198. Bethel Girls Academy

Owned by the same people who ran the Bethel Boys Academy the girl home also had its problems. The authorities removed the girls for their own safety.

It could not have been a fun place to be as a teenager.

Sources:

• Bethel Girls’ / Boys’ Academy Shut Down (WWASP Survivors)
• Renee at Bethel Girls Academy (From:Reddit) (Tales from the Black School blog)
• Bethel Girls Academy temporarily closed (Hattiesburg American reprinted in Clarion Ledger)
• Bethel Girls Academy (1997-2005) Petal, Mississippi (Anti-Troubled Teen Industry Activism & Survivor Support)
• Bethel Girls Academy (Pound Pup Legacy – Exposing the dark side of adoption)
• Bethel Shuts Down After Girls Flee (WDAM 7 news)
• Bethel Girls Academy – ABUSE (Fornits Home for Wayward Web Fora)
• Bethel Students Flee School, Claim Abuse (The Greenwood Commonwealth)