{"id":1210,"date":"2021-12-31T04:58:10","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T04:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/?page_id=1210"},"modified":"2022-03-28T20:26:30","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T03:26:30","slug":"books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/books\/","title":{"rendered":"Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container gradient-container-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><!-- Google Tag Manager (noscript) -->\n<noscript><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/ns.html?id=GTM-MS24Q4S\"\nheight=\"0\" width=\"0\" style=\"display:none;visibility:hidden\"><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<!-- End Google Tag Manager (noscript) --><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\"><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-left\"><div class=\"title-sep sep- sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-center fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:46;line-height:1.04;\">Books<\/h1><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-right\"><div class=\"title-sep sep- sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;max-width:250px;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_5);border-color:var(--awb-custom_color_5);border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-1 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-medium fusion-blog-no\"><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-no fusion-blog-rollover\" data-pages=\"0\"><article id=\"blog-1-post-1434\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1434 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Clockwork-Straight-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/a-clockwork-straight-rehabilitation-thought-reform-and-the-destruction-of-minds\/\">A Clockwork Straight: Rehabilitation, Thought Reform and the Destruction of Minds<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Clockwork-Straight.jpg\" data-id=\"1434\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - Clockwork Straight\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/a-clockwork-straight-rehabilitation-thought-reform-and-the-destruction-of-minds\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA Clockwork Straight: Rehabilitation, Thought Reform and the Destruction of Minds\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/a-clockwork-straight-rehabilitation-thought-reform-and-the-destruction-of-minds\/\" aria-label=\"A Clockwork Straight: Rehabilitation, Thought Reform and the Destruction of Minds\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestraights.net\/book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A Clockwork Straight: Rehabilitation, Thought Reform and the Destruction of Minds<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 By Wesley Fager\u00a0\u2013 This is a story about organized child abuse in the western world on a massive scale,\u00a0 maybe in excess of 50,000 kids involved.\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s about convincing affluent white parents that their child will die without the services of a juvenile drug rehab program called Straight (and in some cases one of its abusive follow-on programs).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1482\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1482 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-A-Life-Gone-Awry-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/a-life-gone-awry-my-story-of-the-elan-school\/\">A Life Gone Awry: My Story of the Elan School<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-A-Life-Gone-Awry.jpg\" data-id=\"1482\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - A Life Gone Awry\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/a-life-gone-awry-my-story-of-the-elan-school\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA Life Gone Awry: My Story of the Elan School\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/a-life-gone-awry-my-story-of-the-elan-school\/\" aria-label=\"A Life Gone Awry: My Story of the Elan School\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Life-Gone-Awry-Story-School\/dp\/1469967634\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A Life Gone Awry: My Story of the Elan School<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 By Wayne Kernochan\u00a0\u2013 Book Description When Doctor M. Scott Peck suggested Elan to my parents I was skeptical because the first program he sent me to was a drug program, and I had never done drugs. He said it wasn\u2019t, and that Elan treated teens with emotional problems. He told me that Elan had psychiatrists and counselors, and activities, so I agreed to go. What I witnessed was unbelievable. Elan was an insane asylum, run by the inmates, and Joe Ricci was God. For more than thirty years I told people I had been in prison, rather than the truth of what happened there. After you read this book you will understand why.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1484\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1484 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Abandoned-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/abandoned\/\">Abandoned<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Abandoned.jpg\" data-id=\"1484\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - Abandoned\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/abandoned\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAbandoned\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/abandoned\/\" aria-label=\"Abandoned\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Abandoned-Susie-TenEyck\/dp\/0990337987\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Abandoned<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 By Susie TenEyck\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Abandoned details a true story of surviving a government-funded, experimental, behavior-modification program that used highly-refined techniques compared to North Korean brainwashing in America. Susie survived this egregious child torture cult, narrowly escaping with her life. She became trapped in a cycle of tumultuous relationships for decades. Embracing hope, she sifted through the muddy waters, unveiled the skeletons lurking in high-ranking political closets, and emerged as a victor. After discovering branching carbon copies of this terroristic cult and mind-control program, she connected with other survivors. As a trauma survivor, she found meaning and purpose as a worldwide special needs advocate and received international acclaim as an award-winning author with many distinctions. Her campaigns against institutional abuse, family violence, and bullying reach millions.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1486\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1486 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Alacrity-My-Saga-of-Survival-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/alacrity-my-saga-of-survival\/\">Alacrity: My Saga of Survival<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Alacrity-My-Saga-of-Survival.jpg\" data-id=\"1486\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - Alacrity My Saga of Survival\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/alacrity-my-saga-of-survival\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAlacrity: My Saga of Survival\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/alacrity-my-saga-of-survival\/\" aria-label=\"Alacrity: My Saga of Survival\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Alacrity-My-Saga-of-Survival\/dp\/B094CMP4JC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alacrity: My Saga of Survival<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 For years, Skye tried to escape the abuse of her wealthy, influential family. Long after disappearing, her battle continued. Skye appeared to live the perfect, privileged life of a physician\u2019s daughter. When she turned 13, she began to realize something was terribly wrong with her circumstances. In heartbreaking detail, Skye shares the extreme escalation from medications to numerous abusive institutions to ensure her silence. Silenced with her father\u2019s reputation and influence, Skye shares her struggles to get to safety, fighting into adulthood to extricate herself from the grasp of a powerful man at all costs. Skye recounts her descent into drugs and trafficking, surviving a Michigan homeless shelter as a teen, and beating the odds to join the Air Force. As she enters training, Skye struggles to find support or belief from her wingmen and must fight to keep her place and her clearance. Moved from Florida to Texas, Michigan, Idaho, and Montana, Skye boldly shares the heartbreaking state of the pediatric pharmaceutical industry, the caveats of powerful parents, and the paradox of the missing child\u2019s voice into adulthood.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1488\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1488 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-An-American-Gulag-Secret-P.O.W.-Camps-for-Teens--320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/an-american-gulag-secret-p-o-w-camps-for-teens\/\">An American Gulag: Secret P.O.W. Camps for Teens<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-An-American-Gulag-Secret-P.O.W.-Camps-for-Teens-.jpg\" data-id=\"1488\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - An American Gulag Secret P.O.W. Camps for Teens\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/an-american-gulag-secret-p-o-w-camps-for-teens\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAn American Gulag: Secret P.O.W. Camps for Teens\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/an-american-gulag-secret-p-o-w-camps-for-teens\/\" aria-label=\"An American Gulag: Secret P.O.W. Camps for Teens\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B00IKVD1X4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">An American Gulag: Secret P.O.W. Camps for Teens<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Desperate Parents, Troubled Teens. Tragic stories of desperate parents, the choices they made, and how you can avoid making their same mistakes. In America, it\u2019s open season on children. Children have become the cash crop for a rising industry of child abuse, that targets anxious or worried parents of \u201cdefiant,\u201d \u201cangry,\u201d \u201cdepressed,\u201d or \u201ctroubled\u201d youth.