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Anonymous:
According to a thread two detainees escaped the facility on August 13 2008: 2 kids escape from darrington academy, Topix Blog.

Misc:

Another died shortly after being released: Marc Epstein (17) drowned after crashing his new Toyota Scion into a canal, Mydeathspace.com, September 11 2007

Ursus:

--- Quote from: "Rotsne" ---According to a thread two detainees escaped the facility on August 13 2008: 2 kids escape from darrington academy, Topix Blog.
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Shucks. Sorry I didn't notice this earlier... I'm not sure if there was an actual article or blog piece generating this comment thread or whether said thread originated on its own. At any rate, at this late date, I could not find such a piece. Nevertheless, those comments cover quite a lot of ground and contain some interesting material...

Comments left in the Topix Blog thread, "2 kids escape from darrington academy," #s1-20:


#1 Concerned citizen Merritt Island, FL · Aug 13, 2008
2 kids from darrington escaped today at about 4;30 pm they might have gone in the woods but we are not sure.#2 Humm Seattle, WA · Aug 14, 2008
Can you blame them if they were being sexually abused?#3 Deeply concerned citizen Auburn, AL · Aug 30, 2008
I can only pray to God this is true and they got away somewhere to call the police.....hopefully there will be more to be able to leave "the compound" of this cult.

Alabaster, AL#4 Darrington Survivor Lexington, KY · Jan 14, 2009
I was there that day and dont remember anyone running at all. Unless it was the 2 boys that got caught 20 minutes later..
And Humm, there was no sexual abuse going on at D.A. I was there for 364 DAYS, I bet you dont even know that no one is allowed to even TALK without atleast one other person there plus the chaperone.
You all hear all this shit about the bad schools and yeah they are out there but Darrington isnt one of them, I am glad I am home but stop assuming every single one is so wrong.#5 Wendell Plymouth, ME · Jan 14, 2009
You reply to this 4 months later? You've been brainwashed.#6 the one Katy, TX · Jan 31, 2009
i would love to kno the name of the darringtona survivor#7 the one Katy, TX · Jan 31, 2009
i would love to kno who darrington survivor is#8 kcinotik Southold, NY · Jan 31, 2009
haha i was there that day...a few days later darrington beat the shit out of a kid then sent him to jail...whoever darrington survivor is is retarded....Darrington academy is the most corrupt place i have ever been....#9 Soon Gone Pensacola, FL · Feb 10, 2009
Well. I am wonderng how much of this is true because i am going to Darrington Academy in less than two weeks. And this concerns me. I guess I will have to see how things work for me..#10 Tom survived Albany, GA · Feb 15, 2009
Soon Gone wrote:
Well. I am wonderng how much of this is true because i am going to Darrington Academy in less than two weeks. And this concerns me. I guess I will have to see how things work for me..[/list][/size]run away i went there u do not want to go get out while u can[/list]
#11 Tom survived Albany, GA · Feb 15, 2009
kcinotick what family were you in and when did u go home#12 Tom survived Albany, GA · Feb 15, 2009
first of all how did you find out that these kids ran?Another thing 2 kids ran they were gone from 4:30 and then got caught going across a highway and 2 or 3 in the morning they were put in 2 small rooms called intervention there hands were tied behind their backs and feet too their shoes were muddy and on the grass by intervention.for 2 or 3 days breakfast lunch and dinner was peanut butter and jelly one kid acted out mr.darrington apparently punched him and knocked him out.Chaperones told us that both kids got sent away to Jamaica funny thing is that one of them is on facebook and he is home#13 Karsten Chrum Copenhagen, Denmark · Feb 17, 2009
They cannot be sent to Tranquility Bay because TB is being shut down due to illness by the director of this private prison. It did happen late January. The ghost of the poor Valerie who ended up with her head crushed after a fall from the third floor did hunt this place. People are still looking for her suicide note, which survivors have seen.

Also Spring Creek Lodge did close in January, but the kids were moved down the road to a new program called Star Creek Crossing. This new program is run by the same directors who were in charge when a girl hanged herself at Spring Creek.

As for newcomers about to enter the program, please seek Child protection services and ask to be placed in foster care. It will be bad but you can avoid suffering from Post Traumatic Stress disorder for decades from now.

Maybe Darrington will be closed for a while. Locals have told us that kids are being transported out of state because local authorities want to interview them about living standards. The staff don't want it, so they are being removed for the time in an attempt to prevent the investigation from going anywhere.#14 Mitch Albany, GA · Feb 18, 2009
I just thinks its funny that people who havent been there or know what we went through are telling us whats going on at these places just let it go you really make yourself look stupid acting like you know more than the people who have been there.#15 Mitch Albany, GA · Feb 18, 2009
Also where are you getting this information about local authorities interviewing kids is this happening now or what?#16 Jenna Delray Beach, FL · Feb 24, 2009
you guys are nuts. I am a Darrington survivor. i graduated. I am not brainwashed at all. I party and have fun. they didnt beat kidas or do any shit like that tho.. it did suck but hey it happens.#17 Big_Bear Home is where you park it · Feb 24, 2009[/i]
Jenna wrote:
you guys are nuts. I am a Darrington survivor. i graduated. I am not brainwashed at all. I party and have fun. they didnt beat kidas or do any shit like that tho.. it did suck but hey it happens.[/list][/size]What is Darrington exactly? A school for "problem" teens?

