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Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform => The Troubled Teen Industry => Topic started by: cherish wisdom on April 07, 2005, 12:20:00 PM
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I'd like to encourage those with some experience to write the members of the city counsil in Boonsville regarding the sale of the Kemper Military Academy to the WWASP network. Just let them know that you don't want to see another WWASP facility in the United States and let them know why....
Here are some email addresses for members of the City Counsil involved with the sale of Kemper:
Julie Thatcher: glenlee50@yahoo.com (http://mailto:glenlee50@yahoo.com)
Daniel Blanck: get_hurt@msn.com (http://mailto:get_hurt@msn.com) (space is underscore)
Bob Irish: mpcarter@socket.net (http://mailto:mpcarter@socket.net)
Frank Shore: gfshore@yahoo.com
I believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off.
--Billy Joel, American musician
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Here's a copy of the letter I sent today:
Please write a similar e-mail and give these people the information they need to prevent the sale of this property to WWASP
To the Honorable Mayor and City Council:
RE: Sale of Kemper Facility to WWASP Network
April 7, 2005
Dear Members of the City Council:
There have been thousands of victims of the teen industry and WWASP programs. They include former students/patients, their parents and family members. My child was severely abused in a Utah program and that is why I am now concerned about the proliferation of the "teen industry" in this country. As a result of horrific personal experiences with various programs, potentially thousands of people from all over the country have been reading about the develpments surrounding the purchase of the miltary school in your community by affiliates of the WWASP network. So don't be surprised when people from other states send you their oppinions.
It was indicated in a recent news article that Randall Hinton once worked at WWASP schools in Jamaica and Mexico. Tranquility Bay in Jamaica and Casa by the Sea in Mexico are both reportedly abusive facilities.
Casa By the Sea was recently shut down by the Mexican authorities because several children showed signs of emotional and physical abuse. Potentially abusive behavior modification techniques and extreme punitive measures are often used in programs associated with WWASP.
The reports of abuse at Tranquility Bay have been particularly horrific.
Several former staff members from a program in Utah, Majestic Ranch, reported extreme chid abuse and endangerment such as forcing children to shovel manure with their hands, sitting out in the cold for several hours as punishment, and bolting the windows shut to prevent escapes.
In most WWASP programs children are not allowed to communicate or see parents for many months. They must earn the right. They are not allowed to use the telephone and their mail is censored. They are severely punished for speaking negatively of the program.
Prolonged isolation in cold, uncomfortable chambers is routine. Former students have reported being hog-tied for hours at a time. One administrator, Jay Kay, (who worked closely with Hinton) admitted to a BBC reporter that one girl had spent 18 months in isolation at Tranquility Bay.
Children are essentially controlled completely in most WWASP affiliated programs. They are essentially denied the most basic civil rights of speach, movement and mail. I became concerned when I read that Hinton indicated that the students would not be allowed to leave campus. This is a huge red-flag indicating that this will be another lock-down where children wiil essentially be cut-off from the outside world and punished with impunity.
The people of this community must beware! Please do a complete inter-net search regarding this industry before allowing this reportedly abusive network to purchase this building. I'd suggest one read the recent report regarding WWASP affiliate Majestic Ranch at http://www.kidsincaptivity.com (http://www.kidsincaptivity.com). Also read some of the reports about other WWASP affiliated programs on line at http://isaccorp.org (http://isaccorp.org) and at www.heal@u.washington.edu (http://www.heal@u.washington.edu)
Personally I'm writiting to you because I don't want to see another WWASP program in the United States. Please make a copy of this letter for the public record and for other members of the council who may not have received the e-mail.
Best Wishes and Regards,
If quitting drugs means joining the war on terrorism, does this portend the fire bombing of Amsterdamn ?
--Felton Manifestation
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Or attend the public hearing in Boonville Monday, April 11, 7 p.m., at city hall, at which time the Hintons from Golden Pond will provide a detailed presentation of their proposal.