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1492\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1492 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Boot-Camp-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/boot-camp-2\/\">Boot Camp<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Boot-Camp.jpg\" data-id=\"1492\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - Boot Camp\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/boot-camp-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBoot Camp\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/boot-camp-2\/\" aria-label=\"Boot Camp\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Boot-Camp-Todd-Strasser\/dp\/1416959424\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1309985254&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Boot Camp<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 In the middle of the night Garrett is taken from his home to Harmony Lake, a boot camp for troubled teens. Maybe some kids deserve to be sent there, but Garrett knows he doesn\u2019t. Subjected to brutal physical and psychological abuse, he tries to fight back, but the battle is futile. He won\u2019t be allowed to leave until he\u2019s admitted his \u201cmistakes\u201d and conformed to Harmony Lake\u2019s standards of behavior. And there\u2019s no way to fake it. Beaten, humiliated, and stripped of his pride, Garrett\u2019s spirit is slowly ebbing away.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1494\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1494 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Boy-Erased-A-Memoir--320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/boy-erased-a-memoir\/\">Boy Erased: A Memoir<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Boy-Erased-A-Memoir-.jpg\" data-id=\"1494\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - Boy Erased A Memoir\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/boy-erased-a-memoir\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBoy Erased: A Memoir\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/boy-erased-a-memoir\/\" aria-label=\"Boy Erased: A Memoir\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Boy-Erased-Memoir-Identity-Family\/dp\/0735213461\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Boy Erased: A Memoir<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 By Garrard Conley\u00a0\u2013 The son of a Baptist pastor and deeply embedded in church life in small town Arkansas, as a young man Garrard Conley was terrified and conflicted about his sexuality. When Garrard was a nineteen-year-old college student, he was outed to his parents, and was forced to make a life-changing decision: either agree to attend a church-supported conversion therapy program that promised to \u201ccure\u201d him of homosexuality; or risk losing family, friends, and the God he had prayed to every day of his life. Through an institutionalized Twelve-Step Program heavy on Bible study, he was supposed to emerge heterosexual, ex-gay, cleansed of impure urges and stronger in his faith in God for his brush with sin. Instead, even when faced with a harrowing and brutal journey, Garrard found the strength and understanding to break out in search of his true self and forgiveness.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1496\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1496 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Breaking-Their-Willing-Shedding-Light-on-Religious-Child-Maltreatment-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/breaking-their-willing-shedding-light-on-religious-child-maltreatment\/\">Breaking Their Willing: Shedding Light on Religious Child Maltreatment<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Breaking-Their-Willing-Shedding-Light-on-Religious-Child-Maltreatment.jpg\" data-id=\"1496\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - Breaking Their Willing Shedding Light on Religious Child Maltreatment\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/breaking-their-willing-shedding-light-on-religious-child-maltreatment\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBreaking Their Willing: Shedding Light on Religious Child Maltreatment\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/breaking-their-willing-shedding-light-on-religious-child-maltreatment\/\" aria-label=\"Breaking Their Willing: Shedding Light on Religious Child Maltreatment\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/161614405X\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Breaking Their Willing: Shedding Light on Religious Child Maltreatment<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 By Janet Heimlich\u00a0\u2013 This revealing, disturbing, and thoroughly researched book exposes a dark side of faith that most Americans do not know exists or have ignored for a long time-religious child maltreatment. After speaking with dozens of victims, perpetrators, and experts, and reviewing a myriad of court cases and studies, the author explains how religious child maltreatment happens. She then takes an in-depth look at the many forms of child maltreatment found in religious contexts, including biblically-prescribed corporal punishment and beliefs about the necessity of \u201cbreaking the wills\u201d of children; scaring kids into faith and other types of emotional maltreatment such as spurning, isolating, and withholding love; pedophilic abuse by religious authorities and the failure of religious organizations to support the victims and punish the perpetrators; and religiously-motivated medical neglect in cases of serious health problems. In a concluding chapter, Heimlich raises questions about children\u2019s rights and proposes changes in societal attitudes and improved legislation to protect children from harm. While fully acknowledging that religion can be a source of great comfort, strength, and inspiration to many young people, Heimlich makes a compelling case that, regardless of one\u2019s religious or secular orientation, maltreatment of children under the cloak of religion can never be justified and should not be tolerated.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1498\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1498 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Chasing-Pleasure-With-Pain-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/chasing-pleasure-with-pain\/\">Chasing Pleasure With Pain<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Chasing-Pleasure-With-Pain.jpg\" data-id=\"1498\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - Chasing Pleasure With Pain\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/chasing-pleasure-with-pain\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChasing Pleasure With Pain\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/chasing-pleasure-with-pain\/\" aria-label=\"Chasing Pleasure With Pain\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Chasing-Pleasure-Pain-Haywood-Robinson\/dp\/1649909543\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chasing Pleasure With Pain<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Haywood Robinson was just seventeen when she was sent to a behavioral modification program in Montana-a horrible and painful experience. This raw and emotional memoir chronicles Haywood\u2019s struggles with mental illness and her lack of a diagnosis until her thirties. It fearlessly tells of her experiences with toxic relationships, abortion, love addiction, eating disorders, and attempted suicides, and outlines her difficult climb back out of the darkness toward recovery. She wants readers to truly understand the agony of mental illness and the many difficulties people with mental illness go through every day of their lives. She hopes parents who read this book will consider dealing compassionately with their child\u2019s mental illness rather than resorting to a program that uses attack therapy and brainwashing\u2026because those experiences usually do far more harm than good. Lastly, she wants people like herself to know they are not alone. That their feelings are valid and they are important.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1500\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1500 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Dead-Inside-They-tried-to-break-me.-This-is-the-true-story-of-how-I-survived--320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/dead-inside-they-tried-to-break-me-this-is-the-true-story-of-how-i-survived\/\">Dead Inside: They tried to break me. This is the true story of how I survived<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Dead-Inside-They-tried-to-break-me.-This-is-the-true-story-of-how-I-survived-.jpg\" data-id=\"1500\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - Dead Inside They tried to break me. This is the true story of how I survived\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/dead-inside-they-tried-to-break-me-this-is-the-true-story-of-how-i-survived\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDead Inside: They tried to break me. This is the true story of how I survived\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/dead-inside-they-tried-to-break-me-this-is-the-true-story-of-how-i-survived\/\" aria-label=\"Dead Inside: They tried to break me. This is the true story of how I survived\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dead-Inside-tried-break-survived\/dp\/1492652792\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Dead Inside: They tried to break me. This is the true story of how I survived<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 By Cyndy Etler \u2013 I never was a badass. Or a slut, a junkie, or a stoner, like they told me I was. I was just a kid looking for something good, something that felt like love. I was a wannabe in a Levi\u2019s jean jacket. Anybody could see that. Except my mother. And the staff at Straight. I was thirteen when I ran away from my abusive home. After a month in a shelter for kids\u2013the best month of my childhood\u2013my mother heard about Princess Di and First Lady Nancy Reagan\u2019s visit to this place that was working miracles with troubled teens. Straight Inc., it was called.