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The Academy in Oregon and Fiji - what is known about them?

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BuzzKill:
Open in 2007 you say  - how long has it been there  - do you know?

Oscar:
We are not sure that is a WWASP program, but they can have borrowed some from WWASP like a lot of programs. Paulu researched further and found out that they used to operate under the name "Coral Island Academy". They were founded in 2001 and a NATSAP member. They were down to 7 students in February 2008.

Alice has written a survivor from the Myspace group to learn more. Here is our datasheet of findings:


--- Quote ---The Academy earlier known as Coral Island Academy is a behavior modification program marketed as a therapeutic boarding school. It is claimed to have a campus south of Myrtle Creek in Oregon and another campus on Fiji in the Pacific ocean south of the village of Korokula [1].

However it is unclear whether the campus in Oregon is in operation [2]

The political situation in Fiji is unstable [3], so parents should consider this beside the normal warning from the U.S authorities about oversea schools [4]

They are no longer registered at NATSAP, but their old record stated that they could detain 42 teenagers aged between 12 and 18 of both genders and their program lasted 3 to 18 months. It is claimed to be founded in 2001.

Program structure
Misc.

The program is on the investigation by HEAL-online [5].

The program is mentioned in a investigation report about WWASP produced by International Survivor Action Committee [6]

February 8, 2008 they had seven students from the U.S and Canada on their Fiji campus [7]
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I forgot - the victim list could include a certain Austin Long unless we are talking of an accident. We have not much to go on.

Anonymous:
The US consulate confirmed that it does do welfare checks on the students at The academy at six monthly intervals. So the good news is that it is harder to expose the pupils to the kind of squalor and degradation that was tranquility bay or paradise cove. While the school is on the main Island of Fiji it is in a remote part far from Suva (the capital)
This in all honesty is a mixed blessing. As someone mentioned Fiji is a place with much political unrest. The students are less likely to be in any immediate danger from the regular military coups that occur. On the other hand because it is remote obviously it is hard to scrutinize. Watch this space for more information.

Taylor Anthony:
I attended The Academy's Oregon and Fiji campus. six months at each and left when i turned 18 in april of 2005.

I was in Fiji there for about 5 or 6 months. while i was there, we did have someone from the embassy come by and we were instructed to be "on our BEST behavior" by the director, Victor Kissun (i think thats the right spelling)
dont speak unless spoken to. dont discuss anything you are not directly asked about. tell them how well we take care of you and how happy you are here.
it was effectively, a gag order and instruction to not make the school look bad in any way.

At the very least, i would say that this facility does condone the abuse of children when they see fit.
I saw a student be restrained and beaten by a staff member and another student. When i tried to stop this, i was held down, had my hands and legs tied together behind my back and the other end of the rope tied to a beam in the ceiling so that i was unable to move or roll around anywhere. I was left like this for several hours. was forced to urinate on my self because they would not untie me. after this, i was held in isolation for about three weeks and had to sleep on the concrete floor.
After being released from isolation, things became alot better because i was able to trade american clothing, shampoo/conditioner and other items we had for Marijuana and Tobacco leaf and rolling papers. I once smoke Marijuana, with one of the staff members, on the front porch of the directors house while he was off campus. The students in my dorm were almost always chewing Tobacco and some times even smoked Marijuana in the dorm room.
I smoked Marijuana with about 4 or 5 staff members in the 6 months i was there. I never could have gotten away with that at the Oregon campus.

I am still in contact with others who attended these campus' at the same time as my self. We would be happy to help out with any requests for information on this 'school'.

If anyone had any questions about the school, the owners, the staff or my attendance at this facility, feel free to E-Mail me at 24kanthony@gmail.com

for.the.sound:
My name is Grace and i lived at the Academy for 22 months. i barely survived the mental and physical torture of the Bridge campus and the Brainwashing life "seminars"i lived with a girl who was molested in Fiji, I was there when a boy with tourettes was made to dig a hole in bridge. i was there when male staff sexually harrassed female students in bridge.I saw patricia Thomass compleat lack of compassion. As a student i can tell you that no one there had any right helping people change there lives. A person who staffed my training and worked at the school and LIVED on the bridge campus commited suicide from a drug overdose. He was supposed to be teaching me how to live?
My two years there i spoke to Patricia once and all she did was push me to tell my parents to go to the Life Training Seminars ( 3 grand a session) that they forced on me.

i will give ANY information to make sure Patricia and Ryan Thomas NEVER run another program.

 DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD HERE
DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD HERE!
PLEASE

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