My wife and I took in a couple runaways from an "academy" in Idaho. They were 18, so they more or less left on their own. We let them stay a couple days until they could raise bus fare back home to their parents. One girl's father called me, pretty upset, but I told him his daughter was a legal adult who could do as she pleased and he would have to deal with her on her terms, now.

BTW, these girls weren't juvenile delinquents. One would occasionally sneak out to party, but neither had drug problems, criminal records, etc. Just overprotective parents who had the $$$ to dish out for this academy place.[/list]
#18 THE ONE THAT KNOWS Villa Rica, GA · Feb 26, 2009
this for jenna, darrington and john started kicking kids asses after you left the program...the program had structure when you was there...but when john and darrington started taking over it just went down hill...they placed cam's in the girls dorms...and april just started loosing her damn mind...lol, well just to let you know they are shutting down friday and they already shipped out most of the kids...i hope you are doing well jenna it was nice working with you i hope our work paid off for you...#19 THE ONE THAT KNOWS Villa Rica, GA · Feb 24, 2009
HERE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT SHOULD NEVER WORK WITH KIDS AGAIN... JIM, HOWIE, APRIL, JOHN G, DARRINGTON, PAIGE, ROLLAN, PATSY, JOYCE, SARAH...WELL THAT'S ALL THE STAFF YOU KNOW ABOUT AT DARRINGTON... THEY ALL STARTED RESTRAINING KIDS LIKE CRAZY...THIS MSG IS FOR JENNA...I MISSED THE ADMINS WHO RAN THAT PLACE WITH RESPECT... #20 Matin-Darrington Survivor Seattle, WA · Feb 27, 2009
yo darrington just shut down! woot woot! I came home but almost the whole facility got sent to Red River so it sucks for them. and i remember when those kids ran. it was funny as hell. one got sent to jail and the other got sent to TB but theyre both at home now probably.

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#21 Anti WWASP Pompano Beach, FL · Mar 1, 2009
Yah I remember that, but i dont think they were ever sent to Tranquility Bay or Jail , there was a parent who said that a staff memeber at darrington academy told her it would be best that she pick up her son from a nearest gas station so kids at the facilty would think he got sent to TB, its up to your parents whether you go home or to another program, and "THE ONE THAT KNOWS" I dont think rollan and howie should be on that list but i strongly agree when you say jim and april#23 JFo Clermont, FL · Mar 2, 2009
I still wanna know why it shut down?#24 THE ONE THAT KNOWS Atlanta, GA · Mar 2, 2009
one big reason they shut the school down was becuz of john and rich placed cam's in the girls dorms...#25 jhernandez Lake Worth, FL · Mar 3, 2009
so why did they put cameras in teh girls dorms?! i always got the vibe that darrington was a pervert. i hate that man.#26 Holly Jay, FL · Mar 3, 2009
Soon Gone wrote:
Well. I am wonderng how much of this is true because i am going to Darrington Academy in less than two weeks. And this concerns me. I guess I will have to see how things work for me..[/list][/size]Personally i was there for 15 mounths it was way worse when i got there,but i agreee with the other person that said get out while u can jsut think about it do u want to be beatin or abused i wouldnt.BUt its all over now but hten they will just send u to anohter program.So maybe u mite go to a program where they dont beat u or sexually abuse u.have fun!!!!!!!![/list]
#27 the one Katy, TX · Mar 3, 2009
Im the one that made Dariington Academy go under investigation...It feels good knowing that I am the reason why Darrington was shutdown last week, The man assaulted me and lied to the police saying I attacked him and the truth came out wit a firing of an employee who was present....He ran a school about consequences and now he has to face the consequences.#29 staffed that seminar Fayetteville, NC · Mar 3, 2009
jhernandez wrote:
so why did they put cameras in teh girls dorms?! i always got the vibe that darrington was a pervert. i hate that man.[/list][/size]they put cameras in to keep people from hurting themselves and keeping idiots from harassing others[/list]
#30 Psy - Michael Crawford Paris, France · Mar 3, 2009
the one wrote:
Im the one that made Dariington Academy go under investigation...It feels good knowing that I am the reason why Darrington was shutdown last week, The man assaulted me and lied to the police saying I attacked him and the truth came out wit a firing of an employee who was present....He ran a school about consequences and now he has to face the consequences.[/list][/size]Karma.[/list]
#31 Psy - Michael Crawford Paris, France · Mar 3, 2009
staffed that seminar wrote:
<quoted text>
they put cameras in to keep people from hurting themselves and keeping idiots from harassing others[/list][/size]Well it's interesting to see it both admitted to and rationalized.[/list]
#32 Psy - Michael Crawford Paris, France · Mar 3, 2009
Some say Darrington was closed because of financial reasons. I tend to think it was partially that, but also due to negative press (it's membership in WWASP) as well as this rumored investigation.

