Bree’s Lincoln Prairie Behavioral Health Center Testimony
2016
I had just turned 13 when I was forced into the Lincoln Prairie program. I had been sent for self harm/depression and suicidal ideation. My school counselor was the one to find out about a suicide plan I had. It was first hour English and I […]
Anonyous’ Teen Challenge Columbus Girls Academy Testimony
2017-2018
I experienced extreme conversion therapy for being “sick with homosexuality.” My parents took me there after i had a suicide attempt due to undiagnosed bipolar. They told me god was punishing me and making me depressed cause I was living in sun. almost all of my […]
Ashley’s Copper Canyon Academy Testimony
2010-2011
I was sixteen years old when I woke up to two people in my room, a retired police officer and beefy woman. I was very confused, I did not have a top on and was only wearing bottoms. The man threw a shirt at me and told me […]
Anonymous’ Clearview Girls Academy Testimony
2020-2022
Every child looks forward to their 16th birthday. Except I didn’t. A few weeks prior, I’d miscarried a baby, a child of sexual assault. I was no more than a child myself. Naturally, I was showing symptoms of depression and having panic attacks. Looking back, I’m pretty sure […]
River’s Cedar Ridge Academy Testimony
2018-2020
I had got sent to cedar ridge after coming from southwestern and in my time I had witnessed a lot of stuff I remember that the drain to my shower wasn’t working and that I had been molested by my roommate and told the staff they did nothing […]
Anonymous’ Kansas City Girls Academy Testimony
2021-2022
I was sent to this program after asking for help, I was really struggling mentaly an d thought it was like a hospital. I was told I was going to get help. Instead I just got trauma. I am bisexual and transgender and I was sent there […]
Anonymous’ Franklin Academy Testimony
2021-2022
I went to this school thinking they’d prepare me for college. What I experienced instead was extremely traumatic and also illegal. I had my own mail searched twice during my time there, and I was also lied to several times about my roommate situation and what was being done […]
Azariah’s Eva Carlston Academy Testimony
2020-2021
Damn. This was one of the worst experiences of my life.
To Kristi Ragsdale, FUCK you. You are a heartless woman who cares only about her money. I was forced to be in your shitty place for 14 months. When I called my parents everyday crying and begging for […]
Eli’s KW Legacy Ranch Testimony
2007
If you want your kid to have no self-worth, send them here. The stories of abuse are real and have lifelong consequences. If your kid is there, pull them out immediately. If you don’t, you will have to face up to the fact that you intentionally and irreparably […]
Anonymous’ Cedar Breaks Academy Testimony
2006
It has been 16 years and there is some stuff that will always stick with me. I feel like this place robbed all the happiness from our childhood and created this nightmare that just won’t go away. I find myself like tonight thinking back to the experience. I […]
