Here?s a suggestion for you.
The WWASP debate could go on forever. The primary issues are:
What ?BM? methods and techniques are they actually using? Are those techniques abusive? Were the methods disclosed to parents before they signed up?
What are the actual living conditions? Are the acceptable?
What are the teens fed? Does it meet FDA guidelines? Is food used as punishment or reward?
Are the rights of teens being violated? Under normal conditions in the real world, a child is not denied access to their parents unless it has been shown to be in the child?s best interest. When that occurs the child still has a guardian/advocate. Even in the JJS, teens may place phone calls that are not monitored and allegations of abuse are not punished, but investigated.
Until these, and other questions are answered, the debate will rage on. Ignorant parents want to believe all is well; that abuse is not happening, that their child is being well fed, well cared for, and well educated; that abdicating responsibility is in the their child?s best interest. They, nor the public, will take notice until the truth hits them square between the eyes, and even then there will be those who attempt to justify the need for ?abuse? in order for the teen to ?grow?. No ?therapy? should include abuse.
To the end of exposing the truth, WWASP could allow ISAC or some other genuinely independent watchdog organization to place reps at each facility for an extended period of time, equipped with camcorders, tape recorders and unrestricted access to staff and inmates.
If that rep comes back with video footage and interviews that disproves the hundreds of allegations of abuse, then and only then, might others back off.
Since it is unlikely that WWASP would allow this- there are no band-aids capable of righting the wrongs perpetrated by WWASP and the 200+ other facilities of its ilk.
Without abuse, in all its many forms, they wouldn?t have a program, plain and simple. Objective outsider are not going to be allowed in because the livelihood of thousands and the unbridled wealth of the owners would be in serious jeopardy when the truth was revealed.
All BM warehousing facilities have mastered the art of manipulating ?desperate? parents. Their clever business tactics have been largely successful to date. Some parents are starting to listen. Those who can?t hear are truly desperate. I hear them talk about their kids as if they were inanimate objects, most are incapable of parenting or making choices that are in their child?s best interest. Therefore, the need for watchdogs and advocates. These facilities do not meet the definition of ?school?. BM warehousing facility with a minimal educational component is more accurate.
