By Anonymous: 2021 I have a lot to say about my time spent at Trails Carolina that wouldn’t remotely be enough for this one submission. I’ll do my best to cover the things I experienced. I was sent to Trails Carolina for and I quote, “lying about completing homework.” Trails Carolina advertises itself as a [...]

By Alexandra: 2004-2007 I have so many things I need to say about Island View. The staff practiced a form of psychological warfare that was cruel and destructive to every child that came in those doors while I attended. My first day I was given a pap smear with out my consent by a nurse [...]

By Ari (Part 2): 2019-2021 I wanted to submit a couple more things that happened to me while I was at Elevations RTC because I think they’re important, and due to some of the trauma I have my memory is a little bit messed up which is likely why I forgot to include them initially. [...]

By Anonymous: 1987-1989 I was sent to Heritage School directly from a psychiatric hospital when I had just turned 15. I am 49 now & still have nightmares. I know this is considered one of the “nicer” schools. I know it is very expensive. My memories are disjointed, but specific incidents are clear even all [...]

By Anonymous: 2001 I was at the school as a day student for around six months; so I guess I was lucky in that respect. The school had only two teachers who actually taught me anything. The math teacher just sat at his desk as we filled in workbooks, and if you were having any [...]

By Addison: 2016-2017 My name is Addison and I was at Trinity Teen Solutions in Wyoming for 9 months from October of 2016 to July of 2017, I was 15. I knew I was leaving prior to my stay unlike many girls who went there and to other placements. I watched girls cycle in and [...]

By Anonymous: 2019 I attended Teen Challenge Bloom when I was 12 years old. I immediately felt something off about the program, and have journal entries from my time there explaining specific situations I was put in. I was extremely manipulated and brainwashed. For example, one of the counselors claimed that “God told her” I [...]

By Nate: 2008-2009 I’m not really sure how to start with this testimonial, and frankly I don’t want to write it because this will mean rehashing a very painful part of my life that I have done much work to work through and put behind me. I would be astounded if there turned out to [...]

By Anonymous: 2021 So my parents sent me to a Wilderness program that claims it’s duration to be a year. It’s for troubled kids or parents who just don’t want to deal with their kids problems. I got sent there to ‘teach me a lesson’ and ‘prove how spoiled I am and how tough life [...]

By Alexa: 2013 I got here early 2013, upon arriving I was stripped of all individuality, warmth or comfort, and what little innocence I had left. Getting there, I was on self-harm watch it started of being mainly females that searched me, but sometimes there was men. At least 3 times, I had to strip [...]