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Four employees of a school for troubled teenagers in Jamaica were arrested and charged with child abuse Friday in an ongoing investigation into the American-owned facility. Jamaica’s Child ...
Updated April 26, 2024 at 5:04 AM. Boys at an American-run school for troubled teens in Jamaica were beaten by adult staff members, forced to exercise until they vomited and placed in stress ...
March 27, 2024 at 7:00 AM. Seven American boys are being held in the custody of Jamaican child welfare authorities, more than six weeks after they were pulled from a school for troubled teens ...
Education in Jamaica is primarily modeled on the British education system. The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) [ 1] finds that Jamaica is fulfilling only 70.0% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to education based on the country's level of income. [ 2] HRMI breaks down the right to education by looking at the rights to ...
Tranquility Bay was a residential treatment facility affiliated with World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools (WWASPS), located in Calabash Bay, Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica. [ 2][ 3] The facility operated from 1997 to 2009 and received notoriety for its harsh and often abusive treatment of its students, eventually shutting ...
Over 1,100 teenagers, mostly aged 18 or 19, [ 1] give birth every day in the United States. 23 million per year in the developed world, 2018. [ 3] Leading cause of death in 15 to 19 year old females, 2018. [ 3] Teenage pregnancy, also known as adolescent pregnancy, is pregnancy in a female under the age of 20.
June 27, 2024 at 4:41 PM. A 17-year-old eastern Iowa girl housed at a controversial Christian boarding school in Jamaica is at the center of an international tug of war involving two guardians ...
The ISSA Grace Kennedy Boys and Girls Championships (better known as Champs) is an annual Jamaican high school track and field meet held by Jamaica's Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association. The five day event, held during the last week before Easter in Kingston, has been considered a proving ground for many Jamaican athletes.