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Please elaborate on this "sexual stuff" by citing examples to the best of your knowledge.

Well there was that staff member that I heard about from an alumni, he said the staff member worked in STU and fondled a patient either during a restraint or a strip-search, the staff member disappeared (either fired or quit) shortly after.  Then there was the femal staff that was into bondage, alot of people know about that one. There is one incident that I am a bit weary to post very much about, but I will say that it involved two patients..

What sort of social interactions where you allowed in the STU?

There was a group meeting once sometimes twice a day, but that was just "shame games" and false confessions. During these, if you expressed disapproval, spoke out of turn, didn't pay attention, anything - you'd get sent back to your bed. No talking, gesturing, or sometimes even looking at other patients. Interactions with staff were very limited, mostly to them tormenting or ordering patients around.

Did you have, or see, any acting out due to boredom in the STU?

Oh yes. Of course there were "attention restraints" and things of that nature, but there were also more subtle clues that everyone was slowly going insane. Repetitive motions such as rocking back and forth, shaking your head, biting fingernails, picking at clothing, these sort of things were common. The walls were in deperate need of a new coat of paint, people would pick flakes of it off just for something to do. It probably could be a safety issue, there were quite a few layers of paint on it already and some of the older ones probably have lead in them.

Describe the showering and bathing situation. What would happen if you took to long in the shower?

There were only showers. Staff time you in the shower, and they give a VERY small amount of time to shower. Staff will actually start your time before you even make it into the bathroom, so patients sometimes wouldn't even bother trying to take a shower. Staff had no problem pulling patients out of the shower with a full head of shampoo, this caused severe dandruff and occasionally lice.

When you first arrived were you searched? If yes what did that process entail? How did that process make you feel?

When you first arrive, staff strip and cavity search you. They will also do this whenever they think someone has an item they aren't allowed to have. This could be food, a screw from a wall, a piece of an eating utensil, almost anything staff can come up with. I suspect that a few times this happened, it was done just to humiliate the patients - or possibly even to give some sort of sick gratification to the staff.



If anyone has questions they would like to be answered, ask and I'll try my best to answer in detail.

Well it seems the other convo. has ended, so I'll start up again.
 What companies support PV in one way or another? SYSCO is a big one, anyone remember what their paper shredder service was called? In the past, a sucessful way of taking out a business was to get supporting companies to cut all ties with them - maybe this could work with PV too.

I'd be more than willing to answer any questions anyone might have about PV. Either post a question for me here or send me a PM.
 Here's a few timeline points for me:
- 10+ months at PV
- 13+ months total (including other facilities)
- Out of "treatment" little over 1 year ago

Here's an interesting discussion about two vanishing parks....
http://www.knoxviews.com/node/5018

 On the subject of parks
Submitted by Stick Thrower on Mon, 2007/07/09 - 2:50pm.

On the subject of parks that are hard to find, is there a Jones Bend Blount County Park at the end of Wrights Ferry Rd., as this Google Map suggests?

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No, I don't think so. Funny
Submitted by R. Neal on Mon, 2007/07/09 - 2:54pm.

No, I don't think so.

Funny you should mention it. We went driving around looking for it a few weeks ago and we couldn't find it. I believe it was where Peninsula Hospital is now.

It doesn't show up on the Blount Co. Parks and Recs website any more, and my latest DeLorme Tennessee Gazetteer doesn't show it either.

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I'd like to find out exactly when PV moved in on that land and put up the buildings it has there now. I've got a map that shows that area as still being Jones Bend Blount County Park in 1981

The Whitmore was half program, half bed and breakfast.  The guests were told to ignore the kids being hurled down the stairwells, I guess.

You got the map, act.da, so what's your take on it?  It does look like it's on public land.  Difficult to get any information, though.

Well it's hard to say for sure, but from what I have right now it's looking mighty good. Property tax records for Blount County aren't in an online mapping format yet, but there should be an interactive records map online by early 2008. If someone in or near Blount County wanted to, they could physically go to the records office and get paper copies. I'm still working on finding some infomation online at this point though.

If anyone wants to do something like this near NC (PV or others) let me know, I'd definitely be interested in participating! PM me or e-mail my hotmail