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Horizon Academy – Rebecca H.
I need help with figuring out how i can obtain records of me being at horizon ACADEMY in Amargosa Valley nevada from [PHONE REDACTED]. I have a SEPARATE court case ging on from abuse when i was a minor and i have SUBPOENAED records but they can seem to figure out...
Sunset Bay Academy – Anon
At sunset bay academy in meXico, OnE of the owners named karina heredia gave oral sex to a teenage boy when she was taking him to get his broken leg fixed. She sent him Nudes of herself when he got out which he has shared with boys from there. A girl named paige...
Montana Academy – Brett O.
I was banned from your allegedly supportive community for having the wrong opinions and beliefs, and not even about the program I went to. I just wanted to send this to say a big fuck you to all of you involved in this for being fake. You're all a bunch of stupid...
Horizon Academy – Angelina G.
Hello i was in horizon academy 2008, thinking about the abuse i went through is still very duisturbing to live and deal with, as a latina woman i now can say i was very mistreated. as a miniorty in this school i was forced to wear a skirt when everyone else was able...
Maple Lake Academy – Daphne
Maple Lake Academy emotionally, verbally and physically abused me for almost a year. My therapist would share information about me without my consent. Almost all of the staff there are undergraduate college students who don't know what they're doing but are still...
Spring Ridge Academy – Ara M.
I was sent to Spring Ridge Academy (SRA) in the spring of 1998, against my will. SRA was marketing as an "emotional growth boarding school" and was founded by Jeannie Courtney. Prior to starting SRA, Courtney was married to David Gilcrease and the two of them were...
Spring Ridge Acadmy – Jennifer B.
My name is Jenna [REDACTED]. I went to Spring Ridge Academy therapeutic boarding school. They used humiliation tactics, solitary confinement that lasted days, crazy forced labor, denial of proper medical care, inappropriate use of medication, discrimination against...
Spring Ridge Academy – Emily B.
I was abused while at spring ridge in the following ways. - Zero contact with my family the duration of my stay. - Isolated from girls in the program. - Made to pick up tumbleweeds, rake sand, and move huge rocks and other manual labor. - Not allowed to practice my...
Spring Ridge Academy (SRA) – Molly D.
I was sent to spring ridge academy or SRA in August of 2014 after attending a therapeutic wilderness program. There were a lot of reasons that my parents sent me away, including depression, lots of anger, and no longer caring about school or anything else. What they...
Spring Ridge Academy – Anonymous
I went to Spring Ridge Academy in 2015. I was originally "gooned" (woken up in the middle of the night and taken hostage by strangers who escorted me) to a wilderness program. The wilderness program ended by recommending me to SRA. When I first got there, everyone...
Casa by the Sea – Ryan L.
I attended casa by the sea for the duration of 1 year FROM august of 1998- august of 1999. I was 14 years old. I would like to tell my story about the horrifyinG events that too place while I was there. i went through some terrible things and there were things that...
Woods Services – Michael T.
Hello, now this program was not a WWASP program (in fact it was there before and after WWASP closed AND is still somehow in service). But that aside this place was quite brutal anyway. Woods Services is a residential school for kids with varying levels of Autism in...
Sunset Bay Academy – Paige
I was sent to SBA (previously known as California Leadership Academy and Bayside Academy)in May 2016 after a failed suicide attempt. While I was there I was raped by the program director Dr. Hugo Wright. I was sexually abused by a staff member named Carlos, I was...
Evangelhouse Christian Academy – Kathryn L.
I was sixteen years old when I was sent to Evangelhouse Christian Academy. I had been in and out of hospitals and treatment centers for the prior 3 years. A month before I was sent away, I had been raped by my girlfriend, attempted suicide, and relapsed hard with my...
Maple Lake Acadamy – Mikayla D.
I went to Maple Lake in 2009 to 2010, I am now a successful adult and I am still undoing the trauma from here. I was sent to MLA after I was raped, kicked out of my home and then OD'd, it was all too much for a 17 year old to deal with alone. When I first got there,...
Dundee Ranch – Julia C.
When I was twelve I started to have behavioral issues but I don't believe that I deserved this. I fought with my mom on occasion and I drank alcohol 1X and had started smoking weed. My brother was already in and out of DT and had a couple assult charges on his record...
Pacific Life Program – Bella
I was sent to Pacific Life Program on Feb 8th, 2018 and I spent 7 months there. Prior to attending this institution I was having severe mental health problems and I stopped attending school, so my mom kicked me out and PLP was basically just a housing option for me...
Kids of a Greater Salt Lake – Jj
As a troubled youth I was placed in this institution. There were kids and even young adults there that had been forced to stay for over four years. I witnessed and experienced horrific mental and physical abuse. This program was chased out of a number of states and...
Lake House Academy – Samantha F.
6 months after my 12th birthday I was sent to Lake House Academy in Flat Rock, NC. Immediately after I got there a girl jumped from the highest balcony of the house in the middle of the night and broke both of her legs, and I knew that this wasn't a place I was going...
Sunset Bay Academy – Paige
I was sent to Sunset Bay Academy after a failed suicide attempt at 15 years old. I was originally sent to Holy Highway in Texas but was kicked out after a month. They told my parents my depression was too severe and recommended I be sent to a long-term psych hospital...
Spring Creek Lodge Academy – Sean
I am 34 now, I was 14 when I attended which was 2002 ? I had just turned 15 part way through so I believe that is accurate. I was in EXCEL. My "leader" or whatever it was called - - - there was 2, KEVIN and another younger guy Adam? My memory has gotten so hazy. I...
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