Cross Creek Programs
Location: Laverkin, Utah
Administrators: Karr Farnsworth, J. Ralph Atkin is the registered agent.
Noteworthy:
The buildings used by the Cross Creek programs are owned by Robert Lichfield, founder of WWASPS. One property is also the listed address of the Robert Browning Lichfield family partnership.
Director Karr Farnsworth is the former President of WWASPS and was an administrator of Casa by the Sea when that program was closed by Mexican officials in September, 2004
Status: Open.
Licensed as a locked-down psychiatric facility.
Marketed as a boarding school.
Houses approximately 400 children.
Cross Creek Programs is a behavior modification facility located on 150 N State St, La Verkin, Utah [1].
It operates under an umbrella organization of WWASP. The property on which the school is placed, is owned by Robert Lichfield.
It consists of two programs. One for girls (Cross Creek Manor) and one for boys (Cross Creek Center). It was founded in 1987 and is the oldest still-opened facility related to WWASP.
Level system
Both programs consist of six levels. New detainees starts at level 1. They must show good behavior and attend a number of seminars in order to be voted up to the next level by their fellow detainees and therapists.
Detainees start with no privileges. Upon arrival they are strip-searched and their clothes are removed. They are handed an uniform appropriate for their level. They are not allowed to wear shoes due to the flight risk. As it is stated on the homepage of the facility: All of the programs have secure campuses, which keep students in and strangers out. Some are more secure than others [2].
According to statements [3] [4] some of the privileges which the detainee has to work for is:
- Phone contact with the family (Monitored letters are allowed, incoming mail is scanned before given to the detainee)
- Visit from the family
- Talking with fellow detainees (Level two and above) unless it is a part of group therapy
- Right to shave or use hair products(Level two and above)
- hoes (Level 3 and above)
- Make-up or jewelry (Level 4 and above)
In order to keep the detainees from running from the facility, a number of security precautions are mandatory:
- No use of bathroom with doors fully closed.
- No crossing of threshold without asking staff
- No recording of phone numbers or addresses beside the parents
- Check every morning to ensure that only one pair of bras, underwear and socks are on.
- No watching television or newspaper reading
- No looking out of the windows
- No speaking when staff orders "silence"
- No physical contact with other girls except as part of group therapy (hugs)
Once a detainee reach level 5, they become junior staff member based the education they themselves have obtained as a detainee in the program. However they are still closely monitored so they do not give favors to students in lower levels.