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1502\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1502 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Dead-Insane-or-In-Jail--320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/dead-insane-or-in-jail\/\">Dead, Insane, or In Jail<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Dead-Insane-or-In-Jail-.jpg\" data-id=\"1502\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - Dead, Insane, or In Jail\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/dead-insane-or-in-jail\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDead, Insane, or In Jail\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/dead-insane-or-in-jail\/\" aria-label=\"Dead, Insane, or In Jail\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.deadinsaneorinjail.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dead, Insane, or In Jail<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The Dead, Insane, or in Jail memoir series tells Zack Bonnie\u2019s story of his years at the Rocky Mountain Academy (a CEDU school) in Northern Idaho in the late 1980s. Tricked into going there at age fourteen, Zack ran away after several weeks, only to be returned there later that summer, where he remained for over two more years.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1504\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1504 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Dead-Insane-or-In-Jail-Overwritten-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/dead-insane-or-in-jail-overwritten\/\">Dead, Insane, or In Jail: Overwritten<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Dead-Insane-or-In-Jail-Overwritten.jpg\" data-id=\"1504\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - Dead, Insane, or In Jail Overwritten\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/dead-insane-or-in-jail-overwritten\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDead, Insane, or In Jail: Overwritten\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/dead-insane-or-in-jail-overwritten\/\" aria-label=\"Dead, Insane, or In Jail: Overwritten\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dead-Insane-Jail-Overwritten-Book\/dp\/0996337830\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dead, Insane, or In Jail: Overwritten<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 By Zack Bonnie\u00a0\u2013 As OVERWRITTEN begins, the bounty hunter and an armed sheriff escort Zack back to Rocky Mountain Academy, six weeks after his escape. This time, Zack changes his tactics and stops overtly opposing the authoritarian program. Some kids crumble under the pressure. Others become \u201clook-goods\u201d who\u2019ll do anything for approval. And young Zack may be kidding himself that he can remain immune to the coercive persuasion and thought control that permeates the place. With coarse, brutal dialog and authentic source materials, book two in this nonfiction memoir series takes the reader deeper into the vortex.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-24893\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-24893 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Dear-Renisha-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/dear-renisha-turning-trauma-into-triumph\/\">Dear Renisha: Turning Trauma into Triumph<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Dear-Renisha.jpg\" data-id=\"24893\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dear Renisha\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/dear-renisha-turning-trauma-into-triumph\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDear Renisha: Turning Trauma into Triumph\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/dear-renisha-turning-trauma-into-triumph\/\" aria-label=\"Dear Renisha: Turning Trauma into Triumph\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dear-Renisha-Turning-Trauma-Triumph\/dp\/B0BT5DXWBC\/\"><strong>Dear Renisha: Turning Trauma into Triumph<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Thrown into a agonizing existence by the family who adopted her, Sabrina Young recounts 17 years of abuse, torture and mistreatment full of racial slurs and bias because of the color of her skin and her defiance towards the rules of the church they followed. Brazen, brave and strong, Dear Renisha recounts Sabrina\u2019s experience within the troubled teen industry through her letters to her sister and her magnificent drawings. Sabrina\u2019s thoughts and imagery capture her dignity and beauty against the backdrop of betrayal within the family and church.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1506\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1506 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Escape-My-Lifelong-War-Against-Cults--320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/escape-my-lifelong-war-against-cults\/\">Escape: My Lifelong War Against Cults<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Escape-My-Lifelong-War-Against-Cults-.jpg\" data-id=\"1506\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - Escape My Lifelong War Against Cults\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/escape-my-lifelong-war-against-cults\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEscape: My Lifelong War Against Cults\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/escape-my-lifelong-war-against-cults\/\" aria-label=\"Escape: My Lifelong War Against Cults\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Escape-Life-Long-Against-Cults\/dp\/0615848699\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Escape: My Lifelong War Against Cults<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 By Paul Morantz\u00a0\u2013 From the back cover: The snake stuffed in attorney Paul Morantz s mailbox by acolytes of Synanon, a once-hailed drug rehabilitation center that had devolved into a paranoid, militaristic cult, was an early strike in what would become a 35-year war with nearly every major cult movement this country has ever known. Mr. Morantz has been involved under frequently bizarre circumstances\u2013with such infamous sects as the Charles Manson family, Patty Hearst and the SLA, Jim Jones and the People s Temple, the Moonies and the strange world of Scientology. His efforts have helped many escape from lives of torment and contributed to a sea change in how courts deal with the little-understood issues of brainwashing and cults. Now, in this important and compelling book, Mr. Morantz offers a comprehensive account of the origins and activities of cults and how they prey on society s most vulnerable elements. It also recounts the very intimate tale of how these confrontations with threatening and often, violent forces cost him the woman he loved and nearly, life itself.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1508\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1508 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-From-Miracle-to-Madness-2nd.-Edition-The-True-Story-of-Charles-Dederich-and-Synanon--320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/from-miracle-to-madness-2nd-edition-the-true-story-of-charles-dederich-and-synanon\/\">From Miracle to Madness 2nd. Edition: The True Story of Charles Dederich and Synanon<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-From-Miracle-to-Madness-2nd.-Edition-The-True-Story-of-Charles-Dederich-and-Synanon-.jpg\" data-id=\"1508\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - From Miracle to Madness 2nd. Edition The True Story of Charles Dederich and Synanon\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/from-miracle-to-madness-2nd-edition-the-true-story-of-charles-dederich-and-synanon\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFrom Miracle to Madness 2nd. Edition: The True Story of Charles Dederich and Synanon\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/from-miracle-to-madness-2nd-edition-the-true-story-of-charles-dederich-and-synanon\/\" aria-label=\"From Miracle to Madness 2nd. Edition: The True Story of Charles Dederich and Synanon\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/From-Miracle-Madness-2nd-Edition\/dp\/0578163055\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">From Miracle to Madness 2nd. Edition: The True Story of Charles Dederich and Synanon<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 True and complete Story of Charles Dederich and his founding of first ever peer drub rehab\u2013Synanon\u2013 and turning it into a violent and terrorist cult which in turn spawned decades of abusive cults and therapeutic communities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1510\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1510 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Girl-Sent-Away-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/girl-sent-away\/\">Girl Sent Away<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Girl-Sent-Away.jpg\" data-id=\"1510\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - Girl Sent Away\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/girl-sent-away\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGirl Sent Away\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/girl-sent-away\/\" aria-label=\"Girl Sent Away\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Girl-Sent-Away-Lynne-Griffin\/dp\/0983150575\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Girl Sent Away<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 By Lynn Griffin \u2013 Toby Sedgwick is terrified by his daughter\u2019s increasingly reckless behavior and takes a tough love approach, enrolling Ava in Mount Hope, a wilderness behavioral camp for troubled teens. Ava quickly realizes that the camp is little more than a prison, warehousing and abusing kids for their parents\u2019 money. And after spending a disturbing weekend completing the parent portion of treatment, Toby knows it too. As Ava desperately searches for a way out of Mount Hope, she is faced with resurfacing memories of a family tragedy. She can no longer suppress the pain of what happened to her mother and sister eight years earlier in Thailand. As father and daughter fight to get back to each other, the truth may irrevocably tear them apart.