By Monica: 2014-2015 My name is Monica Mira, and I was 14 years old when I was sentenced to complete a program at a Residential Treatment Facility in San Antonio, TX called Hector Garza. This facility already had over 53 state violations with countless reports of physical and sexual abuse, along with documentation of severe [...]

By Anonymous: 2011-2017 I am a Turtle Island citizen (first nation). My family was very loving. I was first put into a a foster home on false grounds as a child in Ottawa, Ontario. I ended up getting assaulted by the biological child of the foster parents, and I was thrown of the second floor [...]

By Mallow: 2009-2016 I was sent states away from my home in Virginia to this facility. As a non-verbal student with Apraxia and Aphasia, I was linguistically isolated. Despite being a Deaf-based program, they refused to accommodate my specific communication needs, relying exclusively on ASL which I did not understand. They deprived me of my [...]

By Katie: 1999 One night in early 1999, I was feeling like I was having another sinus infection. I had already slept a bit that day and it was early at night for me, but I did remember having a headache and mentioning it to my mom. I remember my mother giving me a red [...]

By Lathrop: 1998-1999 https://www.youtube.com/embed/gGD6Rq-RoAQ?si=VSQTJLJ_Vh3GPXBk

By Anonymous: 2019-2020 I have been a victim of institutional child abuse since age twelve. As a child, I suffered from severe anxiety and depression. I was bullied at school and struggled academically due to a learning disorder. My parents, heartbroken by my suffering, decided to get me help. They brought me to NYP Westchester, [...]

By Thora: 2014-2015 My name is Thora Lodbrok Johnston, and I’m a Troubled Teen Industry survivor. I willingly when to this program that was painted to me as a program called Burwell for Kids with disabilities and that they were going to get me through high school. The first year was great no problems it [...]

By Kim: 1998-2003 In the spring of 1998, at age 12, I was sent to be evaluated by a therapist with supposed expertise in substance use problems after my mom found something written in my diary about drug use and was understandably concerned. I was never told the reason for the evaluation or asked about [...]

By Annalyse: 2011-2013 I had a really hard childhood growing up. It wasn’t my fault but my go to behavior was to self destruct. I was playing video games 24/7 in order to escape what I was dealing with at home. I had just returned home from a 10 month wilderness program called SOAR, but [...]

By Anonymous: 2014-2015 I’m a survivor of Heritage RTC, aka the Heritage Community, in Provo, Utah. I was sent to Heritage by my school district due to being suspended for getting into fights with other classmates, however I strongly suspect that my autism diagnosis was a major factor in the district’s decision to place me [...]