I wish someone from Straight Inc. would comment on this and tell me if they were made to do this sick shit. It is very disturbing to say the least.
Oh yeah, but on a larger scale, at least while Newton was in charge. Straight had a room packed with 200-300 kids at a time, KIDS I think had a population of around fifty inmates, though I could be mistaken. Maybe a KIDS survivor will be able to clarify that.
That being said, as far as I know, the longest sentence endured by anyone in Straight was just over three years, whereas at least one KIDS client spent THIRTEEN YEARS under Newton's control. Also, at Straight, Newton still had to answer to folks like Sembler who were signing his pay checks.......no such constraints on his criminal, child-abusing antics at KIDS.
Straight was fucked up from the start, but Newton, in his evil genius, contrived to make it even more abusive and horrifying. KIDS had to be even worse than
that, 'cause Newton had free rein to indulge his sick whims with no one to answer to but his own fucked-up self.