the more read , the sicker you get
" In Milonas, a class consisting of students at the
Provo Canyon School for Boys brought section 1983
claims against the school and members of its staff, al-
leging that inhumane treatment at the school violated the
Constitution. The Provo Canyon School, as described in
the Tenth Circuit opinion, was an unusual facility. A pri-
vate facility for boys with severe physical, psychological,
and emotional problems, the school was described in the
District Court opinion, which the Tenth Circuit quoted,
as " 'not a school in the traditional, ordinary, classroom
sense.' " 691 F.2d at 935. Although the school did of-
fer classes, the District Court observed, the school was
" 'also a correctional and detention facility.' " While stu-
dents were generally admitted at the insistence of one or
both of their parents, others were "received at the school
directly from juvenile courts and probation officers from
across the nation." Id. at 936. Conditions at the school
were unusually harsh and restrictive. [**19] Id. The
District Court wrote:
'Students are restricted to the grounds.
Students are confined. Some students are
locked in and locked up with varying de-
grees of personal liberty restored as each
progresses through the institutional program.
If a student leaves without permission, he
is hunted down, taken into custody and re-
turned. . . .
Regardless of origin, condition or motiva-
tion, once arrived, each person during the
beginning phases of the school program was
locked in, isolated from the outside world,
and whether anti--social, crippled or learn-
ing disabled, was subject to mandated phys-
ical standing day after day after day to pro-
mote "right thinking" and "social confor-
mity." Mail was censored. Visitors were dis-
couraged. Disparaging remarks concerning
the institution were prohibited and punished.
To "graduate" from confinement to a more
liberated phase, one had to "pass" a lie detec-
tor test relating to "attitude," "truthfulness"
and "future conduct." Some failed to pass
and remained in confinement for extended
periods of time.'"
Sure sounds like HLA
"The Tenth Circuit concluded that the state "had so
insinuated itself with the Provo Canyon School as to be
[**20] considered a joint participant in the of fending
actions." Id. at 940. The Court relied on the involun-
tary commitment of some students, the school's detailed
contracts with the school districts, the school's receipt of
substantial state funding, and extensive state regulation.
See id. Recognizing that the New Perspectives School in
Rendell--Baker was "indeed quite similar" to the Provo
Canyon [*168] School, the Tenth Circuit attempted
to distinguish the cases by noting that the plaintiffs in
Rendell--Baker were employees of the school, whereas
the plaintiffs in Milonas were students, "some of whom
have been involuntarily placed in the school by state offi-
cials who were aware of, and approved of, certain of the
practices which the district court . . . enjoined." Id. at 940."
these "schools" are disgusting
I know it is not "news" here @ Fornits, but it is amazing how alike all these "schools" are.