In any case, it's good it's closed down. I've heard nothing but bad coming from survivors of that place.#33 jhernandez Lake Worth, FL · Mar 4, 2009
the one wrote:
Im the one that made Dariington Academy go under investigation...It feels good knowing that I am the reason why Darrington was shutdown last week, The man assaulted me and lied to the police saying I attacked him and the truth came out wit a firing of an employee who was present....He ran a school about consequences and now he has to face the consequences.[/list][/size]OMG good for you!!! you stood up for yourself! how did the police get involved in the first place?[/list]
#34 animals Stamford, CT · Mar 4, 2009
the one wrote:
Im the one that made Dariington Academy go under investigation...It feels good knowing that I am the reason why Darrington was shutdown last week, The man assaulted me and lied to the police saying I attacked him and the truth came out wit a firing of an employee who was present....He ran a school about consequences and now he has to face the consequences.[/list][/size]thank you. tell us the details
also visit cafety isac heal caica, fica,--organizations that deal with the teen torture and brainwash cultic industry
and visit http://www.fornits.com discussion board for victims of industrial cultic torture[/list]
#37 animals Stamford, CT · Mar 4, 2009
Big_Bear wrote:
<quoted text>
What is Darrington exactly? A school for "problem" teens?[/list][/size]"Schools" for "troubled teens" are privately funded gulags where young adults are systematically subjected to mental, and physical, and sexual abuse and torture in to engender in them a "brainwashed" addled state.
They’re almost all run by disciples, or disciples of disciples of the Synanon cult.
Heres a sworn testimony about how it works at these "schools"
http://www.heal-online.org/cedu.htm
I was Placed at CEDU . Mr. & Mrs. Wasserman, and Michael Allgood cut my hair to just a few inches long. They took my clothes, left me with a few pairs of pants and tops. They sent away the rest . They said they did this to "break my Image".
They [removed my clothes].[someone] examined me .I was told to shower. I was told I couldn't write or see family members for at least 3-6 months and only if I followed the rules. I was brought to a "Rap" session. There were 20 people, at least, all yelling and screaming at each other. I sat there, startled.
Michael Allgood started yelling at me, stating I was not going to sit in these sessions and not speak. I told him this was "new" to me. He said if you want to make it here, you will do what you are told. I started to cry and said I didn't want to stay. He called me a lesbian. He told me that my family didn't want me. That’s why they dumped me there, and the only reason CEDU took me was for the money.
They had "rap Sessions" that lasted 2 days called "profeets." There’d be a group of 20 -25 people. They would lock you in a room with 2 or 3 counselors. They would play Loud music continuously. They would yell, and tell you how fucked up you were, were useless, and would never amount to anything. They would continue until someone would emotionally snap. Then they would move to the next person. We would remain until everyone snapped. There was never food. They said the less we had in our bodies made it easier for them to "cleanse" our souls.
In one profeet they made a black boy wash Michael’s feet. He called him N*** while he washed his feet.
They'd accuse the boys of performing bestiality acts on the animals.
I was told forced bestiality was punishment for the boys. I was blamed for my mothers death.After that I grew up believing my actions caused her death.
The Dorm Leaders usually had been there a long s time. The female ones were mostly lesbian. I had my first Lesbian experience with my dorm leader. If you were straight, you could get "F*** Privileges" if you were interested in someone for 6 months. That rule didn't apply to the staff. If u wanted favors u just had to know the right person. Gay or straight. I ended up living with a counselor; she was the one who turned me out into the Lesbian lifestyle.
They had this punishment called "dishpan for those who tried to run away. The boys had their heads shaved; the girls’ hair was whacked, all uneven.
I was put on dishpan 2 or 3 times, for 2 weeks You would work all day. I once had to clean the bathrooms, with a sign around my neck saying " I AM POISON." I had to clean the bathrooms with buckets of bleach, and a toothbrush. When someone would use the bathroom, I would have to start over. No one could talk to you and you could not talk except to counselors, and only if you were spoken to. The hours were from 6am to 11pm. You had to eat by yourself, quickly. There were NO breaks.
I had to take all the trash out of industrial size trashcans, climb in, clean it with a tooth brush, then put the trash back in. Another time I had to use a toothbrush to clean the pool and kitchen floors, on hands and knees. On my last dishpan, my hands were cracked and bleeding from bleach. I would have to keep putting my hands in the bleach. In the end I couldn't feel them.[/list]
#38 animals Stamford, CT · Mar 4, 2009
Big_Bear wrote:
<quoted text>
What is Darrington exactly? A school for "problem" teens?[/list][/size]"Schools" for "troubled teens" are privately funded gulags where young adults are systematically subjected to mental, and physical, and sexual abuse and torture in to engender in them a "brainwashed" addled state.
They’re almost all run by disciples, or disciples of disciples of the Synanon cult.
Heres a sworn testimony about how it works at these "schools"
http://www.heal-online.org/cedu.htm
I was Placed at CEDU . Mr. & Mrs. Wasserman, and Michael Allgood cut my hair to just a few inches long. They took my clothes, left me with a few pairs of pants and tops. They sent away the rest . They said they did this to "break my Image".
They [removed my clothes].[someone] examined me .I was told to shower. I was told I couldn't write or see family members for at least 3-6 months and only if I followed the rules. I was brought to a "Rap" session. There were 20 people, at least, all yelling and screaming at each other. I sat there, startled.
Michael Allgood started yelling at me, stating I was not going to sit in these sessions and not speak. I told him this was "new" to me. He said if you want to make it here, you will do what you are told. I started to cry and said I didn't want to stay. He called me a lesbian. He told me that my family didn't want me. That’s why they dumped me there, and the only reason CEDU took me was for the money.
They had "rap Sessions" that lasted 2 days called "profeets." There’d be a group of 20 -25 people. They would lock you in a room with 2 or 3 counselors. They would play Loud music continuously. They would yell, and tell you how fucked up you were, were useless, and would never amount to anything. They would continue until someone would emotionally snap. Then they would move to the next person. We would remain until everyone snapped. There was never food. They said the less we had in our bodies made it easier for them to "cleanse" our souls.
In one profeet they made a black boy wash Michael’s feet. He called him N***r while he washed his feet.
They'd accuse the boys of performing bestiality acts on the animals.
I was told forced bestiality was punishment for the boys. I was blamed for my mothers death.After that I grew up believing my actions caused her death.
The Dorm Leaders usually had been there a long s time. The female ones were mostly lesbian. I had my first Lesbian experience with my dorm leader. If you were straight, you could get "F*** Privileges" if you were interested in someone for 6 months. That rule didn't apply to the staff. If u wanted favors u just had to know the right person. Gay or straight. I ended up living with a counselor; she was the one who turned me out into the Lesbian lifestyle.
They had this punishment called "dishpan for those who tried to run away. The boys had their heads shaved; the girls’ hair was whacked, all uneven.
I was put on dishpan 2 or 3 times, for 2 weeks You would work all day. I once had to clean the bathrooms, with a sign around my neck saying " I AM POISON." I had to clean the bathrooms with buckets of bleach, and a toothbrush. When someone would use the bathroom, I would have to start over. No one could talk to you and you could not talk except to counselors, and only if you were spoken to. The hours were from 6am to 11pm. You had to eat by yourself, quickly. There were NO breaks.
I had to take all the trash out of industrial size trashcans, climb in, clean it with a tooth brush, then put the trash back in. Another time I had to use a toothbrush to clean the pool and kitchen floors, on hands and knees. On my last dishpan, my hands were cracked and bleeding from bleach. I would have to keep putting my hands in the bleach. In the end I couldn't feel them.I was not the same after CEDU[/list]
#39 Psy - Michael Crawford Paris, France · Mar 4, 2009
animals wrote:
<quoted text>
thank you. tell us the details
also visit cafety isac heal caica, fica,--organizations that deal with the teen torture and brainwash cultic industry
and visit http://www.fornits.com discussion board for victims of industrial cultic torture[/list][/size]The discussion boards are at http://www.fornits.com/phpbb/