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1512\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1512 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Gone-to-the-Crazies-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/gone-to-the-crazies-a-memoir\/\">Gone to the Crazies: A Memoir<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Gone-to-the-Crazies.jpg\" data-id=\"1512\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - Gone to the Crazies\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/gone-to-the-crazies-a-memoir\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGone to the Crazies: A Memoir\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/gone-to-the-crazies-a-memoir\/\" aria-label=\"Gone to the Crazies: A Memoir\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Gone-Crazies-Memoir-Alison-Weaver\/dp\/0061374016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gone to the Crazies: A Memoir<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Alison Weaver\u2019s privileged upbringing hid the darker undertones of her childhood until her parents shipped her away, at fifteen, to the cultish Cascade School, warping her perception of reality. Upon graduation, set adrift in New York\u2019s East Village in the 1990s, her life began a downward spiral marked by needles and late-night parties. Stumbling into free fall and mingling with fears of death, she was forced to face her darkness. Here is Weaver\u2019s thoughtful exploration of what it means to fight for identity and equilibrium.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1514\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1514 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Help-at-Any-Cost-How-the-Troubled-Teen-Industry-Cons-Parents-and-Hurts-Kids-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/help-at-any-cost-how-the-troubled-teen-industry-cons-parents-and-hurts-kids\/\">Help at Any Cost: How the Troubled Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Help-at-Any-Cost-How-the-Troubled-Teen-Industry-Cons-Parents-and-Hurts-Kids.jpg\" data-id=\"1514\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - Help at Any Cost How the Troubled Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/help-at-any-cost-how-the-troubled-teen-industry-cons-parents-and-hurts-kids\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHelp at Any Cost: How the Troubled Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/help-at-any-cost-how-the-troubled-teen-industry-cons-parents-and-hurts-kids\/\" aria-label=\"Help at Any Cost: How the Troubled Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Help-Any-Cost-Troubled-Teen-Industry\/dp\/B08C9CPQDX\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Help at Any Cost: How the Troubled Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 By Maia Szalavitz \u2013 The troubled-teen industry, with its scaremongering and claims of miraculous changes in behavior through harsh discipline, has existed in one form or another for decades, despite a dearth of evidence supporting its methods. And the growing number of programs that make up this industry are today finding more customers than ever.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1516\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1516 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Hollywood-Park-A-Memoir--320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/hollywood-park-a-memoir\/\">Hollywood Park: A Memoir<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Hollywood-Park-A-Memoir-.jpg\" data-id=\"1516\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - Hollywood Park A Memoir\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/hollywood-park-a-memoir\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHollywood Park: A Memoir\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/hollywood-park-a-memoir\/\" aria-label=\"Hollywood Park: A Memoir\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Hollywood-Park-Memoir-Mikel-Jollett\/dp\/1250621569\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hollywood Park: A Memoir<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 By Mikel Jollett\u00a0\u2013 His story opens in an experimental commune in California, which later morphed into the Church of Synanon, one of the country\u2019s most infamous and dangerous cults. Per the leader\u2019s mandate, all children, including Jollett and his older brother, were separated from their parents when they were six months old, and handed over to the cult\u2019s \u201cSchool.\u201d After spending years in what was essentially an orphanage, Mikel escaped the cult one morning with his mother and older brother. But in many ways, life outside Synanon was even harder and more erratic.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1518\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1518 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Institutionalized-Persuasion-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/institutionalized-persuasion\/\">Institutionalized Persuasion<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Institutionalized-Persuasion.jpg\" data-id=\"1518\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - Institutionalized Persuasion\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/institutionalized-persuasion\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tInstitutionalized Persuasion\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/institutionalized-persuasion\/\" aria-label=\"Institutionalized Persuasion\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Institutionalized-Persuasion-Marcus-Chatfield\/dp\/1503137198\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Institutionalized Persuasion: The Technology of Reformation in Straight Incorporated and the Residential Teen Treatment Industry<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 This is Marcus\u2019s undergraduate thesis, written in 2013 and 2014. His graduate thesis, Totalistic Teen Treatment: A Qualitative Analysis of Retrospective Accounts (2019), is now available in paperback and as a free PDF, online. Institutionalized Persuasion provides new information about the history and dynamics of coercion in residential teen treatment settings. While private-sector programs continue to make millions utilizing dangerous yet unregulated methods, adolescents are abused each year in the name of treatment. By addressing the root causes of harm and presenting new strategies for the prevention of institutional child abuse, Institutionalized Persuasion offers a unique perspective on a highly controversial, persistent problem.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1520\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1520 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Jesus-Land-A-Memoir--320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/jesus-land\/\">Jesus Land<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Jesus-Land-A-Memoir-.jpg\" data-id=\"1520\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - Jesus Land A Memoir\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/jesus-land\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJesus Land\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/jesus-land\/\" aria-label=\"Jesus Land\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Jesus-Land-Memoir-Julia-Scheeres\/dp\/1582433542\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jesus Land: A Memoir<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Tells the story of a white girl who was sent from the Midwest to a Christian reform school in the Dominican Republic after she and her black adopted brother fought back against the racism and bullying that was directed toward them.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1522\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1522 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Mental-Health-Inc-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/mental-health-inc\/\">Mental Health Inc<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Mental-Health-Inc.jpg\" data-id=\"1522\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - Mental Health Inc\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/mental-health-inc\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMental Health Inc\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/mental-health-inc\/\" aria-label=\"Mental Health Inc\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mental-Health-Inc-Corruption-Vulnerable\/dp\/1468308378\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mental Health Inc: How Corruption, Lax Oversight, and Failed Reforms Endanger Our Most Vulnerable Citizens<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 By Art Levine \u2013 The mental health system in America is hardly the front-burner issue it should be, despite lip service about reform after each new tragic mass killing. Yet every American should care deeply about fixing a system a presidential commission reported was in \u201cshambles.\u201d By some measures, 20 percent of Americans have some sort of mental health condition, including the most vulnerable among us\u2015veterans, children, the elderly, prisoners, the homeless.With Mental Health, Inc., award-winning investigative journalist Art Levine delivers a Shock Doctrine-style expos\u00e9 of the failures of our out of control, profit-driven mental health system, with a special emphasis on dangerous residential treatment facilities and the failures of the pharmaceutical industry, including the overdrugging of children with antipsychotics and the disastrous maltreatment of veterans with PTSD by the scandal-wracked VA.