to everyone.....three springs waygookin straight did 100's if not thousands of horrible things to ppl in there.there are at least 40+ suisides,not to metion suiside attempts...geez there have to be 100"s of those....i was one of them.i saw shit in there,and i was there for almost all but maybe a few months of miller newton's riegn at straight.
what other stuff?does it really matter? you weren't even in straight.just believe me that this was no "country club"....oh,it was in st.pete florida,but we hardly got to see any of it.....the physical abuse was bad enough,but the MENTAL ABUSE? it was way worse.....way worse than you or anyone can imagine that wasn't in there.we were mostly made up of kids....KIDS !!! 12- 17...
it was supposed to be a "6 month" program,but i nor anyone else saw anyone get out in 6 months!
oh,there were a few that managed 7 - 12 months,but they were a rarity and almost all of them became staff members! i was in there for 28 1/2 months!that was an average to above average stay in straight.the average being around 15-20 months! hardly a 6 month treatment program they told you when you were tricked in there!it wasn't till you sat down that you realised that "signing yourself out after 14 days" was bullshit,the supposed "6 months" was too.....then you went home with complete strangers and heard how long everyone you went home with had been there.after a while the abuse and mental torture became normal
to you! normal? yes,normal.sexual abuse? yes i believe there were cases of it....did i see any of it? no....but there was a time when another newcomer tried to make a pass at me.....i clocked him in the adams apple and went back to sleep.did i report it?no....i just wanted to finish my stay there and go on with my life.this is the first time i ever mentioned this to ppl......do i believe richard's story? i don't know.i don't know him,but i have to admit,he did tell the whole fucking world about it.there could be some truth to it.....then again it could be sensationalism too.....