I recommend he do a WWF search on Fornits on Provo Canyon. Suggest he read stories from Cherish Wisdom.
cherish wisdom
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Joined: 2004-04-24
Posts: 565
From: So. Cal
For those who want to know more....
Posted: 2004-08-12 12:10:00
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I was a parent who chose Provo Canyon School for my own child's treatment for depression. It was a huge mistake. Fortunately I had the opportunity to rescue her after she attempted to escape. I was not aware of the reputation until after she was there. I became suspicious when her therapist called to tell me that he thought she was lying and being manipulative. She was there for severe depression. Anyway - there are several site that have information from survivors of this program. The best is a site created by former survivor, Angela Smith. It can be found at
http://www.beyondbusiness.net There are also comments on the petition to close PCS that can be found at
http://www.heal-onlin.org/sign.htm There have been several lawsuits. In the successful Milonas/Rice vs. Provo Canyon School case there was a permanent injunction that was imposed against four common practices at Provo Canyon School. Three of those practices were used against my own child. Regardless of court orders and injunctions they are still employing extremely abusive measures in their efforts to control children.
These are a few of the things my child either experienced or witnessed:
Screaming from the area occupied by the 11-13 year old boys night and day; isolation for entire days and nights in a cold, small, concrete room; stripped naked to humiliate; forced druggings with injections of Haldol; human takedowns where five to seven adults dog pile children; human restraint in the prone postition for more than 15 minutes; kids with broken noses and black eyes; fractured bones and backs; denial of medical care; children suffering in their rooms with respiratory infections - going without medical care; (this is just a partial list). This Program should be SHUT DOWN - I have told all of the authorities - including the Attorney General of the State of UTAH and every legislator these horrific occurances - and guess what - THEY DO NOT CARE - THEY CONTINUE TO USE TAXPAYERES MONEY TO INCARCERATE CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS 11 years old in this place. Even Child Protective Services did little to nothing to help the girls and boys whose abuse was witnessed and reported (in a ten page report) to the authorities. Anyway - see the above sites for survivor stories. ....
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Have him check this out too:
http://fornits.com/wwf/viewtopic.php?topic=9348&forum=2*************************************************