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1524\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1524 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-New-Bethany-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/new-bethany\/\">New Bethany<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-New-Bethany.jpg\" data-id=\"1524\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - New Bethany\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/new-bethany\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNew Bethany\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/new-bethany\/\" aria-label=\"New Bethany\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/NEW-BETHANY-Roger-Kiser\/dp\/B009APC4EG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New Bethany: Picture Perfect on the Outside, Let Us Take You Inside<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 By Roger Dean Kiser\u00a0\u2013 Behind high chain-link wire fences; the girls and boys of the New Bethany Schools were brutally and horribly abused for years by a religious group.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1526\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1526 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Nickel-Boys-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/nickel-boys\/\">Nickel Boys<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Nickel-Boys.jpg\" data-id=\"1526\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - Nickel Boys\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/nickel-boys\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNickel Boys\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/nickel-boys\/\" aria-label=\"Nickel Boys\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Nickel-Boys-Novel-Colson-Whitehead\/dp\/0385537077\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nickel Boys<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 By Colson Whitehead\u00a0\u2013 When Elwood Curtis, a black boy growing up in 1960s Tallahassee, is unfairly sentenced to a juvenile reformatory called the Nickel Academy, he finds himself trapped in a grotesque chamber of horrors. Elwood\u2019s only salvation is his friendship with fellow \u201cdelinquent\u201d Turner, which deepens despite Turner\u2019s conviction that Elwood is hopelessly naive, that the world is crooked, and that the only way to survive is to scheme and avoid trouble. As life at the Academy becomes ever more perilous, the tension between Elwood\u2019s ideals and Turner\u2019s skepticism leads to a decision whose repercussions will echo down the decades.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1528\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1528 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-No-Direction-Home-The-Drifter-Chronicles--320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/no-direction-home\/\">No Direction Home<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-No-Direction-Home-The-Drifter-Chronicles-.jpg\" data-id=\"1528\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - No Direction Home (The Drifter Chronicles)\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/no-direction-home\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNo Direction Home\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/no-direction-home\/\" aria-label=\"No Direction Home\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/No-Direction-Home-Drifter-Chronicles\/dp\/0997092106\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">No Direction Home (The Drifter Chronicles)<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 By Greg Cayea\u00a0\u2013 In 1999, Greg Cayea was sent to Hidden Lake Academy: the most infamous juvenile institution in America touting itself as a \u201ctherapeutic boarding school.\u201d The school has since been shut down for the tragic maltreatment of troubled youth, but before that\u2026 it was a dark place to be.\u00a0<i>No Direction Home<\/i>\u00a0tells the story of the series of events that landed Greg there, what it was like, and how he adventurously escaped. It starts on the first day of middle school in an upscale neighborhood in Long Island, New York. Greg was labeled the biggest piece of shit in sixth grade because of a few unfortunate circumstances, and there seemed to be no hope for redemption. Then one day everything changed, but it was a bit too late. Greg was on a crusade for vengeance.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1530\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1530 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Oh-the-Glory-of-it-All--320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/oh-the-glory-of-it-all\/\">Oh the Glory of it All<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Oh-the-Glory-of-it-All-.jpg\" data-id=\"1530\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - Oh the Glory of it All\u00a0\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/oh-the-glory-of-it-all\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOh the Glory of it All\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/oh-the-glory-of-it-all\/\" aria-label=\"Oh the Glory of it All\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Oh-Glory-All-Sean-Wilsey\/dp\/0143036912\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Oh the Glory of it All<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>\u2013 By Sean Wilsey\u00a0\u2013 When Sean, \u201cthe kind of child who sings songs to sick flowers,\u201d turns nine years old, his father divorces his mother and marries her best friend. Sean\u2019s life blows apart. His mother first invites him to commit suicide with her, then has a \u201cvision\u201d of salvation that requires packing her Louis Vuitton luggage and traveling the globe, a retinue of multiracial children in tow. Her goal: peace on earth (and a Nobel Prize). Sean meets Indira Gandhi, Helmut Kohl, Menachem Begin, and the pope, hoping each one might come back to San Francisco and persuade his father to rejoin the family. Instead, Sean is pushed out of San Francisco and sent spiraling through five high schools, till he finally lands at an unorthodox reform school cum \u201ctherapeutic community,\u201d in Italy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-24887\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-24887 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Paris-The-Memoir-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/paris-the-memoir\/\">Paris: The Memoir<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Paris-The-Memoir.jpg\" data-id=\"24887\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Paris The Memoir\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/paris-the-memoir\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tParis: The Memoir\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/paris-the-memoir\/\" aria-label=\"Paris: The Memoir\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Paris-Memoir-Hilton-ebook\/dp\/B0B7NGZPFS\"><strong>Paris: The Memoir<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; From the woman who is credited for launching what we know as the celebrity focused, \u201cbrand\u201d driven, social media obsessed popular culture of today, comes an honest and surprising memoir that reckons with that truth, and shows that there is so much more to Paris Hilton than you might believe.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1532\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1532 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Pieces-of-Victory-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/pieces-of-victory-2\/\">Pieces of Victory<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Pieces-of-Victory.jpg\" data-id=\"1532\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - Pieces of Victory\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/pieces-of-victory-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPieces of Victory\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/pieces-of-victory-2\/\" aria-label=\"Pieces of Victory\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Pieces-Victory-Jeneen-C-Miller-ebook\/dp\/B088F5QG48\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Pieces of Victory<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 By Jeneen Miller \u2013 What would you do if you were held captive behind an electrical barbed wire, 12-foot fence without due process? In 1988, Jeneen\u2019s parents used trickery to achieve the ultimate betrayal. Instead of the therapy they promised Jeneen, they turned her over to a prison camp in spite of her self-discipline, excellent academics and responsible behavior. Trapped in Ramona, California without any communication, she was completely cut off from her soul mate. Letters, phone calls and visitors were forbidden. Pastors and staff justified their actions of isolation as a means of extinguishing the evil out of her and other inmates.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1534\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1534 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Reform-at-Victory-A-Survivors-Story--320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/reform-at-victory\/\">Reform at Victory<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Reform-at-Victory-A-Survivors-Story-.jpg\" data-id=\"1534\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - Reform at Victory A Survivor\u2019s Story\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/reform-at-victory\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tReform at Victory\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/reform-at-victory\/\" aria-label=\"Reform at Victory\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0615222536\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reform at Victory: A Survivor\u2019s Story<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 By Michele Ulriksen\u00a0\u2013 Reform at Victory is a non-fiction account about author Michele Ulriksen\u2019s harrowing experience in an unlicensed\/unregulated fundamentalist Baptist reform school, where the only way home is full conformity. She spends one full year at the locked-down facility, which is located in the California desert. The years are 1986-87.