Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Lighthouse of northwest florida (fka VCA )/ Rebekah / Roloff )
Has anyone been to VCA or New Beginnings since May 2004?
The Liger:
I read the following on ISAC about how a woman got her cousin out of Tranquility Bay. Just a thought for you:
"Gini Farmer discovered that her 12-year-old cousin has been handcuffed in the middle of the night and taken to Tranquility Bay. The worst thing anyone could say about the boy was that he had skipped school once.
According to Farmer the child didn?t like his father?s new wife.
Upon finding stories of unsanitary conditions, uneducated staff and abuse at Tranquility Bay, Gini Farmer began a 6-month battle to bring her cousin back to the United States.
Under Virginia?s laws, she had to prove the child was in danger of being abused or neglected.
3 former students of Tranquility Bay testified in court about their experiences in the program.
Aaron Kravig told the court about having to write seventy-four 5,000 word essays and contracting scabies which remained untreated until he came home.
Lindsey Wise told the court about raw sewage and bugs covering the floor and described the ?restraint? used at Tranquility Bay.
According to testimony, children were put face down on the floor, and while sitting on the child?s back, the staff member painfully twisted the student?s arms behind their back.
Wise also described hearing the screams of students being restrained.
Based on the sworn testimony, a Virginia Circuit Court Judge ordered the immediate release of Gini Farmer?s cousin. (Jamaica Observer)"
rebeccaramirez:
You are a very good sister. She will have your support when she gets out and that will mean all the difference in the world. Don't get discouraged...you are dealing with very evil people who know how to manipulate the parents into believing that their daughter needs the school to survive adolescence. Email me if you need my support.
rebecca_ramirez_1@yahoo.com
Invertix:
Yeah, don't loose hope. Sooner or later she will come out and when that happens your sister will need you. I'm sure a lot of people once they got out of the program wished they had a sister like you.
Anonymous:
Thanks for all of your support! I am very worried abut what will happen to her when she gets out. What is life like when a person gets out of one of these homes? Her adoptive parents don't want anything to do to her, so she will have nowhere to go and certainly no emotional support from them. And I have no communication with them anymore as they have skipped town to evade child abuse charges so I really can;t work with them to help her. But I imagine that she would probably need some type of professional help to come to terms with what she had been through. ANy ideas?
Invertix:
Do you know when she's supposed to be released? If she's under 18 emancipation sounds like an option. Immediate counseling would be a good idea too. Chances are if she bought into the program she'll have a self image problem, if not then she'll probably be totally untrusting of anyone in authority.
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