.
I just feel they are bought and paid for. My thoughts were, they would only be a larger posse on the look out for TB.
I didn't / don't view them as helpful or a protective force.
I could be wrong.  I have nothing more to go on that my gut, and an overall impression of how TB has managed to continue to continue all this time.
But it now seems like this is a moot point, and we need to hound the embassy to get in there and check on these boys who are with out a doubt face down in OP.
I do hope though, that all the recent attention might help them avoid the kind of consequences so often given out in the past.

I am also frustrated to have lost access to the BBS. Prior to wwasp being given so much confidential and sensitive information; we had access to the BBS. This would have been helpful about now. Likely the parents of the students are posting, and we could possibly have had an opportunity to contact one or some and make a difference. But alas, this valuable tool is no longer available to us.
Thank you so much Mz. Bock.