https://old.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/1ebtniv/gfs_15yo_sister_has_left_troubled_teen_camp_is/
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Those "troubled teen camps" are super fricked up and originate from some weird butt cult
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Watch the teen actually be in danger and Reddit convinces OP to take the kid back to danger
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Yeah, unironically I knew a bunch of kids in high school who had come through those. They are severely abusive and actual fricking nightmare fuel. Literally nobody should send any kid to one for any reason and any kid who might be sent to one should run away immediately and not come back. It's genuinely better to be homeless.
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Yeah I went to one of these schools for 2 years, I'd definitely rescue a kid from one of these places if I ever ran into that situation. Redditors again unable to see shades of gray in anything![:marseyautism: :marseyautism:](https://i.rdrama.net/e/marseyautism.webp)
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Tell me more![:marseysimpson: :marseysimpson:](https://i.rdrama.net/e/marseysimpson.webp)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synanon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CEDU
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troubled_teen_industry
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The Elan School is one of the most famous of them. The adult consolers were all either incompetent or high on heroin, so they let other teenagers distribute punishments, which generally was them beating the shit out of people or molesting them because⦠well you're letting troubled teens run the show.
There's a web comic of a dude talking about his experience called Joe vs Elan School. Long read but really good story of a guy who lost his teenage years to that heck hole.
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Rich or upper-middle class parents with difficult children can sign up for their brat to be kidnapped and fixed. Bunch of men barge into the teen's bedroom in the middle of the night. Handcuff them, carry them to their van and drive them to what's probably a wilderness camp. (A practice literally called 'gooning'
) These services are offered by a "Teen escort company".
In a fantastic world maybe you can imagine enough supplies, decent instructors, and peer bonding even if they struggle while learning survival skills or whatever useless nonsense the camp offers. In reality, people are sent to these camps as a punishment, not therapy. The hope is 8+ weeks of tough love and struggle will turn out a fixed obedient teenager. And this is a competitive industry in america so of course we're cutting corners to save on costs. And who needs tough love when you have abuse? Teens have literally unironically died at some camps from heat stroke, hypothermia, injury, or untreated illness.
The relationship between adults and teens is confrontational. Punishments for disobedience and misbehavior might involve being forcefed sedatives. Denied food, water, or sleep. Refused communication with family. Losing clothes, or being molested as part of a cavity search.
You aren't going to be calling home, and if you are allowed it will be monitored. Letters home will be redacted of any bad news. Some state laws have tried to fix this but who knows if they're enforced.
Anyway after a few mental breakdowns even the straightest people start to become a little gay so I approve of these camps 100% as gay recruitment facilities. (Even if gayness is one of the things they're supposed to fix. Oops.)
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more trust fundies need to be sent to these camps
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Posts like this is why I do Heroine.
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There is a big writeup on them on kiwifarms.
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got link?![:eggplantconcerned: :eggplantconcerned:](https://i.rdrama.net/e/eggplantconcerned.webp)
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https://kiwifarms.st/threads/the-american-child-torture-industry-cons-and-cults-disguised-as-schools.185287/
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