(http://http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/content/articles/2005/04/05/front/photo.jpg)
Warren Williams (left) Randall Hinton (center) and Russell Hinton (right), attended the Boonville City Council meeting, but were not invited to participate in the closed session on real estate. The Hinton brothers hope to open a school for troubled youths on the Kemper property. The Boonville Daily News will begin an indepth series on the proposed project beginning Wednesday, April 6.
http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/artic ... /news1.txt (http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/articles/2005/04/05/news/news1.txt)
Council Discusses Kemper In Closed Session
By Karen Ratay Green--The Record Editor
The Boonville City Council waded quickly through a number of pay requests and resolutions to get to the real business at hand, a closed session discussion with representatives of the Industrial Development Authority (IDA) Board, regarding the future of the Kemper Military School property.
The city's economic developer released a statement March 24 saying the city received an offer accompanied with a check, for a group called Golden Pond Investments, Ltd Partnership of Utah. No further details were released because the deal was still being negotiated with the IDA.
Boonville Police were then directed to conduct an investigation after it was discovered Randall and Russell Hinton, who would head up the Boonville school, were veterans of World Wide Association of Specialty Progams and Schools, (WWASPS). During the past several years, the group has been the subject of numerous allegations both on the Internet and in the media.
Both Hintons said they found working with troubled youth "very satisfying" and stressed their program will have no association with WWASPS. They added WWASPS founder, Robert Lichfield, is only a financial partner. Lichfield has provided financial backing for the project in the form of a check for $100,000 to the city, and the use of at least one privately owned vehicle.
A group from Kemper Military Academy also attended Monday's meeting in support of the Hintons and their proposal. Former Kemper graduate Mark Ferrell, who said he met privately with the two brothers weeks ago, called the Hintons "brave" and did not show concern regarding the alleged abuse.
"When you're dealing with troubled kids, that's just part of what happens," he said.
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They look nice - lilly whites - I'm sure the military folk just love them....
Problem - they have been schooled in WWASP techniques, abuse and punishment. Survivors have made reports of the abuses of Randall - how a girl in his care was brutalized, raped, sodomized, denied medical care. One must look beneath the surface. Write letters and ask that they be made available for the public to view.
Keep up the protest! Prevent another WWASP-type program from springing up. Spread the word to other web-sites.....and activists.History does not record anywhere or at any time a religion that has any rational basis. Religion is a crutch for people not strong enough to stand up to the unkonwn without help. But, like dandruff, most people do have a religion and spend time and money on it and seem to derive considerable pleasure from fiddling with it.
--Robert A. Heinlen, American science-ficiton author
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On 2005-04-07 10:06:00, cherish wisdom wrote:
"They look nice - lilly whites - I'm sure the military folk just love them....
Problem - they have been schooled in WWASP techniques, abuse and punishment. Survivors have made reports of the abuses of Randall - how a girl in his care was brutalized, raped, sodomized, denied medical care. One must look beneath the surface. Write letters and ask that they be made available for the public to view.
Keep up the protest! Prevent another WWASP-type program from springing up. Spread the word to other web-sites.....and activists.History does not record anywhere or at any time a religion that has any rational basis. Religion is a crutch for people not strong enough to stand up to the unkonwn without help. But, like dandruff, most people do have a religion and spend time and money on it and seem to derive considerable pleasure from fiddling with it.
--Robert A. Heinlen, American science-ficiton author
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Do you have documents or articles to back that information up, please?
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On 2005-04-07 11:21:00, Anonymous wrote:
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On 2005-04-07 10:06:00, cherish wisdom wrote:
"They look nice - lilly whites - I'm sure the military folk just love them....
Problem - they have been schooled in WWASP techniques, abuse and punishment. Survivors have made reports of the abuses of Randall - how a girl in his care was brutalized, raped, sodomized, denied medical care. One must look beneath the surface. Write letters and ask that they be made available for the public to view.
