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Midwest Academy – Jasmine C.
I was mentally physically and emotionally abused. Once I was out the program I had extreme ptsd and anxiety. My father is still paying on a loan and the school did nothing but cause me internal issues. They claimed I would be rehabilitated and when I came out I was...
Horizon Academy – Geoffrey E.
I was forced to drink the contaminated water that had traces of known arsenic when all the staff refused and only drank water bottles. Not allowed to write any family members or friends with the postal system. No access to phones. Fed small amounts that barely added...
Eagle Ranch Academy – Parent Testimony – Carrie L.
Our daughter endured 15 days of HELL!The first day she was attacked by a girl and our daughter was restrained and forced to sleep in the hall on a filthy floor. She was punished for not eating tomato soup the cook put her on cold oatmeal for three days.Our daughters...
Cross Creek Programs – Sean D
Declarative StatementAs a 34 year old man still constantly tormented by and in intensive therapy for CPTSD, as well as having to seek intensive medical treatment for infertility, I honestly feel it is my duty to share my story with survivors of, and potential...
Cross Creek Programs – Daniel M.
I was put into this program shortly after my 17th birthday. I had a hard life up till that point. My father committing suicide at a young age, hurricane Katrina making us have to leave Louisiana, and being bullied all of grade school. At 3:45 in the morning I was...
Cross Creek, Horizon Academy, Youth Foundations, Clearview – Kristy C.
I have two separate statements to write up, one of which I’m under the impression Clearview is already being sued and action is taking place. I have severe trauma from both of these programs, both very different reasons. Experienced mental and physical abuse. I give...
Atlantis Leadership Academy – Tyler L
We were starved, beaten and kept in seclusion for months at a time. I personally was forced to lay in a room on my stomach alone for 3 months and ate nothing but rice and drank nothing but water… i lost 50lbs while i was there at the program i was 6’ 186 when i got...
Atlantis Leadership Academy – Noah L
I was mentally abused at Atlantis Leadership Academy and been told I was worthless and disgusting as a method to change my behavior. I was underfed as a punishment at at times forced to do long strenuous labor for friends of the programs director. I was kicked, punched, and was told I was going to be killed as a knife was put to my throat for not cooperating. Every time I tried to contact my parents to ask for help my letter to them was edited and deleted. We were also forced to smile in every picture taken by the programs staff member so it looked as if we were enjoying our time in the program.
Atlantis Leadership Academy – Myles W.
Atlantis Leadership Academy was a program full of lies. They were ran under the name of “Health and Wellness Centre,” or something similar to that in Jamaica. We caught Randy under the influence multiple times, for example after 8 1/2 months my family came to visit me...
Agape Boarding School – Brett H.
DECLARATION UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURYPURSUANT TO 28 USCA 1746 I, Brett H. declare and state as follows: Name of Program:Agape Boarding School Location of Program:Stockton, MO Period of Internment (MM/YY to MM/YY)1999-2003 Declarative StatementI was brought by transport...
High Impact – Michael F.
From: Michael F. DECLARATION UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY PURSUANT TO 28 USCA 1746 I, Michael Fidler declare and state as follows: Name of Program: High impact Location of Program: Mexico Period of Internment (MM/YY to MM/YY) 07/2000-10/2000 Declarative Statement I...
Atlantis Leadership Academy – Timmy
Atlantis Leadership Academy is a mentally abusive place, as well as we have had physical abuse from staff and student, they fired the staff the was abusing us after a kid wrote a letter home, which meant they knew about it, but never said nothing about it. I give...
Coral Reef Academy – Anonymous
I attended Coral Reef Academy. Coral Reef Academy is a corrupt “therapeutic” environment where kids are beaten in “restraints” and kept in solitary confinement for weeks and months at a time for breaking rules. A good majority of the staff are tattooed and gang affiliated Samoan ex convicts who were deported from California or Utah to get reduced prison sentences for violent crimes.
Spring Creek Lodge – Travis H.
That place was a joke. I was an internal kid when it came to my feelings. Well that cost me months and months without moving up in levels. I didn’t talk on the phone to my parents for so many months.
Paradise Cove – David D.
I’m so lucky that I was brought home before they decided to cut on me and treat cancer that I didn’t have in the first place. I still to this day have prostate problems and seems to be getting worse as I get older.
Royal George Academy – Anonymous
I was with a group of around ten other males and had to adjust to life with them. I remember my first week there every day was fight and being in shock no one would come to break it up. I remember one person got it more than any one else and always got it the worst.
Eagle Ranch Academy – Shiloh
My 11 months spent at Eagle Ranch Academy were the lowest and most emotionally painful months of my life. I have experienced a considerable amount of abuse and emotional turmoil in my life, however (unbelievably) nothing compares to the complete hopelessness I experienced at Eagle Ranch Academy.
Spring Creek Lodge – Michelle
I was one of the kids that in the program considered a “lifer” being as I was there for so long. The situations I was in and I saw the other kids being put in because of facility “rules” where horrendous! Severe mental and on most situations abusive as they (the staff) liked to call it “restraint”.
Cross Creek Manor – Alexa W.
I witnessed the program mandated “silent treatment” aka THE DESERT many times while at CCM. This treatment was something our director boasted about often that would “wear girls down until they were ready to comply.”
Cross Creek Programs – Sarah S.
The worst period in my life. The time I was supposed to be figuring out who I was and what I wanted. Was not allowed to speak freely, had to ask permission to use the rest room and was denied permission at least 40% of the time.
#BreakingCodeSilence – Kay R. (on Behalf of Sam)
Its not my story, but I am the only one left to tell it. In the last two years or so of her life, she did express the sadness and the loneliness she felt. She was having a lot of trouble adjusting back to the real world. She expressed sadness and loneliness, but for her the nightmares were the worst.
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