WWASP specific is:

viewforum.php?f=44[/list]
#40 THE ONE THAT KNOWS Villa Rica, GA · Mar 4, 2009
darrington and john just didn't run the place right...they didn't train any of the staff and they just was on some kind of power trip thing...there was one staff who really cared about the students, thomas...he tried to get rich and john too change a lot of things around there...but instead they let him go...then bam!they was closing the school...#41 Psy - Michael Crawford Paris, France · Mar 4, 2009
THE ONE THAT KNOWS wrote:
darrington and john just didn't run the place right...they didn't train any of the staff and they just was on some kind of power trip thing...there was one staff who really cared about the students, thomas...he tried to get rich and john too change a lot of things around there...but instead they let him go...then bam!they was closing the school...[/list][/size]It's what usually happens to "good" staff members in many programs. They only want people who will follow orders without thinking... who will never question the allmighty OZ.[/list]
#42 Program parent Saint Simons Island, GA · Mar 4, 2009
Big_Bear wrote:
<quoted text>
What is Darrington exactly? A school for "problem" teens?
My wife and I took in a couple runaways from an "academy" in Idaho. They were 18, so they more or less left on their own. We let them stay a couple days until they could raise bus fare back home to their parents. One girl's father called me, pretty upset, but I told him his daughter was a legal adult who could do as she pleased and he would have to deal with her on her terms, now.
BTW, these girls weren't juvenile delinquents. One would occasionally sneak out to party, but neither had drug problems, criminal records, etc. Just overprotective parents who had the $$$ to dish out for this academy place.[/list][/size]Big Bear, These programs for struggling teens help kids learn to be accountable, responsible and respectful and help heal family relationships. They focus on 4 areas: behavior modification where they learn to be accountable for their choices, be responsible and respectful; self esteem and character development to let them know they are good people, they are just making non-working choices (drugs, drinking, defiance, disrespect,lying, skipping school, failing school, stealing, sex, etc.), their academics are of the highest caliber; and family relationships where they learn to live within their family's values, boundaries and house rules. As far as what you were told by the teens you took in about what they were or were not doing, just remember there are 2 sides to every story. Try not to judge a parent for their choices until you have walked in their shoes. If it were not for this program, my child would have been in jail or dead. It was a struggle for us to afford this program. I will be paying off the loan for several more years but at 10 times the price it was worth every penny. How much is too much to save your child's life? My child thanks me almost daily for the "gift" we gave him by placing him in the program. He is doing great since he finished the program and came home. And just a little more info, if he had not finished the program, he would not have been back in our home. He chose to stay after he turned 18 and complete, even though "legally" he could have walked out. What I experience from many of the comments posted from "program kids" is they obviously "faked" their way through the program and did not take advantage of the opportunities that their parents paid dearly for. They have been given "life tools" that if they choose to use them, they can live a purposeful life and have a whole and healthy family again, which was their parent's dreams when they had to make the hardest decision they have ever had to make when they sent their child away to get help. Obviously some of these kids posting never got down to the real issues that caused them to make the non working choices that originally sent them into the program. I say to them, "stop playing the blame game, do your accountability formula and step left." These programs have saved many kids and many families. I know Rich Darrington and all the other staff members mentioned and I think some of these people need to keep their names a secret because you could be subject to a libel lawsuit with the choices you are making and what you are writing.[/list]
#43 The One Katy, TX · Mar 4, 2009
The police got involved with the firing of a shift supervisor who was present when Mr.Darrington himself assaulted me, Mr Darrington also faslified a police report saying that I attacked him...The investigation started a couple of weeks ago when myself and the shift-supervisors wrote statements saying what really happend...I thought nothing would ever come of this until the employee was fired but it feels good because the day I was laying in a pool of blood and then sent to jail, I kept screaming to Mr. Darrington ''Im gonna make you famous motherf***er'' im sure at the time he didnt think it would come back on him..It feels good to have gotten the best of him#44 THE ONE THAT KNOWS Villa Rica, GA · Mar 5, 2009
the one, i hope you are doing well...put your focus in living a good life and continue to playing football...