Keep up the protest! Prevent another WWASP-type program from springing up. Spread the word to other web-sites.....and activists.History does not record anywhere or at any time a religion that has any rational basis. Religion is a crutch for people not strong enough to stand up to the unkonwn without help. But, like dandruff, most people do have a religion and spend time and money on it and seem to derive considerable pleasure from fiddling with it.
--Robert A. Heinlen, American science-ficiton author
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Do you have documents or articles to back that information up, please?"
Tranquility Bay Statement E in the ISAC Tranquility Bay Report.
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I was able to deliver four of them - I asked those four to please forward the information to the other members of the council.
This is important - we need to give them more information before they make a huge mistake.... :eek: :eek:
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I was also able to deliver 4 of them - perhaps their e-mail addresses aren't up-to-date. I asked the others to do the same.... :tup:
There is no devil and no hell. Thy soul will be dead even sooner than thy body: fear therefore nothing any more.
--Freidrich Nietzsche, German philosopher
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i can tell you this they have most the docuemtns the only thing they need is the video tape that Randal Hinton admitted to the french media he hog-tied and peper-sprayed a kid. The Huron Law group has a copy of it i know for sure. Also there is some more copies floating out there. If you have one you need to call Boonville and ask for Sara Galager and ask where to send it. Also the Boonville police need it too.
No more calling and cusing the out in Boonville. True they need a big wakup call, but who ever is doing it is just hurting things. Please do things the right way.
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On 2005-04-07 20:47:00, Anonymous wrote:
"i can tell you this they have most the docuemtns the only thing they need is the video tape that Randal Hinton admitted to the french media he hog-tied and peper-sprayed a kid. The Huron Law group has a copy of it i know for sure."
Was that the French film crew who were at the WWASP vs PURE trial? Has it been broadcast? What is the name of the TV company? Anything about it on their website? I might be able to dust off my rusty French and translate it.
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It will be in English with French sub titles; as the people being interviewed are American's. I suppose the Frenchmen might be making comments and that might need translating.
By the By - did any of you all know there is a popular song in France: American's eat their young? I was told they may use it as back ground music. Rumored at one time was, it was to be the title of the documentary.
Last I heard it was being edited and broadcast had been delayed but will soon take place. I do expect copies to be floating around soon after.
I spoke with a reporter covering the Boonville situation, and he mentioned he had a copy of the Hinton interview on the way to him.
In the case of the boy Hinton abused, there is permanent scaring by way of proof of what was done to him; tho in such an extremely private area no one can ever expect it to be available to the public. Except for the scars on his chin. So many of these kids have scares on their chins.
About this:
//The Huron Law group has a copy of it i know for sure.//
The case is no longer with Huron. I'm not sure it ever was.
It is now with Bushkin and Masery and we are still being told it will be filed "soon".
[ This Message was edited by: BuzzKill on 2005-04-08 06:41 ]
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http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/artic ... /news3.txt (http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/articles/2005/04/07/news/news3.txt)
Boonville Daily News
Controversy swirls around 'Golden Pond' proposal
The announcement of a proposal by a group called "Golden Pond Ltd." to put a boarding school on the Kemper property is drawing letters, emails, phone calls and documentation from other boarding school graduates and their parents.
Arriving from cities around the country, the letters include newspaper clippings, personal letters and copies of reports accusing Golden Pond partner Randall Hinton of physical abuse.
One document described an incident allegedly occurring at Tranquility Bay, a WWASPS school, where a 15-year-old boy returned home with "chemical burns and scars in his genital area and rectum." The report also accuses Hinton of "dragging the boy across cement, causing a deep scar on his chin and knocking his tooth out."
Other allegations in the report include the use of pepper spray on an "almost daily basis" and the "scrubbing of the boys genitals with a toilet brush."
Hinton emphatically denied the accusations saying, "There was no chance he was beaten."
Hinton said he did remember sleeping in the hallway one night with a kid who "was trying hard to get kicked out." He is fairly sure it is the same child, and said the accusations are "lies."
Hinton advised he called the mother of the boy on a daily basis, but said she told Hinton to "keep the kid there, I can't deal with him."
