By Kylie: 2022-2023 I was in Brattleboro Retreat and was put in an isolation unit in Tyler, there for swearing. It was labeled as abusive and violent language, and I was threatened that if I left, I would be physically restrained onto a metal chair with leather straps and I would be chemically sedated. The [...]

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: 2007-2008 I could tell you stories of awful things that happened at King George School (KGS). Tales that would make even the strictest mental health employee’s eyes widen and think to themselves: “wow, that’s fucked up.” Yes, there was the time an educational consultant named Carol Maxim was hired by the CEO to [...]