Tag Archive | Samoa
02/09/2018  

722. A Better Way Youth Academy

A Better Way Youth Academy, also marketed as Robert Louis Stevenson Youth Academy and Mole Ole Ava was boarding school on what at that time was called Western Samoa.

Today it is mostly known for a scandal where an employee has a sexual relationship with female students.

It could not have been fun to be there back then.

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18/02/2016  

432. Pacific Coast Academy, Samoa

No to be confused with the school of the same name used in a TV entertainment serie this school was one of the many scams located on Samoa. As a country Samoa has never shown interest in monitoring such facilities leaving the country to a legacy of housing scam-artists who targeted parents concerned about their children.

The authorities became interested but the money men who ran the facility has not yet been brought to justice.

The videos above says it all. It could not have been fun to be there as a teenager.

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15/02/2016  

431. Paradise Cove

When teenagers who have been so unfortunate to end up in one of the WWASP facilities speak of which was worse Paradise Cove ranks among the most severe.

The WWASP concept was not quite developed yet but the use of longtime isolation boxes not very unlike isolation boxes used against U.S. servicemen in the Second War was invented at Paradise Cove. The “Exit plan” was designed where parents could tell their children that they either passed the program og would be sent to shelter once they turned 18 if they didn’t.

In fact Paradise Cove was breaking news in the Troubled Teen Industry was it was in operation.

But when you are making eggs you have to break them before using them and now many years later the extend of the damage has become clear.

Relatives has been murdered by the teenagers who were sent there. Suicides among the teenagers were common once they returned home. Crimes involving murders also became the result. Here are a number of cases. We have not been able to list all the suicides as it would take up too much time:

  • Joshua Lambert stabbed both his grandparents to death. Developed a mental illness based on his stay at the facility
  • Christopher Sutton was convicted of hiring a contract killer to kill his parents. The mother died. The father escaped with life-long injuries.
  • Evan Ebel died by suicide-by-cop after committing crimes and police car chase

It wasn’t a fun place to be as a teenager and the trail of tears, loss and suicides continue to be longer.

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12/02/2016  

430. Coral Reef Academy

Coral Reef Academy is one of the holding places parents can choose when they are afraid that their child can walk from the facility once the child turns 18 as it is the case in most states in the United States but in Samoa the age of adulthood is set to 21 and the government don’t care about the welfare of the teenagers abroad who struggle with survival in a foreign country.

Corel Reef Academy is in the public most known for having robbed Earl Sweatshirt of his talent creating lyrics young teenagers would love to hear. He was a successful entertainer having visited several countries before his mother removed him from the entertainment industry for a period for more than a year.

When he returned his band had moved on. Several of them are now closely connected so people like Justin Bieber providing him with ideas for new albums while poor Earl Sweatshirt settles with some tweets.

Due to being a place where ambitions and progress can be lost, it is safe to say that it cannot be fun to be there as a teenager (and as young adults).

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09/02/2016  

429. New Hope Academy (Samoa)

Related to the previous entry is New Hope Academy (Samoa) which were located on Samoa.

As it was the case with the previous entry, it was also a scam and the operation of the faclity ended up i various lawsuits. The person close to the management got 10 years in prison.

Also 5 teenagers was suddenly stranded in a foreign country without contact to any adults who could help them. In the end the U.S. Consulate in Samoa aided them to a shelter.

It couldn’t have been a fun place to be as a teenager.

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07/02/2016  

428. Aloha Youth Academy

In 1999 parents suddenly got the option of placing their children at Aloha Youth Academy in Samoa so they could use their time on other things than being a parent. Little did the parents know that the Academy which marketed ifself as the cure for almost everything possible was a scam as so many likewise facilities in Samoa was.

So 7 minors were sent to the Academy on for it to close down a short while later leaving the parent no options but to take their children home several thousand dollars poorer.

It didn’t sound like a fun place to be as a teenager.

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