Sign petition to close an abusive program

[blownawaytheidahoway]

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Anonymous
Posted: 2005-05-08 20:50:00  
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 "At the age of 13 I was sent to Provo Canyon School in 1999. It's 2005 and I am still haunted by that place. I had just turned 13 years old. I felt as though i was being held prisoner. What had I done to deserve this? Everything I did there was considered to be "wrong". Nothing was ever good enough. The floor was never clean enough. The sheets were never tight enough. The toilet was never shiny enough. There was still dust on the window sill after having cleaned it 3+ times. I remember one time a peer (who has also signed this petition) and I cleaned the isolation rooms, both on our knees scrubbing the hard concrete floor. I was not allowed to talk to my parents and the 10 minute phone calls that I did have every other week were monitored. The staff and therapists made me carry around a coin and with every statement that I said I was made to flip the coin; the side of the coin determined whether I was lying or not. I had to do this for at least a week. What they had done is a very high level form of cult abuse. Their whole program is inhumane. I'm sorry, but being stripped down of your clothes, tranquilized, and strapped to a bed then told by one of the staff members that you are "ruining her night because she was supposed to meet up with her friends to go somewhere" is not what I think of as humane. We were punished for everything. I kept quiet for a very long time. There is so much more shit that went on that i struggle to talk about today. I was looking through this petition and found at least 4 names of girls that were at Provo Canyon School with me. That, in itself is helping me to realize that everything that I remember is true and did happen and that Provo Canyon School should be shut down. I am in shock that it is still running today. I do not understand how the United States of America can overlook such a place and just let it stand as though it is doing no harm. Provo Canyon School should be done away with".

I am so sorry.

I am glad I didn't share in the PROVO
experience, but I CAN relate...on some level.

Tell us more. If you people are up to it.

[Son Of Serbia]

Now that Cedu is dead ::bigsmilebounce::
I think we should all work together to shut down the rest of these hell holes.  Our children will never truly be safe until every one of these bullshit BM money scams are brought to their knees.  I can't think of a better place to start than that Provo Canyon Concentration Camp.  Where is that petition anyways?  Because I'll sign it in a heartbeat.

[Anonymous]

I attended Island View back in 1998 and heard many a horror story about PCS from other kids that had been there at some point.  Island View wasnt that great, actually it was completely useless as I was able to bull shit my way through the program, but i guess it was better than PCS.  I finally got the help I needed at a former Brown Schools hospital (not CEDU) in San Antonio.  Now I am on staff at a RTC, and in nursing school.  I couldnt imagine working at a place like Provo Canyon.

[Anonymous]

Hi,

Were you at Laurel Ridge?  How was that different than CEDU, just curious?  You probably can't make a direct comparison, but maybe can tell us a little bit about it.  I am a little familiar with it, and CEDU.  

What is it like as staff at an RTC?

[Anonymous]

At Provo Canyon School I saw counselors pit individuals against each other and only stop it once blood was shed. I was over-drugged. I received very little 'therapy' what so ever and was kept in urine filled rooms, underground and did not see the light of day for 6 months of the year I was there.

[Mondamin0603]

Hey Son of Serbia, Seeing that one of my prime life goals is to shut down PCS, I'm all for it.That place made Cedu look like a fucking cake walk I swear. If you still have my number give me a call or private message me.