By Beetle: 2017-2019 On October 27th, 2017, I was woken up at 2:07 am to two strangers coming into my room, dragging me out of bed, telling me I could go the easy way or the hard way and that I didn’t deserve to be with my family anymore. During my time being transported I was [...]

By Alex: 2020 – 2021 Being emotionally abused would be an understatement. I was attacked by my group mates. Under fed and under clothed for the middle of winter. When it was snowing we didn’t have any snow clothes. It was freezing cold with very few layers. They gave us the bare minimum of everything. [...]

By Anonymous: 2020-2021 Before I was sent to SUWS of the Carolinas, I was a troubled kid with terrible trauma. Riddled with anxiety, depression, and undiagnosed autism, I could barely take a shower once a month. I was struggling with school and was too depressed to do any work. In December of 2019, I was [...]

By Ellie: 2021 I was sent there after years and years of trying to get my depression managed. It was my parents' last resort. They believed it would help. While I was there I witnessed many extremely distressing things. Such as: one girls hip would pop in and out of place most hikes causing excruciating [...]

By Anonymous: 1986 I was sent to a week-long internment when I was 14 years old. We were told we could only bring what would fit in a 40lb backpack and a sleeping bag. We were not told the nights would be freezing and to bring appropriate coats, boots, and clothes for those temperatures. We [...]

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 [...]