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#45 Psy - Michael Crawford Paris, France · Mar 5, 2009
Program parent wrote:
I think some of these people need to keep their names a secret because you could be subject to a libel lawsuit with the choices you are making and what you are writing.[/list][/size]Bla bla bla lawsuit.

Last program who tried to sue a survivor ended up paying his legal bills and the suit was dismissed as frivilous.

download/file.php?id=96

As long as the information the person is posting is true, there is nothing to worry about.[/list]
#46 Psy - Michael Crawford Paris, France · Mar 5, 2009
Now comes the flood of information. I've been waiting for an investigation like this for a long time. It's good the authorities are finally doing their jobs.#47 THE ONE THAT KNOWS Villa Rica, GA · Mar 5, 2009
can you sue your employer for wrongful layoff because of your skin color and if you was injured due to lack of training for the staff?#48 the one Katy, TX · Mar 5, 2009
the one that knows, i appreciate it and yah 5 days later i was bak on the field and next year im gonna play college ball, take care and thankyou, it feels good having some closure#49 THE ONE THAT KNOWS Villa Rica, GA · Mar 5, 2009
the one, you need to run track this year so that you would be able to proform better out on the football field, run the 400 or the 200, trust it will do you a lot of good...stay active...#50 truth Ellijay, GA · Mar 6, 2009
THE ONE THAT KNOWS wrote:
darrington and john just didn't run the place right...they didn't train any of the staff and they just was on some kind of power trip thing...there was one staff who really cared about the students, thomas...he tried to get rich and john too change a lot of things around there...but instead they let him go...then bam!they was closing the school...[/list][/size]Ironically so this seems like this is really Thomas writing this statement in order to try and clear his name of any racial or abuse allegations that were made towards him. I heard complaints that Thomas actually made many boys stand outside on the basketball court in just their boxers while yelling at them!! Please he didnt help at all![/list]
#51 jhernandez Lake Worth, FL · Mar 6, 2009
i always thought thomas was a jerk.
he was rude. for no reason.#52 Tommy Boy East Dublin, GA · Mar 6, 2009
all you need to shut up its damn over let the shit be all you are doing right now is bitching let it go and move on with your lives its over its closed you guys all got what you wanted so drop it and you need to realize that there were people there that werent like the rest and they cared and they treated us like normal people all the people that did the shit that pissed us off or whatever it was they will get theres trust me it will come and darrington who made that place its already coming down hard on him so let the shit go and move on#53 Tommy Boy East Dublin, GA · Mar 6, 2009
Also all you people who didnt work there or werent a student there i dont want to hear your shit you didnt go through anything you dont know anything so shutup its so funny seeing these people who werent there or went through anything at that place are telling us how things went down shut your damn mouth you dont know thomas you never met the man once you do then start saying something dont talk shit on the computer#54 ILOVEDARRINGTON East Dublin, GA · Mar 6, 2009
saint simons island program parent how is your son chris doing#55 darrington surrivor Palm Beach Gardens, FL · Mar 7, 2009
THE ONE THAT KNOWS wrote:
HERE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT SHOULD NEVER WORK WITH KIDS AGAIN... JIM, HOWIE, APRIL, JOHN G, DARRINGTON, PAIGE, ROLLAN, PATSY, JOYCE, SARAH...WELL THAT'S ALL THE STAFF YOU KNOW ABOUT AT DARRINGTON... THEY ALL STARTED RESTRAINING KIDS LIKE CRAZY...THIS MSG IS FOR JENNA...I MISSED THE ADMINS WHO RAN THAT PLACE WITH RESPECT...[/list][/size]Hello this is brittany mom im so shock the things i heard from this school my daugter is one of surriviors of this cult they did not let the kids speak to there parents made up alot of things to her and to us as parents made us think that our girl was not cooperating right and not send her the things i send her when it came to people getting there letters and from people who loved her out side they did not give it to her she was the only one never recieved any of my girts and letters and punished all the time for her actions and told us alot of things went on there that she is trying to block out and im a concern mom cause they gave her medication for over 6mths and she is sick now and the over medicated my daughter and she is very sick now high dose of heavey meds all hte time made her believe she had something and no one that loved her out side the program how do you think a child will act and think and get depress even they can commit sucide if they feel like they are not loved by ther mom especially it took her alot ot warm up to me i thought it was something i did just relize she was be lied to about me and now she wont even go back ot school and she is a very worried child they brainwashed my child and now she might have something really serious for be over medicated treated for somthing she does not hav plus she collapse several times in the program and complain
about she was sick they ignored her she could of been teated for the right illness and now it is progressed even more cause they gave her the wrong medicine these stupid people they were worried about if they would loose money then us taking her out to get her to a real doctor this is crazy now we hav to pay from more therapy for her cause this should of been taking care of the right way and we are concern for htose kids that are beening ship to another program it could be the same people again history reapeats it self and can kill your kids spirit and kill them cops and officers been paid off from this school and examiners if there was a wrongfull death you hav to use ur own resources and god bless you if your son or daughter died in a wrongful death all parents and children in this program are on a pray list thank you im looking for a attorney who can here me out please dont heasitate email me at skylynn11@hotmail.com 11 for the surriors of this cult thank you !!!!!![/i][/list][/size]Lynn, I would be interested in knowing if you worked your program as a parent? How many seminars did you attend?[/list]
#58 Itried Huntington Park, CA · Mar 12, 2009
Ok so I worked there. Yes Darrington beat the kids, Yes, they tried to "brainwash" most of them. Unless you were quiet and did exactly what you were told, your life was a living hell. I just heard today that it got shut down after I was laid off. I'm so glad that I don't work there anymore. Those people didn't give a shit about those kids at all. I think if the kids got any help at all it was froma select few chaperones and the actual licensed counselors or doctors that came if your parents paid for that extra bit. I'm glad to say that "the one that knows" didn't have my name on that list. I tried to actually make a difference in that place, and I would hope that I actually did in those select few. Much love for my favorites. You know who you are.#59 Itried Huntington Park, CA · Mar 12, 2009
I know.. I worked there, Thomas didn't make the boys do that. That was NOT him. You can blame John G. for that one.
truth wrote:
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Ironically so this seems like this is really Thomas writing this statement in order to try and clear his name of any racial or abuse allegations that were made towards him. I heard complaints that Thomas actually made many boys stand outside on the basketball court in just their boxers while yelling at them!! Please he didnt help at all![/list][/size][/list]
#60 THE ONE THAT KNOWS Riverdale, GA · Mar 12, 2009
word has it, that john g. left the country and he blamming everything on mr. darrington...lol. and yes "itried" i agree with you about some of the staff did try to help like you but we all was limited due to john g. controlling and brainwashing mr. darrington into thinking that he knew what he was doing with the kids and staff. i know for a fact john g. didn't know a damn thing about working with the kids and staff... poor mr. darrington, he believed in that guy and now look at the mess he is in...i feel for darrington family tho...#61 darrington Ocilla, GA · Mar 13, 2009
Program parent you know a lot of parents couldnt afford seminars so i dont want to hear that#62 Program parent Saint Simons Island, GA · Mar 19, 2009
ILOVEDARRINGTON wrote:
saint simons island program parent how is your son chris doing[/list][/size]He is doing GREAT! Thanks for asking. We (my husband, Chris and I) are all still working our program. It does work if you work it! Chris is finishing his senior year. Has joined the volunteer fire fighters, wants to be a fire fighter (like his dad), working at the same job for 8 months now. He went to Pillars when he left Darrington and finished up there. Loved POH. We went to visit him there and it is a great school too. How are you doing?[/list]
#63 I survived Darrington Naples, FL · Mar 30, 2009
So, I was at Darrington until it got shut down, I had been there for 11 months.
I was also 18, but my parents refused to let me come home.
it was either Darrington, with food and a bed
or under a bridge. great options. right?? pfff
anyways, there were only 2 chaperones that really helped me.
i saw many girls get restrained and tackled, and have seen many girls breakdown from emotional and mental confusion. I was never an 'upper level' and was always with the 'lower levels' and saw how much shit they went through.
I was also in the room with the cameras. We were told that they were only turned on and recording at night. Although, many times I was told by the shift supervisors that they would replay the film to see what we had been doing during the day in the dorms.
The place was just filled with lies and nobody really knows what was really was happening.
I'm just glad I'm out.#64 Another Survivor Saratoga, CA · Mar 30, 2009
One - No one was sexually abused.
Two - Richard Darrington did NOT hurt anyone.
Three - Darrington Academy shut down because there's dead beat parents who won't pay the tuition. It was shut down because of our economy; read a damn newspaper. Don't be so naive. You believe what you want to believe, instead of looking at the real facts. There's bad schools out there. I hated being at Darrington and I said a lot of bad things about it when I came home. But I never stooped so low as to make things up. I do believe that there are desperate kids out there though that would make things up just to come home. It's sad. I'm an adult now and I wish I hadn't said all the things I did. Darrington was not a bad school. Some kids need that. It's easy for you people so be so negative because you weren't there. Although I still firmly believe I should have never been sent there in the first place, I am very lucky that I was sent to Darrington and not another WWASP school.

