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jetbag513 t1_j61cwpy wrote

Reply to comment by kottabaz in Boarding school ignored teen’s sickness complaints before she died, ex-staff say by ninjascotsman

The kids would probably be safer in juvie or jail at this point.

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ninjascotsman OP t1_j6287hz wrote

there was program in soma called paradise cove run by company called wwasp based in st george, utah

this program was so brutal that the clients tried murder another client.

they knew they would get caught for murder obviously but that's fucking desperate they had become.

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jetbag513 t1_j629lcu wrote

Yeah, there are endless reports of these horrendous "programs". I read an entire series about them a good while ago. I think it was ProPublica or maybe Slate. It was a good source, regardless. The one was a ranch I think in Montana and they had PICTURES of young girls doing hard, heavy manual labor that was wrecking their bodies. I think someone smuggled in a camera because they weren't allowed phones.

I just remember being gobsmacked that these places aren't being shut down. I get that parents get desperate but for god's sake, in this day and age to be unaware of such a rampant problem and do no research before consigning your child to this hell is beyond me. I think the one place the local yokels were in on the grift and getting quite a cut of the deluge of $$ the place was making. LE, judges, state rep's - the whole nine yards.

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KulaanDoDinok t1_j61yeme wrote

Having worked in juvie: no. The system is overwhelmed with kids who are actual criminals, you don’t need to throw in the kids whole. Juvenile detention is for kids committing serious or violent offenses.

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