It appears Izzy is so intent on reinventing herself she is NOW piggy-backing on the writings and positions of other advocates, some of which is actually copyrighted by the author/advocate and should be brought to their attention, IMO. See example below.
Case in Point: Just Posted on CAICA
It is sad to think that in 2007
there exists in America an
industry where children are
locked up for years at a time
at the sole discretion of their
parents. These children and
teens are not given due process
nor is there any governing
agency monitoring who goes
into these programs, and most importantly, who comes out.
There is no governing agency
that monitors the activity in
these programs, no governing
agency determining if these
programs are causing more
harm than good.
POSTED ON TAUSA JULY 4, 2007
NO MINOR MATTER
Institutionalization without due process and other children's rights abuses,
exploitation, fraud and even deaths under the invisible hand of free-market capitalism
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Every day in America, a child is at risk of placement into a locked (meaning institutionalized-style) so-called "specialty" school or program whose conditions, policies and practices may expose them to standards of care and treatment that are inhumane, unethical and unsafe.
Denied due-process or even an independent evaluation by a behavioral healthcare professional who does NOT work for the institution - it can be many months and even years before these children are "recommended home" or turn 18 - the age of majority when children, like adults, can not be forced into an institutionalized environment nor held in one against their will -- without a court order.
This practice of institutionalizing minors without legal authority has led to the involunatry commitment of tens of thousands of America's youth in private for-profit residential programming facilities located in and outside the United States and opened the floodgates to an unregulated multi-billion-dollar industry that thrives on children as a commodity - a veritable cash crop.
Who are these invisible "captive teens" and how did they end up spending the better part - if not all - of their adolescence trapped in the bottomless pit of a money-making institution that specializes in modifying unwanted
behavior by stripping children of their fundamental rights and subjecting them to Darwinian notions of tough love?