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1536\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1536 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-RUN-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/run\/\">RUN<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-RUN.jpg\" data-id=\"1536\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - RUN\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/run\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRUN\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/run\/\" aria-label=\"RUN\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/RUN-ebook\/dp\/B00C6VJ81I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RUN<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 By Theresa Pena \u2013 Fighting for her life, seventeen-year-old Tessa is coming of age in this thrilling inspirational story documenting her escape from a corrupt tough love drug rehab facility and the long lasting effects of her decision to RUN.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1538\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1538 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Saving-Alex-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/saving-alex\/\">Saving Alex<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Saving-Alex.jpg\" data-id=\"1538\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - Saving Alex\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/saving-alex\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSaving Alex\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/saving-alex\/\" aria-label=\"Saving Alex\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Saving-Alex-Fifteen-Parents-Nightmare\/dp\/0062374605\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Saving Alex: When I Was Fifteen I Told My Mormon Parents I Was Gay, and That\u2019s When My Nightmare Began<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 By Alex Cooper, Joanna Brooks\u00a0\u2013 For eight harrowing months, Alex was held captive in an unlicensed \u201cresidential treatment program\u201d modeled on the many \u201ctherapeutic\u201d boot camps scattered across Utah. Alex was physically and verbally abused, and many days she was forced to stand facing a wall wearing a heavy backpack full of rocks. Her captors used faith to punish and terrorize her. With the help of a dedicated legal team in Salt Lake City, Alex eventually escaped and made legal history in Utah by winning the right to live under the law\u2019s protection as an openly gay teenager.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1540\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1540 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Stolen-Dignity-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/stolen-dignity\/\">Stolen Dignity<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Stolen-Dignity.jpg\" data-id=\"1540\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - Stolen Dignity\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/stolen-dignity\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tStolen Dignity\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/stolen-dignity\/\" aria-label=\"Stolen Dignity\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessofabusebook.com\/product-page\/the-business-of-child-abuse-an-expose-on-the-troubled-teen-industry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stolen Dignity: An Expose of the Troubled Teen Industry<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 By Andy Hirschfeld\u00a0\u2013 Kids, young kids were force fed raw chicken, strip searched and kidnapped\u2014 all under the guise of therapy and it\u2019s 100 % legal. There is an entire industry built on abusing teens that you would not believe happens right here in the United States. It\u2019s been dubbed the Troubled Teen Industry which encompasses a wide range of facilities for \u2018bad kids\u2019 including wilderness programs, residential treatment centers, and drug rehab facilities among others. The entire business industry is built atop the vulnerability of the American family. This book is the culmination of a four-year investigation by journalist Andy Hirschfeld.\u00a0 The book explores the real human stories of victims of this industry and the laws that allow these shocking stories to be 100 % legal.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1542\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1542 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Stolen-A-Memoir-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/stolen-a-memoir\/\">Stolen: A Memoir<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Stolen-A-Memoir.jpg\" data-id=\"1542\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - Stolen A Memoir\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/stolen-a-memoir\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tStolen: A Memoir\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/stolen-a-memoir\/\" aria-label=\"Stolen: A Memoir\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Stolen-Memoir-Elizabeth-Gilpin-ebook\/dp\/B08MZT413D\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stolen: A Memoir<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 At fifteen, Elizabeth Gilpin was an honor student, a state-ranked swimmer and a rising soccer star, but behind closed doors her undiagnosed depression was wreaking havoc on her life. Growing angrier by the day, she began skipping practices and drinking to excess. At a loss, her parents turned to an educational consultant who suggested Elizabeth be enrolled in a behavioral modification program. That recommendation would change her life forever.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1544\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1544 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Straightling-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/straightling\/\">Straightling<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Straightling.jpg\" data-id=\"1544\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - Straightling\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/straightling\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tStraightling\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/straightling\/\" aria-label=\"Straightling\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Straightling-Memoir-Cyndy-Drew-Etler\/dp\/146990280X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Straightling<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 By Cyndy Etler\u00a0\u2013 She never was a badass. Or a slut, a junkie, or a stoner, like they told her she was. She was just a kid looking for something good, something that felt like love. Anybody could see that, except her mother. And the Straightlings. At 13, Cyndy ran away from her violent home. She was homeless for a month, which wasn\u2019t all bad\u2026but before she could even learn how to smoke pot right, her mother had her locked up in Straight Inc, a warehouse full of teen savages. On the outside, Straight was a drug rehab. On the inside, it was\u2014it was something else.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1546\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1546 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Teens-in-Crisis-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/teens-in-crisis\/\">Teens in Crisis<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Teens-in-Crisis.jpg\" data-id=\"1546\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - Teens in Crisis\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/teens-in-crisis\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTeens in Crisis\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/teens-in-crisis\/\" aria-label=\"Teens in Crisis\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cup.columbia.edu\/book\/teens-in-crisis\/9780231144629\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Teens in Crisis: How the Industry Serving Struggling Teens Helps and Hurts Our Kids<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 By Frederic G. Reamer and Deborah H. Siegel\u00a0\u2013 In recent years a dizzying array of programs has emerged to meet the needs of struggling teens and their families-wilderness therapy programs, therapeutic boarding schools, alternative schools, mentoring and court diversion programs, independent living programs, and myriad day treatment and partial hospitalization services. Yet not all of these offerings employ mental health professionals or follow evidence-based treatment protocols. Some programs are licensed and accredited, but many are not, and some use techniques that are highly controversial, even abusive, resulting in injury and accidental death<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1548\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1548 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-The-Dead-Inside-A-True-Story--320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/the-dead-inside\/\">The Dead Inside<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-The-Dead-Inside-A-True-Story-.jpg\" data-id=\"1548\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - The Dead Inside A True Story\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/the-dead-inside\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Dead Inside\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/the-dead-inside\/\" aria-label=\"The Dead Inside\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dead-Inside-True-Story\/dp\/1492635731\/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Dead Inside: A True Story<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 By Cyndy Etler\u00a0\u2013 I never was a badass. Or a slut, a junkie, or a stoner, like they told me I was. I was just a kid looking for something good, something that felt like love. I was a wannabe in a Levi\u2019s jean jacket. Anybody could see that. Except for my mother. And the staff at Straight.