When I was in the Seed , May 1973-July 1974, we did not have names such as "misbehaviors" assigned to people who did not go with the flow. There was a segment of the people who were over 18 and placed in the Seed by the courts and if they acted up the were threatend with prison and or the group would have a come down session on them.
There also was maybe a loss of priveldges or you could be put back in your program which was called a refresher. Loss of priveledges might include not be able to work or go to school. If you really screwed up they would start you over again. This meant going back on the front row.
For younger people such as myself , age 14-15 at the time, they would bring your parents down and try to get them to beat your ass. Every now and then staff would go off on a real rebelious kid and knock the crap out of them themselves.
The come down sessions were basically feeding frenzy's in which rap leaders, staff members and the rest of the kids would take turns telling you how terrible you were, how lucky you were to be in the seed because if you were "on the streets" you would be dead, ect... The main thing they did was preclude you from advancing in the program, going home, going to school or work or graduating if you didnt go with the flow.
For those who were over 18 and in voluntarily, and I believe this to be less than 10%, during my time period, they could not do shit with. This is because those people could just get up and leave, and many of them did.
You have to keep in mind that the time periods for completing the program were way different than that of Straight. If your parents brought you in or you were there voluntarily you had to be away from home, no communication with the outside world, for a minimum of 14 days. The average for this would probably be around 20-25 days. You would then go on a phase of the program were you either went to work or school, depending on you age, and then came to the Seed everyday after school or work. This phase would usually last 2-3 weeks and then you became an old comer. An old comer had to come in 3 week nights after school and one weekend day. After three months you could apply to graduate. This consited of literally including your name on a sign in sheet and pathetic morons such as John Underwood would determine whether you were ready for the real world. The average for the total program was probably 5-7 months.
For court ordered people, juveniles or adults, the time period was 30 days before you could be considered to go home and at least 6 months as an old comer. the avergae was probably around 10 months.
For those that would not go with the flow they simply kept you in the program longer. I was there for 13 1/2 moths on the 5 month program. It was not unusual to see court ordered people in there for at least a year.
