Rehabs and Torture in the US and Abroad - WWASP: Stinging Teens

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According to Donna, Angie had birthday parties at McDonalds like other kids, she camped, played, listened to music, she was just as normal as any other 7-year old child. At night Donna tucked her in and kissed her on the forehead. Sometimes, Angie would say, “No, Mom, I need a kiss on the lips tonight.”

Her name was Angellika. She died on the 26th of May, 2006 at the age of 7 after being "restrained" for the 9th and final time by staff at the Northwest Counseling and Guidance Clinic in Rice Lake, Wisconsin.

A CRUSADE:

A couple days ago i watched a French produced documentary called "Tranquility Bay - WWASP Behavior Modification Camps". This stuff is extremely disturbing. The film has not yet been released in the US, although it is slated for release as i understand it. Currently, it is available as a torrent. It is a 'must-see' film.

The deal is that there's many (possibly well over a hundred) unethical and even criminal "rehabs" for kids with problems like drug and alcohol abuse, disciplinary problems, psychological problems, etc., operating in this country and abroad. Some without a licence. Many of these facilities and organizations have roots in 2 corporations: the World Wide Association of Specialty Programs [and Schools] (WWASP or WWASPS) and the Straight Foundation. These are privately owned corporations from what i can tell and this is big business, to the tune of $60,000,000 a year with a 25% growth rate ($60M/yr, is a conservative estimate). The web of money, politics and government organizations involved in these for-profit organizations is difficult to decrypt. There are ties everywhere. However if you dig to the very root of this maggot pile, there are a few name that pop up:

Robert Browning Lichfield - founded WWASP

Melvin F Sembler - founded Straight, Inc.

Betty Sembler (wife of Melvin) - founded the Drug Free America Foundation, Inc. (DFAF)

These are the people that founded the organizations that are directly responsible for the beating, torture, rape, homicide, suicide and psychological problems of thousands of kids today. Collectively they have donated millions of dollars to the republican party in order to ensure their profits and power.

I'm not telling you anything that you can't verify for yourself. Government records, law suits, court transcripts, photographs, videos of brutal beatings, negative media attention, parents and children speaking out, etc... it's all there! And it doesn't appear at a rate of a few times a year, it is a constant flood.

At first you will probably be very skeptical about this whole deal. I was too. That skepticism will soon begin to be displaced with anger and sadness as you visit this website and do your own research and learn about the multitude of investigations, law suits, torture, deaths, profits and politics involved with these "death camps".

What i ask you to do, is make other people aware of this. Notify everyone you can think of. Write your congressmen. Alert the media. This needs to stop and it needs to stop NOW!

Please visit this website for more information, photographs, videos and much more: Tough Love, Behavior Modification: Controversial Methods of Rehabilitation (http://wwaspswatter.awardspace.info/)

Theres a SEND EMIL button on the page that will launch your email client and fill in the subject and the body for you. You don't have to do anything, just pick some friends to send it to.

Edited July 21, 2006 by atomizer

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Most recent death:

Layne Brown

November 21, 1981 to June 6, 2006

24 yrs. old

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I found the french name of this documentary: "Les enfants perdus de Tranquility Bay" (Transuility Bay lost children). The emission is called "Envoyé Spécial" and the channel is France2 which is public channel so I'll see if I can find it and share it.

Anyway, this seems incredible. I really wonder how this started!

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I found the french name of this documentary: "Les enfants perdus de Tranquility Bay" (Transuility Bay lost children). The emission is called "Envoyé Spécial" and the channel is France2 which is public channel so I'll see if I can find it and share it.

Anyway, this seems incredible. I really wonder how this started!

It does seem crazy. I was skeptical at first, but it didn't take much poking around to change my mind. Now i'm dissopinted and angry and on a crusade.

As for your question of how it started, it was started in Utah in the 80s' (i think) by Bob Litchfield. Evidentially there was inspiration from the Mormon religion, though i am not knocking the religion. Bob went to college for business and is now extremely wealthy.

Here's a forum that several of these kids are members of if you want to read what they have to say. The website is run by a former WWASP victim.

More forums:

http://fornits.com/wwf/

http://tbfight.com/tbf/index.php - this one is also well known.

Note that you will find members and parents who have nothing bad to say about their experiences. I believe this is the case for 2 reasons: 1) whatever program they were in actually did help them and 2) these forums are likely patrolled by WWASP affiliated personnel who post lies.

If you find out anything about the film, please let me know. I'm particularly interested if it can be distributed without breaking the law because, if so, i know someone who has a copy that will put up on their FTP server ASAP. If you obtain any contact info, let me that as well if you would.

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Thanks for the additional infos.

I won't forget to check the forums.

