By Meg: 2001-2004 I was 15 years old in February of 2001 when I was abducted in the middle of the night by two people who told me that I had to “come with them”. They were very clear about my lack of choice in the matter by stating “we can do this the easy [...]

By Julianne: 2004-2006 When I was 14 years old I was sent, against my will, to a residential treatment center in Utah. It was a Mormon-run, working cattle ranch. I had no history of drugs, violence, alcohol abuse, sex addiction, shopping addiction, any kind of addiction at all. I was sent to this program because [...]

By Anonymous: 2018-2019 I was at Franklin Academy in East Haddam from April of 2018 to June of 2019. I went because I had to leave another school for complicated reasons. At first, I liked it because I was just in a wilderness program for two months. It also felt better in my first few [...]

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 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 [...]