Pine View Academy - Mississippi

Pine View Academy is located in Lucedale, Mississippi.

Pine View is owned and operated by John Fountain.

The Fountain family has been the subject of numerous investigations into child abuse and neglect.

This facility operated for many years as Bethel Boys Home, then Bethel Boys Academy, but changed its name to Eagle Point Christian Academy in an attempt to distance itself from allegations of child abuse and neglect.

Shortly before the name change, Eagle Point Christian Academy/Bethel Boys became part of the World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools (WWASPS).

The facility is currently named in a civil suit alleging criminal acts amounting to torture.

Children desperate to leave the facility initiated a riot in April 2005.

Eagle Point/Bethel Boys was damaged by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.

The boys were transferred to different WWASPS facilities, including Darrington Academy in Georgia.

In late 2005, the facility began advertising under ANOTHER name - Respect Camp.

Respect Camp advertised itself as a 60-120 day Christian boot camp and was operated by John Fountain.

In early 2006, the facility began advertising as Cambridge Academy.

In March 2006, the facility began advertising as Pine View Academy.

According to records on file with the state of Mississippi, the legal name of of Pine View Academy is STILL Eagle Point Christian Academy.

No names changes or other amendments have been filed with the state.

Information obtained by ISAC in early 2006 indicates that new arrivals to Pine View Academy have to "earn" a mattress and sleep on a bare wooden bunk until they do.

We have also learned that the blankets on the bunks still bear the Bethel Boys name and logo.