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1550\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1550 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-The-Discarded-Ones-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/the-discarded-ones\/\">The Discarded Ones<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-The-Discarded-Ones.jpg\" data-id=\"1550\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - The Discarded Ones\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/the-discarded-ones\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Discarded Ones\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/the-discarded-ones\/\" aria-label=\"The Discarded Ones\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Discarded-Ones-Novel-Based-Story\/dp\/098824330X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Discarded Ones: A Novel Based on a True Story<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 By James Tipper\u00a0\u2013 They had many names: Cedu School, Rocky Mountain Academy, and Cascade School. Some called them cults, some said the schools saved their lives. But, none of them were free to leave. Charlie Hoff was there. Soon you will be, too. Unlock the mysteries of The Academy with Charlie as he faces the hardest decision of his young life: escape or assimilate. Neither is going to be easy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1552\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1552 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-The-Dozier-School-for-Boys-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/the-dozier-school-for-boys\/\">The Dozier School for Boys<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-The-Dozier-School-for-Boys.jpg\" data-id=\"1552\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - The Dozier School for Boys\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/the-dozier-school-for-boys\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Dozier School for Boys\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/the-dozier-school-for-boys\/\" aria-label=\"The Dozier School for Boys\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dozier-School-Boys-Forensics-Survivors\/dp\/1541519787\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Dozier School for Boys: Forensics, Survivors, and a Painful Past<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 By Elizabeth Murray\u00a0\u2013 Some true crimes reveal themselves in bits and pieces over time. One such case is the Florida School for Boys, a.k.a. the Dozier School, a place where\u2015rather than reforming the children in their care\u2015school officials tortured, raped, and killed them. Opened in 1900, the school closed in 2011 after a Department of Justice investigation substantiated allegations of routine beatings and killings made by about 100 survivors. Thus far, forensic anthropologist Dr. Erin Kimmerle and her team from the University of South Florida have uncovered fifty-five sets of human remains. Follow this story of institutional abuse, the brave survivors who spoke their truth, and the scientists and others who brought it to light.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1554\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1554 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-The-Game-A-Return-to-the-Elan-School-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/the-game\/\">The Game<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-The-Game-A-Return-to-the-Elan-School.jpg\" data-id=\"1554\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - The Game A Return to the Elan School\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/the-game\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Game\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/the-game\/\" aria-label=\"The Game\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Game-Return-Elan-School\/dp\/1477556346\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Game: A Return to the Elan School<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 By Wayne Kernochan\u00a0\u2013 Book Description: The Game: A Return to the Elan School, is the fifth book of my memoir series, and the story of the first book in this series, A Life Gone Awry: My Story of the Elan School. This book tells the history of the tough love industry from Synanon, to the Seed, to Elan and Straight Inc.as it is revealed to me by survivors in the aftermath of the closing of the Elan School. When I found Danny Bennison trolling an Elan survivor group pretending to be a survivor, the first thing I felt was fear. When the fear was resolved I confronted him and said he was one of Elan\u2019s worst abusers, and that I had written a book about it. Danny and his friends laughed and said I would never find a publisher who would go up against Elan\u2019s lawyers, and I agreed, so I self-published on Facebook and posted chapters as I wrote or edited them.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-24890\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-24890 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/The-Home-for-Wayward-Girls-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/the-home-for-wayward-girls-a-novel\/\">The Home for Wayward Girls: A Novel<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/The-Home-for-Wayward-Girls.jpg\" data-id=\"24890\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"The Home for Wayward Girls\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/the-home-for-wayward-girls-a-novel\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Home for Wayward Girls: A Novel\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/the-home-for-wayward-girls-a-novel\/\" aria-label=\"The Home for Wayward Girls: A Novel\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Home-Wayward-Girls-Novel\/dp\/0063276046\/\"><strong>The Home for Wayward Girls: A Novel<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; While other adolescent girls are listening to grunge rock or swooning over boy bands and movie stars, Loretta knows little of life beyond the Home for Wayward Girls, the secluded ranch where her parents run a program designed to \u201ccorrect\u201d teen girls\u2019 \u201cbad behavior.\u201d Some new residents arrive with their moms and dads, while other are accompanied by transporters\u2014people paid to forcibly deliver these \u201cproblem\u201d teens\u2014girls caught swearing, smoking, drinking, or kissing. Many are failed runaways desperate to leave their controlling and sometimes brutal homes. Few have any idea of the suffering that lies ahead.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1556\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1556 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-The-Road-to-Whatever-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/the-road-to-whatever\/\">The Road to Whatever<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-The-Road-to-Whatever.jpg\" data-id=\"1556\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - The Road to Whatever\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/the-road-to-whatever\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Road to Whatever\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/the-road-to-whatever\/\" aria-label=\"The Road to Whatever\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/books\/the-road-to-whatever-middle-class-culture-and-the-crisis-of-adolescence\/9780805080001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Road to Whatever: Middle Class Culture and the Crisis of Adolescence<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 By Elliott Currie \u2013 In this groundbreaking book, acclaimed sociologist and Pulitzer Prize finalist Elliott Currie draws on years of interviews to offer a profound investigation of what has gone wrong for so many \u201cmainstream\u201d American adolescents. Rejecting such predictable answers as TV violence, permissiveness, and inherent evil, Currie links this crisis to a pervasive \u201cculture of exclusion\u201d fostered by a society in which medications trump guidance and a punitive \u201czero tolerance\u201d approach to adolescent misbehavior has become the norm. Broadening his inquiry, he dissects the changes in middle-class life that stratify the world into \u201cwinners\u201d and \u201closers,\u201d imposing an extraordinarily harsh culture\u2013and not just on kids.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1558\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1558 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-The-White-House-Boys-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/the-white-house-boys\/\">The White House Boys<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-The-White-House-Boys.jpg\" data-id=\"1558\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - The White House Boys\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/the-white-house-boys\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe White House Boys\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/the-white-house-boys\/\" aria-label=\"The White House Boys\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-White-House-Boys-American\/dp\/075731421X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The White House Boys: An American Tragedy<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 By Roger Dean Kiser\u00a0\u2013 Hidden far from sight, deep in the thick underbrush of the North Florida woods are the ghostly graves of more than thirty unidentified bodies, some of which are thought to be children who were beaten to death at the old Florida Industrial School for Boys at Marianna. It is suspected that many more bodies will be found in the fields and swamplands surrounding the institution. Investigations into the unmarked graves have compelled many grown men to come forward and share their stories of the abuses they endured and the atrocities they witnessed in the 1950s and 1960s at the institution.