824. Academy at Dundee Ranch

In 2003 PANI raided a boarding school named Academy at Dundee Ranch located in Costa Rica. The raid resulted in criminal charges but the trial had to be cancelled because many of the employees were foreigners who had left the country before the trial.

The academy was a franchise under the WWASP organization and with the closure after the raid, the school joined the list of so many schools operating in the same franchise which were closed by authorities in a number of countries.

It is safe to say that it could not have been fun to be there as a teenager.

Sources:

• Costa Rica government closes controversial ‘tough love’ youth camp (TICO Times)
• Inside the ‘troubled teen’ school so disturbing it still gives ex-students nightmares (Babe.net)
• Dundee Ranch survivor tells of the raid and riot when it was closed, and his escape into the Costa Rican jungles (Reddit)