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#65 DA H8r Palm Coast, FL · Mar 31, 2009
Another Survivor wrote:
One - No one was sexually abused.
Two - Richard Darrington did NOT hurt anyone.
Three - Darrington Academy shut down because there's dead beat parents who won't pay the tuition. It was shut down because of our economy; read a damn newspaper. Don't be so naive. You believe what you want to believe, instead of looking at the real facts. There's bad schools out there. I hated being at Darrington and I said a lot of bad things about it when I came home. But I never stooped so low as to make things up. I do believe that there are desperate kids out there though that would make things up just to come home. It's sad. I'm an adult now and I wish I hadn't said all the things I did. Darrington was not a bad school. Some kids need that. It's easy for you people so be so negative because you weren't there. Although I still firmly believe I should have never been sent there in the first place, I am very lucky that I was sent to Darrington and not another WWASP school.[/list][/size]You see people, this is what darrington academy does to people. it freaking brainwashes them into thinking that it was a good place.[/list]
#66 graduated from here Willow Spring, NC · Mar 31, 2009
I know who left that last post. I know she isn't brainwashed. She's just getting on with life, she's been out for quite a while and hell, why not, you know? It does suck to hear that your "alma mater" is all caught up in bullshit, especially like this. And why not treat a trial in your past as good thing?

