Tranquility Bay: The last resort

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BBC
By Raphael Rowe
Reporter, Locked in Paradise


Some parents of rebellious teenagers in the US are turning to privately-owned correctional institutions to steer their wayward children back on the right path. But is this tough love tactic a step too far?

At Tranquility Bay, children have to earn the right to look at the ocean

Perched on the edge of a cliff in Treasure Beach - a remote fishing village in southern Jamaica - there is a hand-painted sign on the wall: "Welcome to Tranquility Bay."

This isolated boarding school is surrounded by security cameras, iron gates, barred windows and high concrete walls.

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Guess it's also easier to score some decent ganja there....