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1560\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1560 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Totalistic-Teen-Treatment-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/totalistic-teen-treatment\/\">Totalistic Teen Treatment<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Totalistic-Teen-Treatment.jpg\" data-id=\"1560\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - Totalistic Teen Treatment\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/totalistic-teen-treatment\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTotalistic Teen Treatment\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/totalistic-teen-treatment\/\" aria-label=\"Totalistic Teen Treatment\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Totalistic-Teen-Treatment-Qualitative-Retrospective\/dp\/1096687240\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Totalistic Teen Treatment: A Qualitative Analysis of Retrospective Accounts<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 This original qualitative research analyzes adult reports about the experiences and impacts of totalistic teen programs. In the United States, a wide array of residential treatment centers, therapeutic boarding schools, wilderness\/outdoor, and intensive outpatient programs provide psychological and behavioral programming to \u201ctroubled\u201d youth in totalistic settings. These programs are characterized by insularity, autocratic power structures, and intensive group practices. Some individuals may experience genuinely therapeutic responses to such treatment while others may experience a range of negative effects. Although federal investigations and dramatic news reports provide anecdotal evidence suggesting some program types may be problematic, few empirical studies have explored the relationship between program design and quality of life within totalistic settings, and very little is known about the way such programs impact adult development. This research used a purposeful stratified sampling technique to identify interview participants with a wide range of experiences within 25 different totalistic teen programs<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1562\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1562 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Trapped-in-Paradise-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/trapped-in-paradise\/\">Trapped in Paradise<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Trapped-in-Paradise.jpg\" data-id=\"1562\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - Trapped in Paradise\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/trapped-in-paradise\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTrapped in Paradise\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/trapped-in-paradise\/\" aria-label=\"Trapped in Paradise\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Trapped-Paradise-Memoir-Cindy-Art\/dp\/1475192274\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trapped in Paradise: A Memoir<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Memoir of the life of a \u2018student\u2019 of the WWASP run Tranquility Bay and Spring Creek Lodge Programs. Imagine what it would be like being taken from your home in the middle of the night by complete strangers? \u2018Trapped in Paradise: A Memoir\u2019 details the history of a troubled teen and her inner-struggle of being held against her will in the controversial Jamaica facility, with little contact to the outside world. The story details the life of the troubled teen prior to being sent overseas to a controversial reform school for two years. The book has a great depiction of what it is like for a child to grow up with physical abuse, in a family whom also struggled to deal with mental illness. Particularly, obsessive compulsive hoarding addiction, anxiety and severe depression.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1564\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1564 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Troubled-The-Failed-Promise-of-Americas-Behavioral-Treatment-Programs--320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/troubled-2\/\">Troubled<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Troubled-The-Failed-Promise-of-Americas-Behavioral-Treatment-Programs-.jpg\" data-id=\"1564\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - Troubled The Failed Promise of America\u2019s Behavioral Treatment Programs\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/troubled-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTroubled\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/troubled-2\/\" aria-label=\"Troubled\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Troubled-Americas-Behavioral-Treatment-Programs\/dp\/1542007887\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Troubled: The Failed Promise of America\u2019s Behavioral Treatment Programs<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Each year thousands of young adults deemed out of control\u2014suffering from depression, addiction, anxiety, and rage\u2014are carted off against their will to remote wilderness programs and treatment facilities across the country. Desperate parents of these \u201ctroubled teens\u201d fear it\u2019s their only option. The private, largely unregulated behavioral boot camps break their children down, a damnation the children suffer forever.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1566\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1566 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Unbroken-Brain-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/unbroken-brain\/\">Unbroken Brain<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Unbroken-Brain.jpg\" data-id=\"1566\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - Unbroken Brain\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/unbroken-brain\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUnbroken Brain\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/unbroken-brain\/\" aria-label=\"Unbroken Brain\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Unbroken-Brain-Revolutionary-Understanding-Addiction-ebook\/dp\/B014PF3P84\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Unbroken Brain: a Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 By Maia Szalavitz\u00a0\u2013 More people than ever before see themselves as addicted to, or recovering from, addiction, whether it be alcohol or drugs, prescription meds, sex, gambling, porn, or the internet. But despite the unprecedented attention, our understanding of addiction is trapped in unfounded 20th century ideas, addiction as a crime or as brain disease, and in equally outdated treatment. Challenging both the idea of the addict\u2019s \u201cbroken brain\u201d and the notion of a simple \u201caddictive personality,\u201d The New York Times Bestseller,\u00a0<i>Unbroken Brain,<\/i>\u00a0offers a radical and groundbreaking new perspective, arguing that addictions are learning disorders and shows how seeing the condition this way can untangle our current debates over treatment, prevention and policy. Like autistic traits, addictive behaviors fall on a spectrum \u2014 and they can be a normal response to an extreme situation. By illustrating what addiction is, and is not, the book illustrates how timing, history, family, peers, culture and chemicals come together to create both illness and recovery- and why there is no \u201caddictive personality\u201d or single treatment that works for all.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1568\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1568 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-We-Cant-Be-Friends-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/we-cant-be-friends\/\">We Can\u2019t Be Friends<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-We-Cant-Be-Friends.jpg\" data-id=\"1568\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - We Can\u2019t Be Friends\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/we-cant-be-friends\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWe Can\u2019t Be Friends\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/we-cant-be-friends\/\" aria-label=\"We Can\u2019t Be Friends\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/We-Cant-Be-Friends-Story\/dp\/1492635766\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">We Can\u2019t Be Friends: a True Story<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 By Cyndy Etler\u00a0\u2013 High school sucks for a lot of people. High school extra sucks when you believe, deep in your soul, that every kid in the school is out to get you. I wasn\u2019t popular before I got locked up in Straight Inc., the notorious \u201ctough love\u201d program for troubled teens. So it\u2019s not like I was walking around thinking everyone liked me. But when you\u2019re psychologically beaten for sixteen months, you start to absorb the lessons. The lessons in Straight were: You are evil. Your peers are evil. Everything is evil except Straight, Inc.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1570\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1570 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Whiteout-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/whiteout\/\">Whiteout<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dark-Whiteout.jpg\" data-id=\"1570\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Dark - Whiteout\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/whiteout\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhiteout\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/whiteout\/\" aria-label=\"Whiteout\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lathroplybrook.com\/whiteout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Whiteout<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 By Lathrop Lybrook\u00a0\u2013 Description: At the age of 16, I was told to be ready to be picked up at 4:00 in the morning by two strangers who would be taking me to boarding school in northern Idaho. I had spent the last week on the Adolescent Unit at Northside Hospital in Thomasville, Georgia. I had been brought to Northside from my home by the police when I tried to walk out the front door to escape my parents during a heated fight. My father grabbed me, threw me against the entrance hall wall, and held me there while my mother dialed 911. I rode in the back seat of the police car to Northside thinking my friends were not going to believe this.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><\/div><\/article>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":51,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1210"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1210\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unsilenced.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}