Yeah, AMEN.
Evidently Che missed my post about lock up, the room with only a mattress and sermons getting pumped in while you whiled your days away without a shower, & few bathroom breaks. Possibly he also missed the one about scrubbing floors on hands & knees for hours. Have I not mentioned that the doors were locked, there were alarms on the windows? We weren't allowed to see our families for 6 months or more. Our phone calls were monitored, letters were monitored. We couldn't discuss our past, couldn't watch television, read anything other than schoolowork (which was a waste of time BEFORE getting the worthless diploma, we weren't allowed to talk to anyone not in the particular program we were in. We were isolated from society, had sermons blasted at us morning an night.
Granted, not all of the above is physical abuse, some of it is spiritual, and some emotional...but abuse nonetheless.