In my opinion though there is too much stating that something went on for it all to be squeaky clean. I do know from experience that there were things that did go on there that shouldn't have, there always was. It is easy to use the economy as an out, but its too much like the Casa evacuation.

From a legal standpoint, the whole "program" scheme of things is unethical because there are core constitutional rights that are stripped from a student upon entering, and, these rights aren't voluntarily given up. The loophole is in the contract parents sign and the fact that minors are not free to do everything that they choose. Really and truley, a sixteen year old in Georgia could walk out the door and no one has the authority to stop them, send them anywhere, nothing of the sort. That IS unlawful. Also in the contract, there is a promise not to sue. It is fifty some pages thick at least.

Find us some court dates and some cold hard facts. I really want to know and I am glad that this plce has seen its end.

All in all it was a fucked up place full of fucked up people. But if one cannot gain from a past experience good or bad and use it to benefit themselves positively, thats their own choice.#67 Another Survivor Saratoga, CA · Apr 1, 2009
I'm not brainwashed. I grew up and moved on. You should do the same. Stop acting like a child and get over it.#68 chaperones suck Warner Robins, GA · Apr 5, 2009
I survived Darrington wrote:
So, I was at Darrington until it got shut down, I had been there for 11 months.
I was also 18, but my parents refused to let me come home.
it was either Darrington, with food and a bed
or under a bridge. great options. right?? pfff
anyways, there were only 2 chaperones that really helped me.
i saw many girls get restrained and tackled, and have seen many girls breakdown from emotional and mental confusion. I was never an 'upper level' and was always with the 'lower levels' and saw how much shit they went through.
I was also in the room with the cameras. We were told that they were only turned on and recording at night. Although, many times I was told by the shift supervisors that they would replay the film to see what we had been doing during the day in the dorms.
The place was just filled with lies and nobody really knows what was really was happening.
I'm just glad I'm out.[/list][/size]who is this????[/list]
#69 C_Rodriguez Bronx, NY · Apr 5, 2009
When I was there, there were always these shady occurances that nobody spoke about perhaps with the fear of becoming the target. Sick bed, intervention, among other things were def. manifestations of child abuse. How is it that someone had to wait until level three to take care of health issues and get to see a doctor? The same with sick bed, the teen's were just laying in bed all day drinking soup regardless of their health issue. Intervention a place in which you sometimes had to kneel for hours facing a wall. Made to sleep on the floor and not allowed to shower until they said so. If this is not child abuse then what is??#70 jhernandez Lake Worth, FL · Apr 5, 2009
C_Rodriguez wrote:
When I was there, there were always these shady occurances that nobody spoke about perhaps with the fear of becoming the target. Sick bed, intervention, among other things were def. manifestations of child abuse. How is it that someone had to wait until level three to take care of health issues and get to see a doctor? The same with sick bed, the teen's were just laying in bed all day drinking soup regardless of their health issue. Intervention a place in which you sometimes had to kneel for hours facing a wall. Made to sleep on the floor and not allowed to shower until they said so. If this is not child abuse then what is??[/list][/size]VERY GOOD POINT. its true. that place was so shady. i dont care what anyone says. i do think the economy had something to do with the shut down but i know therewas more to it then that.[/list]
#71 lauren Jamaica, NY · Apr 6, 2009
jenna...you were brainwashed. So idk you can contradict yourself like that saying you werent. it did get pretty bad in there when they changed the supervisors. i hate it there soo much. but its alright now...we're freee#72 Chaperone Steven Cartersville, GA · Apr 7, 2009
WOW can't believe darrington got the ax n was shut down not a big fan of John G. n a few others that thought they were gods w/ apollo n the other family names given. I worked there n was surprised
of the stupidity that took place there on a daily basis. The point system was a joke n everybody cheated it, consequences given n taken away in seconds, favorites taken care of n others sent 2 work sheets just 2 get them out of family.

i tried my best 2 help the young men i was over sharing my experience strenght and hope with them but was often shut down by John the know it all, sometimes Thomas when John was in his ear. I do not know if any child abuse took place when i was there but i do know Jim n Howie were teetering on the edge once whe jim tackled Paven H outside worksheets was intense n Howie "mugged" Ryan S in worksheets for a stupid reason it seemed like sometimes they bragged over who had 2 b restrained
n how they did it i find it amazing i never had 2 restrain any one in my time there i could always talk it out with them.

I'm curious what happened 2 so many of the young men that were there Like Paven H.,Massimo C., Mitch K., Matt S., Dustin, Chris H., Jake K., Evan E.,Marc S., Kevin H., Joey G.