He also advised the Jamaica Bay facility is reserved for the very worst case kids, "the toughest of the tough."
"The other WWASPS schools have a zero tolerance policy. Kids who get kicked out of the other schools are transferred to Jamaica Bay," he said.
Randall Hinton and his brother, Russell, have been been accessible to the media for questions, but to date no formal resume has been provided that would detail their experience or credentials.
Hinton advised he is part owner of the White River Adventure, which he said is a non-WWASPS affiliated school.
According to his biography, formerly posted on the website for White River Adventure in Puerto Rico, where Hinton has been working and living for the last three years, Hinton assisted in establishing Spring Creek Lodge, Montana; Tranquility Bay, Jamaica; and Carolina Spring Academy, South Carolina, as the Assistant Director for each facility. He has worked in the Marketing Department (Teen Help) for three years, helping parents place their children into the WWASPS Programs. Randall, as the directory, organized the facility and staff of the Academy at Dundee Ranch in Costa Rica. Randall left Dundee Ranch and the WWASPS Organization June of 2002. He has worked with at risk youth for the past ten years. Randall studied psychology at Dixie State College. He has now dedicated his life to producing a better atmosphere for young men and serving families in need."
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//Hinton advised he called the mother of the boy on a daily basis, but said she told Hinton to "keep the kid there, I can't deal with him." //
Personally, I do a little doubt this; but I wonder, in what ever calls were made, did he tell the mom about the daily pepper spray shower and the tolet bowl brush scrubbing - (and there is more - more to this story) - I wonder, did he tell her about any of this?
I do a little doubt it.
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Three more city counsel members send back emails as spam? I guess... :cry:
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Pick up the phone.
As for email, often times, if you CC it will get stoped by a spam filter. Try and send each as an indivigual email if you've been CCing.
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Okay, thank you for the advice. :smile:
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On 2005-04-08 06:31:00, BuzzKill wrote:
By the By - did any of you all know there is a popular song in France: American's eat their young?
Are you sure? Where did you hear that? I can't find anything about it, but I'm waiting for a friend in France to come online so I can ask him.The only voluntary urine sample they'll get from me is a taste test
--Bumper Sticker
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//Are you sure? Where did you hear that? I can't find anything about it, but I'm waiting for a friend in France to come online so I can ask him.//
Well, I have never actually Heard it - but I did speak with one of the French film makers about it.
Some of us were a bit upset when we heard the title of the documentary was to be "Americans eat their young". When I met the French men in SLC, I asked about it. It was explained to me that that was a misunderstanding. There is a popular song with that title (he seemed surprised I hadn't heard it)and he explained they were considering it for back ground - but not the documentary title.
OK - I just went to look at something. . .
Might have the title a bit wrong. Might be instead: America Eats Its Young
http://www.barbelith.com/topic.php?id=13196 (http://www.barbelith.com/topic.php?id=13196)
scroll down to the bjacques post
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Four of my letters went through. Thanks for the information - I'm glad that people are writing in and sending information to the press. Keep it up. Send as much information as you can.
I tried not to work for, you know, anyone who ate children with their bare hands. I won't pretend that I was ideologically consistent.
--Dick Morris; Political consultant for Bill Clinton, Trent Lott and Tom Ridge
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I tried individual emails, which didn't work either. 4 of them did get through!
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KEEP WRITING - THEY ARE GETTING THE MESSAGE. IF WE CAN STOP WWASP THIS WAY - THEY WILL EVENTUALLY COLLAPSE. KEEP IT UP - END THE NIGHTMARE OF WWASP ONCE AND FOR ALL....
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Keep working at this. We just cannot allow those three to have access to 300-500 kids. And imagine this - Randall Hinton said he would open the school with a single child. Man, I would not wish that on any child! Can you just imagine?
What about the black mold issue? The asbestos? It will literally cost millions to fix up the school. One wonders if they will really fix it as they should or if they will cut corners.
