Tranquility Bay WWASPS

Tranquility Bay, located in the small town of Treasure Beach Jamaica, is a center where mostly American children between the ages of 12-19 are locked down and controlled for every moment of their day in an effort to "reform" them. The reasons for reform range from having a "bad attitude" to gang and drug related activity. Tranquility Bay is associated with the Worldwide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools (WWASPS), which has had all of its facilities, overseas, shut down (except Tranquility Bay). The New York Times said "it has a reputation as the harshest of them all" referring to Tranquility Bay's reputation in the network of behavior modification schools. I attended Tranquility Bay in 1999, and am very interested in seeing that the kids there now are not subjected to any form of mental or physical abuse. The views expressed in this site are true and factual to the best of my knowledge. Though I attended Tranquility Bay in 1999, I stay in contact with students and parents from WWASPS affiliate schools and programs every week to try and make sure the information is always up-to-date. Tranquility Bay needs some major work!
	"While you can modify the child's behavior and structure the behavior, for many of these people, by breaking their spirit, you're going to create an incredible sense of anger and resentment." Psychiatrist Gary Glass
	"We could be leading these kids to long-term problems that we don't have a clue about because we're not going about it in the proper way," he said. "How in the hell can you call yourself a behavior-modification program — and that's one of the ways it's marketed — when nobody has the experience to determine: Is this good, is this bad?" Ken Kay - President WWASP
	"WWASP founder Robert Lichfield, his family and business partners have given more than $1 million to politicians in the last two election cycles, including hundreds of thousands to Utah officeholders and candidates." --Salt Lake Tribune--
	"People assume there is government oversight," he said. "Frankly, in New York state, we have more oversight over dog kennels than we do these schools, and that's not right." --John T. Sullivan Jr., Asst. Attorney General NY

Who's Watching The Kids (PBS Documentary) - Watch HERE

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