I've been reading the MySpace blogs of PV counselors...most of them don't have children, are under-qualified and seem to hate their jobs. Listen: Quit. Get to a phone and drop dime on the shady motherfuckers. You'll feel better.
Got any numbers?
Good question. I don't know who to call, but I'm going to find out. Originally I was thinking Blount County sheriff's dep't. would be a place to start. Not a chance. If you saw the Montana PBS profile of Spring Creek and their relationship with the local sheriff, you'll understand when I say there's no difference with PV and the local police. I guess the cops have relatives working there or something, but they won't even respond to a child welfare check at PV, which is illegal.
It's the same thing with the TN Mental Health Dep't. They went to PV, but the inspector told us her ability to really check them out is limited because of PV's nebulous status - therapeutic boarding school or health service provider? PV becomes which ever will keep you out of their files. When the inspector asked about a restraint log, they showed it to her. She wasn't allowed to go through it, just verify one was in place. I'm not sure what agency could go in and demand full access and get it. PV's mothership, Covenant Health, is the second biggest employer in Knoxville. They've got muscle and people involved in health care are afraid to go against them. It could be professionally damaging.
PV is well protected, and the rat bastards act like they are above the law. If PV is exposed and blown out of the water, other programs will shit themselves in abject terror. I think PV is vulnerable because of it's "non-profit" status. Maybe if their books were looked at, they might lose the right to call themselves "non-profit". $9,000 a month for a thinly disguised, no-frills wilderness program has got to leave a considerable sum left over. They certainly aren't spending it on decent food for the kids or on their joke of an "educational program". Thorazine, straitjackets and bed nets are costly, I guess.