No matter what ur experience was at darrington good or bad just remember to keep moving forward n b the best u can b#73 Ryan S Schertz, TX · Apr 13, 2009
Chaperone Steven wrote:
WOW can't believe darrington got the ax n was shut down not a big fan of John G. n a few others that thought they were gods w/ apollo n the other family names given. I worked there n was surprised
of the stupidity that took place there on a daily basis. The point system was a joke n everybody cheated it, consequences given n taken away in seconds, favorites taken care of n others sent 2 work sheets just 2 get them out of family.
i tried my best 2 help the young men i was over sharing my experience strenght and hope with them but was often shut down by John the know it all, sometimes Thomas when John was in his ear. I do not know if any child abuse took place when i was there but i do know Jim n Howie were teetering on the edge once whe jim tackled Paven H outside worksheets was intense n Howie "mugged" Ryan S in worksheets for a stupid reason it seemed like sometimes they bragged over who had 2 b restrained
n how they did it i find it amazing i never had 2 restrain any one in my time there i could always talk it out with them.
I'm curious what happened 2 so many of the young men that were there Like Paven H.,Massimo C., Mitch K., Matt S., Dustin, Chris H., Jake K., Evan E.,Marc S., Kevin H., Joey G.
No matter what ur experience was at darrington good or bad just remember to keep moving forward n b the best u can b[/list][/size]Hey steven it is Ryan s
Yea i remeber paven gettin knocked around then howie and an upper level wrestling with me. That place was way crooked,"some" of the chaperones would take consequences to one kid and not the other one. There was a lot of stuff that went on there that was not right. The worse thing that i thought was on Sunday when we wrote our letters to our parents that my family rep mayte would edit my letter. I still to this day ask my parents if they got the letters and which they did and none of them was what i wrote. I would like to say one thing to all the chaperones that put there hands on me to tell thank you and i am better for it today. The struggles that i went thourgh at darrington academy weren't good but in the end it may have better my situation in the long run. All the guys in Posiedon that thought i was going to jamacia. Nope i was eating shrimp that day I left. Steven is the best chaperone that was there and really would talk you out of anthing stupid and pick you up when you were down. I would like to know where the poseidon guys are though.[/list]
#74 DA H8r Palm Coast, FL · Apr 20, 2009
all the kids there could see that the place was gonna start shutting down. kids were wilin out every night and the most they did was call cops to shut us up. they didnt have the balls to get us arrested, even tho they threatend us. and rich even told a few kids that it might have shut down.
but kids were goin home left and right, so it was a clear path that alot of kids were goin home. still tho, i feel for the kids that got sent to red river. And alot of staff was starting to get laid off. the most bullshit was when Mr. Pepper left. he was the best#75 Program Survivor Atlanta, GA · Apr 29, 2009
Dear Program Parent,

I spent 18 months in the Darrington Academy facility and know what has happened there. You, as a program parent, know little to nothing about what happens in these facilities. What our chaperones and family reps. would like you to believe and what your child has actually been through are two pollar opposite things. Congradulations to your son for graduating the program but what does this actually mean to HIM? Yes he can adapt to a different environment and put on his game face in seminars to do everything he can to move up little by little through the levels but for what reason? To show his parents that he can conform? No, his underlying goal:getting the fuck out of there. From my own experience and with my experience with the my brothers and sisters in this school is the only thing that motivates you is the time your spending away from the things that mean something to you. Whether that be family, friends, or a place. Living in conditions worse than jail (i would know) we learned to form bonds with eachother, even with designated talking times during the day. The point im trying to make is the number one most important concept you learn while in Darrington Academy is not taking for granted the things you have had. Sorry parents, but for 30K a year, there are more efficient ways to help your kid.#76 Program Survivor Atlanta, GA · Apr 29, 2009
Dear Ryan s, i was in poseidon as well, do you remeber Keiran wilson and c-money hahaha where is that kid#77 Nelly Haun AOL · May 6, 2009
darrington was an abusive place i was their for a long time i got out a few months before it close it has effected my life now for i have emotional physical breakdowns andits distroying my friends and family because of what i do im tramatized from that place and i am now on medication because i have been diagnosed with high bipolar, high deppression,PST i just wish i could be the same as before when i wasnt like this i can honestly say that i was starting to go crzy and if it wasnt for being pulled i probably would have been in a mental hospital i am starting to heal from alot of my STUFF but only god can heal me full#78 Nelly Haun AOL · May 7, 2009
so unless u guys have been their and dealt with all of that the why sure talk about it if not parents some other people just literally stay out of it cause u dont understand and im glad its closed darrington was an abusive overpowering person who that he was god and if u guys think he was so great how great is it that a man beats his wife excally not so great#79 decendantofposie dan Woburn, MA · May 14, 2009
I was at darrington in 06 and they beat the piss out of me and mentally abused me. Darrington Survivor has to be nuts saying it wasnt that bad...#80 decendantofposie dan Woburn, MA · May 14, 2009
i was at darrington in 06 and they beat the piss out of me. Darrington Survivor is a survivor beacause he wasnt on his knees for intervention but to only gain points#82 Nelly Lebanon, TN · May 26, 2009
Darrington has been arrested#83 Darrington Academy Minneapolis, MN · May 26, 2009
Richard Darrington Arrested...

http://www.thenewsobserver.com/articles ... news02.eml This Article Speaks for Itself![/list]
#84 leigh Pierce Smyrna, GA · May 27, 2009
f*** darrington-f*** all the f***** up staff- f*** the power trippers, and f*** impure intentions. Darrington was only after money- and if they could have some fun while making they're fortune you better believe they will. What was fun to them was making teens cry everyday missing there homes, friends, family, life, and they're own fucking train of thought. When girls I became close with started actually falling into these brainwashing tactics I was not only hurt because I lost my friend, but scared. And by the way- doesn't anyone think its a little strange how Darrington Academy is a old hotel building? Get real. I'm so happy to hear about all this. 2 years in that place will make you hate it and resent everything about it.#85 JHernandez Lake Worth, FL · May 27, 2009
i was so happy to see that he got arrested FINALLY! i sent the link to my dad and he was upset at himself for allowing my mom to send me there. i STILL have nightmares about being sent there and not being able to leave even though im over 18. i fucking hate mr darrington, dace, and all the other assholes who thought they were god. i still have resentment towards my mom for sending me there. i was there from may 05- april 06. the only thing that kept me going were the friendships i made. i misss everyone soo much. hope you all are doing well <3

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