People get seriously ill from black mold. Word has it people gathering memorabilia out of the school a while back all got sick from it. Imagine living there!
Remember - no hysteria. They don't like it. They will listen to people who have evidence to back up what they are saying and people who do not attack them.
Keep up the good work, everyone. It's a victory to see the police chief wants a full investigation. A true victory!!
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On 2005-04-08 21:00:00, Anonymous wrote:
Remember - no hysteria. They don't like it. They will listen to people who have evidence to back up what they are saying and people who do not attack them.
Here, here! And I can't stress this enough! Be very, very careful, folks, in passing along other people's stories. It's not enough that you believe it. It has to be provable. All they need is one outlandish claim that can be either easily debunked or just riduculed cause you can't prove it beyond a shadow of a doubt.
But it doesn't take that much. According to recent news reporting, Lichfield is promising to bring back to good ole' Kemper, military tradition and all. BULLSHIT! Navy Seals don't go through what Randal Hinton is accused of doing to kids in his "care".
I bet they're promising jobs, too. But do they pay? Do they hold a future for the kind of kids Boonvile wants to raise? And the general commercial flush you would expect from a facility housing so many yuppie kids? Are any of those kids ever allowed outside the compound to spend any of that money? Ask the residents of Treasure Beach. They'll tell ya'!
Lichfield, imo, is trying to steal the prestige of Kemper Military Academy and claim it for his warped, sadistic little enterprise. I don't know a soul from Boonville, but I'm guessing he won't do you proud.
Marihuana influences Negroes to look at white people in the eye, step on white men's shadows and look at a white woman twice.
--Hearst newspapers nationwide, 1934
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Lichfield and his croonies don't know how to run a reputable school. They only know how to "treat" troubled teens - and they do this very badly. They do not have the credentials to open up a school. Most "students" do a form of independent study with uneducated guards standing watch. These people are so arrogant - they are all college drop outs. They really don't believe in education - but they sure know how to make money off of desparate families.
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It looks like they are getting plenty of letters. I hope this information is shared with the public. Hopefully they will not sell it to Lichfield. I can just see his fat face getting beet red. How dare they refuse his money!
It's going to happen again and again until ALL WWASP programs and their affiliates are closed.
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Keep writing to them. The meeting is tomarrow. Send e-mails or leave them messages by phone. Express your concern....
Revelation indeed had no weight with me.
--Benjamin Franklin, American Founding Father, author, and inventor
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""When you're dealing with troubled kids, that's just part of what happens," he said. "
Actually...that was misquoted........
But we should all accept exatly what's printed in the news as facts..(not) I'll say this much, I've looked around this bord plenty, and I'm disturbed at the way I see things discussed, and the maturity level of some of these folks. Now some here seem to be legitimate in trying to accomplish a task. Whether or not it's rightious is still up to debate. I see groups mixing with clandestine efforts, and doing e-bomb materials that are some fact, some not fact. But the legitimacy of your cause is only injured by the way you relate to others..Feel free to slam/slash/make comments just or not, as I don't think I'll be back. But I did want to clarify that not everything is quoted correctly in the papers...Bye now.. M. Farrell.
Oh, and G. can verify if this is really me or not..
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On 2005-04-08 06:45:00, BuzzKill wrote:
"Hinton advised he called the mother of the boy on a daily basis, but said she told Hinton to "keep the kid there, I can't deal with him."
Blatantly untrue. He was in solitary for 8 months, being pepper sprayed regularly.
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On 2005-04-12 13:25:00, Anonymous wrote:
Oh, and G. can verify if this is really me or not..
Well, if you're refeing to the address from which you've sent me email, I have to say NOT!
But I won't waste my time trying to get you to think anymore. Seems you like the kool aid just fine. And it doesn't look like you've got a whole lot of sway in the matter anyway.
He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.
--Albert Einstein
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M Farell is the man who is an alumni correct?
Hows ad that he discredits the paper and not the real villian.
Apparently his mind is made up.
How sad. How typical.