I don't exactly know if it will be 100% legal to share this film. As I said it was done by a public channel but it still has rights. However, I don't know if they would show it again on the TV so it wouldn't be a profit loss for them and they may accept. Also it may be a better idea to ask the journalists who shot it.

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There's a short video that can be found here:

http://www.swatthewwasp.com/

It's only a few minutes long, but it covers some of the basics of the atrocities being committed.

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On the board of Phillips Petroleum, Halliburton, and advisor to the Supreme Court is long time George Bush associate Lawrence Eagleburger. On the board of SkyWest Airlines, servicing and in seeming partnership with George Bush airport in Texas is none other than J. Ralph Atkin, part owner of Teen Help/WWASPS. President Bush is trying to move legislation that will institute the drugging and behavior modification of children in public schools with the “New Freedom Initiative”. In addition, George W. Bush appointed Mel Sembler (founder of torturous program Straight, Inc. and founder of the Drug Free America Foundation and new Teen Challenge programs) as US Ambassador to Italy. Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush visited Straight Inc. regularly and used tax money to subsidize this torturous program. The largest Utah-based corporate contributor to the Republican Party is World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools. The connections and corruption are deep and these re-education centers need to be exposed and closed immediately!

source: http://www.heal-online.org/#teen

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Inside Edition did a short and, in my opinion, rather watered-down special some time ago on some of the WWASP camps. They failed to document the extent of the torture. Here's a direct link to the video. The video of kids in dog cages and marching is from High Impact, a "school" in Mexico that was closed by Mexican LE. According to a former victim, it consisted of 2 tents; one for housing and one which acted as a latrine.

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more videos...

http://fornits.com/anonanon/video/Wami1.rm \

http://fornits.com/anonanon/video/Wami2.rm /-- both of these document a fair amount of abuse.

http://fornits.com/anonanon/video/Wilderness00.rm - evidence of abuse and death at a wilderness camp for troubled kids.

http://thestraights.com/video/straight-boston.mpeg - documents Straight, Inc.. All of the Straight camps were shut down since this documentary was shot. This piece is pretty mild, which is typical when these places know they're going to be filmed.

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Martin Lee Anderson

1992-2006

The following website contains information and a video of the beating that resulted in the death of Martin. The quality is poor, but it is clear that the beating was was an unwarranted, vicious and criminal attack by several guards. It appears Martin never resisted. For most of the video, it appears he was incapable of resisting and needed assistance just to stand up.

http://www.nospank.net/anderson.htm

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the music that plays on the video here (http://www.swatthewwasp.com/), is the theme "veridis quo" from daft punk if any1 cares.

it was specially disgusting for me since this is my favorite album ever.

i still wonder how i could stand up wathing the death of Martin Lee Anderson, no words here. i only wish people involved there pay for what they did or even worst, they didn't did.

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...i only wish people involved there pay for what they did or even worst, they didn't did.

Well, there are and have been many legal actions taken. Some have been successful and some not. Sue Scheff, who founded P.U.R.E., has drawn a lot of attention. Her latest victory was on June 6, 2006: http://webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?SESSIONID=&aId=15760

Getting these facilities and organizations shut down, especially in this country, is no easy task. The amount of hand shaking, money, political ties and campaign contributions are astounding. You have idiots like "Dr. Phil" referring people to these places on television and many government officials, including Bush, promoting this crap. This is a multi-billion dollar industry with a 25% growth rate according to a recent documentary done by the French. According to HEAL (http://www.heal-online.org/), it is the second fastest growing industry in this country.

Meanwhile, kids are dying

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I've been very busy compiling information and building a website to host it. Please see: Tough Love, Behavior Modification: Controversial Methods for the Rehabilitation (http://wwaspswatter.awardspace.info/)

Also, i have made major changes to my fist post.

Edited July 7, 2006 by atomizer

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another source of various videos of beatings, holds, debates, etc..

!!! WARNING !!! language, adult content

cafety.org

if you haven't seen the video in which Martin Lee Anderson was beaten, and which resulted in his death shortly thereafter, there are frame captures available here

This is a video slide show that i find rather touching. It was put together by the admin for TBFight.com i beleive. He is seen in the later slides: Video slide show of Tranquility Bay facility

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Randall Hinton pepper spray vid

I just found that link to a short clip from the French documentary on Tranquility Bay. It's a clip of Randall Hinton admitting to the use of pepper spray on Layne Brown up to 3 times a day. Layne and his mother were included in the film, though Layne did not speak. She says her son has been on medication since he was released due to the trauma he suffered for the 9 months he there, including being beaten, being forced to deficate in a garbage bag attached to him like a diaper and having his genitalia scrubbed with toilet brushes. She says he spent the majority of that time being forced to lie on the floor.

Layne died at the age of 24 on June 6, 2006, of natural causes.