Peninsula Village From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Peninsula Village is a behavior modification facility for adolecents aged 13 - 17 years of age located on 2341 Jones Bend Rd, Louisville, Tennessee (Google maps). It was established in 1986. The detainees are children who are either placed by their parents, by court order as an alternative to prison or by the social authorities. An average stay takes between 12 and 15 months. Contents [hide] 1 Program description 1.1 Special Treatment Unit 1.2 Cabin program 2 Acedemics 3 In the News 4 References 5 External links [edit] Program description If the detainee would not go there by themselves, the parents are advised to use a Youth transport firm or use relatives, but some are tricked there by their parents. The program keep male and female detainees separated. At no part of the program does male and female detainees interact unsupervised. If a two groups of detainee pass eachother they have to look in the ground while they pass. They are not allowed to look at each other. The program consist of two parts. [edit] Special Treatment Unit The detainee are first placed in a lockdown unit called the Secured Admissions Unit or Special Treatment Unit. It is a hospital like environment, where the detainee are not allowed to speak outside group thrapy, individual therapy and family therapy session over the phone. It is a zero tolerance environment where every rule breaking is addressed with the detainee being pinned down by the staff and taken to an isolation cell. Intensive use of straight jackets and 5 point leather restraints on a bed are reported (Nami). [edit] Cabin program The second part of the program takes place in a wooden area next to the Secured Admissions Unit, where the detainees live in very primitive cabins. There is now running water in the cabins so the detainees has to get it from wells. Due to these unsanitary conditions a detainee was hospitalized due to E.coli poisoning (Ecoliblog) There is some schooling but the most of the time is spent doing psycical work like wood-chooping and carrying items. [edit] Acedemics Peninsula Village is licensed as a private school approved by the Tennessee State Department of Education and accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). However the education are not carried out regulary and it have resulted in lawsuits between local school districts and parents of placed detainees (Oregon Department of Education) [edit] In the News Convicted cop-killer Matthew Grant spent his youth at the facility and learned the skills that is useful at his present placement (The News Observer). One of the youth convicted of conspiraty of commiting murder and using an explosive device to blow up a school is also detained at the facility (Daily Progress). [edit] References Google maps, The facility on Google Maps. The Daily Times (2000), Peninsula's use of religious text in treatment concerns parent. Heal-online, Watch organisation on Peninsula Village. Abigail Story (2004), Abigail's story: To boot camp and Back (drugfree.org). Caica, Coalition against institutionalized child abuse, Teen Behavior Modification Camps Abuse Teens (Caica). Ecoliblog (2005), Tennessee: Peninsula Village E. coli Litigation. Nami, National Alliance on Mental Illness (1998), A Summary of Reports of Restraints & Seclusion Abuse Received Since the October 1998 Investigation by The Hartford Courant (See under Tennessee). CHARLY D. MILLER (2000), Reference to A Summary of Reports of Restraints & Seclusion Abuse Received Since the October 1998 Investigation by The Hartford Courant. BlogRef1, troubled teen you must read this please. The News Observer (2004), Grant's relatives fill in outline of life. The News Observer, About the case of Cop-killer Matthew Grant. Daily Progress (2006), Hawranke's Web profile focused on violence, drugs. Oregon Department of Education, B.V. against Lincoln Country School Distric. the-slut, words (Diary from a former detainee). [edit] External links Facility homepage] International Survivors Action Committee on Peninsula Village Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peninsula_Village" Category: Behavior modification