To the anonymous CEDAR CITY GYM boy:
YOU SAY YOU WANT JUSTICE! There has been no justice for all of the children who have been tortured in these youth programs in the state of Utah. This should be an embarassment to a state where 50% of the population are members of a church that professes to abhor child abuse and torture and unrigheous dominion. OPEN your eyes and read about the torturous deaths of Aaron Bacon and Michelle Sutton. There are many others. These children not only died horrid and painful deaths - they suffered for days, if not weeks. The last words that they heard while on this earth were words of ridicule and cruelty. If there is any justice in the State of Utah - those responsible would have been imprissoned. WELL - they were not. The most any staff member has been punished for participating in the torture death of a youth in one of the many programs in Utah was ONE YEAR - and that was for one of the staff members responsible for the painful and inhumane treatment and resultant death of Aaron Bacon. READ THE ACTUAL COURT RECORDS - it's all there in black and white. In many of the deaths charges were dropped or not even filed.
You also said that you saw the director in WAL MART with all 11 boys. Do you even read the local paper? There were only 6 boys in the program. This is why the director wanted to keep these boys in the program an additional $10,000 per month. It's all about money. THIS IS AN EVIL INDUSTRY that preys on families in crisis. There have been hundreds of former students who have reported their abusive treatment in Utah based youth programs.
Majestic has many of the characteristics of all of the other abusive programs. It is apparent that a lid has been placed on this case by those in UTAH who desire to keep the status quo.
These boys deserve a fair trial with an unbiased and impartial jury pool. They will not get this in Cedar City Utah.
It is not fair to place blame on parent for the waywardness of youth. It happens in the best of homes because it is NORMAL. These boys did something stupid in a desparate effort to escape. We don't know if they were being sexually, psychologically or physically abused. Perhaps this will come out in trial.
There is such an obvious bias now that the tables are turned. Remember all of the children who have died and the hundreds who've had their bodies bashed, drugged and beaten.
These children have no way out of these abusive programs. They can't pick up a phone and dial
1-800 sav a kid. They can't use the internet and e-mail child protective services or an attorney when they are being beaten, starved and neglected in unimaginably inhumane ways.
People of Cedar City - is there JUSTICE - was there JUSTICE for Aaron, Michele and Ian. Was there JUSTICE for Nic Contreraz in Arizona? These children suffered agonizing deaths and were denied life saving medical care.
There programs frequently deprive children of appropriate medical care for a REASON. THEY do not want the medical professionals to report them to child protective services when they see all of the brusing, abrasions and hear the testimonies of these scared children. If this were to happen they would loose money and that wouldn't be good for business.
This industry is NOT ABOUT HELPING KIDS get on the right track - ITS ALL ABOUT MAKING MONEY - lots of it. Most of the directors of these fraudulent programs don't have any type of professional degree and the techniques used to change behavior boarder on human torture and are probably a violation of international law.
These children and their families deserve better. Majestic Ranch was a fraud. It wasn't a ranch - it was a house in a residential neighborhood with a security lock-down system. AHQUIN was stuffing his wallet with hundred dollar bills. Each boy represented an income of $5,000 per month. How many people make $5,000 per month in Utah, let alone $55,000? This is what he would have made if all 11 boys were enrolled. He was only making $30,000 and was below capacity. Did he want to loose that $10,000 per month? Of course not. This was about money, torture, dominion, fraud.
I know for a fact that staff lie to parents to keep kids in programs longer. ESPECIALLY when they are not at capacity.
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