Read on Twitter
Hello! If you recently watched This is Paris and are interested in learning more about the troubled teen industry or #breakingcodesilence, I am going to do a annotated thread of documentaries, books, websites, and articles on this topic.
This...might be lengthy.
Let's begin. 1/
This...might be lengthy.
Let's begin. 1/
First up: This is Paris
Paris Hilton discusses her experience at Provo Canyon School and other facilities. She recounts being escorted to the program, the nightmares from her time there, and the impact on her current life and relationships. 2/x
Paris Hilton discusses her experience at Provo Canyon School and other facilities. She recounts being escorted to the program, the nightmares from her time there, and the impact on her current life and relationships. 2/x
Next,
Help at Any Cost by Maia Szalavitz
This book traces the origins of the troubled teen industry and was one of the first on this subject. It helped me make sense of my own experience and is deeply researched. 3/x https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08C9CPQDX/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_nAqyFb0S1T1BS
Help at Any Cost by Maia Szalavitz
This book traces the origins of the troubled teen industry and was one of the first on this subject. It helped me make sense of my own experience and is deeply researched. 3/x https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08C9CPQDX/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_nAqyFb0S1T1BS
Who is Watching the Kids?
A pbs doc about Spring Creek Lodge (WWASP) in Montana. Covers facility history, the death of a student in the facility, how these facilities became an unregulated high dollar industry, and the attempts to regulate them. 4/x
A pbs doc about Spring Creek Lodge (WWASP) in Montana. Covers facility history, the death of a student in the facility, how these facilities became an unregulated high dollar industry, and the attempts to regulate them. 4/x
Locked in Paradise
A BBC doc on the troubled teen industry with a focus on WWASP. Specifically the Tranquility Bay facility in Jamaica. Covers program marketing,abuse, being escorted (kidnapped), an interview with the program director and students. 5/x
A BBC doc on the troubled teen industry with a focus on WWASP. Specifically the Tranquility Bay facility in Jamaica. Covers program marketing,abuse, being escorted (kidnapped), an interview with the program director and students. 5/x
48hrs episode on Paradise Cove in Samoa (WWASP) called 'Tough Love' (1998)
An escort/transporter and parents allow the kidnapping to be filmed. Filmed at the school with admin, staff, and student interviews. Shows use of isolation box. 6/x
An escort/transporter and parents allow the kidnapping to be filmed. Filmed at the school with admin, staff, and student interviews. Shows use of isolation box. 6/x
An Inside Edition segment covering the troubled teen industry. Features descriptions of restraint and abuse, rare images of the WWASP High Impact facility in Mexico and Dundee Ranch.
Bonus: Narvin Lichfield in handcuffs!
(+Ali, miguel's wife, at Casa) 7/x
Bonus: Narvin Lichfield in handcuffs!
(+Ali, miguel's wife, at Casa) 7/x
Miguel, was the director/owner of High Impact. After High Impact was shut down, he and his wife went to work at Casa by the Sea.
Miguel is in a lot of people's nightmares. A lot.
Ok. I need a break. I will be back with more later. 8/x
Miguel is in a lot of people's nightmares. A lot.
Ok. I need a break. I will be back with more later. 8/x
Wait one more, then break.
WWASP Survivors website is a good resource with survivor testimony and research into the leadership and history of WWASP.
http://wwaspsurvivors.com
I will add more non wwasp sources later. WWASP is what i am most familiar with. 9/x
WWASP Survivors website is a good resource with survivor testimony and research into the leadership and history of WWASP.
http://wwaspsurvivors.com
I will add more non wwasp sources later. WWASP is what i am most familiar with. 9/x
In Kidnapped for Christ, filmmaker Kate Logan goes inside Escuela Caribe while it is operating. This is a rare inside perspective of these type of programs as it happens. Strong recommend.
Trailer:
10/x
Trailer:
10/x
This Mother Jones article by Maia Szalavitz is about Synanon and the influence early tough love programs had on later ones.
This article has one of the best graphics that explain the links between program generations. 11/x https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2007/08/cult-spawned-tough-love-teen-industry/
This article has one of the best graphics that explain the links between program generations. 11/x https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2007/08/cult-spawned-tough-love-teen-industry/
The graphic deserves it's own post.
It always seemed to me a family tree. Some years ago, while trying to make sense of my own experience, I wrote a poem about my program lineage. 12/x
It always seemed to me a family tree. Some years ago, while trying to make sense of my own experience, I wrote a poem about my program lineage. 12/x
This Deseret News article describes some of the efforts to regulate WWASP, allegations if abuse, and how responds to activism with lawsuits. This is the source for the Ken Kay, wwasp admin, quote in the poem I wrote. 13/x http://www.deseret.com/2005/4/21/19888394/utah-based-group-under-fire
Audrey Smilley: Fence Away
A song I learned of today. It was shared with #breakingcodesilence and i had to include it here.
Written after the author delivered pizza to PCS in the late 80s. Rerecorded during their 2020 quarantine sessions. Mind blown 14/x
A song I learned of today. It was shared with #breakingcodesilence and i had to include it here.
Written after the author delivered pizza to PCS in the late 80s. Rerecorded during their 2020 quarantine sessions. Mind blown 14/x
The Group (2014)
This documentary traces director Jacob McEndollar's experience through several drug treatment programs as a teen in the early 90s. As an adult, he reconnects with his cohort and reconsiders their 'treatment'. 15/x
This documentary traces director Jacob McEndollar's experience through several drug treatment programs as a teen in the early 90s. As an adult, he reconnects with his cohort and reconsiders their 'treatment'. 15/x
American Rehab (2020)
This podcast series by Reveal does not focus on troubled teen facilities, but shows how adult rehab facilities can be abusive as well. Deep history of rehab theories and approaches. Many parallels to the troubled teen industry. 16/x https://www.revealnews.org/american-rehab/
This podcast series by Reveal does not focus on troubled teen facilities, but shows how adult rehab facilities can be abusive as well. Deep history of rehab theories and approaches. Many parallels to the troubled teen industry. 16/x https://www.revealnews.org/american-rehab/
Breaking Code Silence is more than a hashtag. It's a movement to raise awareness of the issues surrounding the troubled teen industry. Please check out their website and follow them for testimonies and info regarding the industry. 17/x
@BreakingCodeSi1 https://www.breakingcodesilence.net/
@BreakingCodeSi1 https://www.breakingcodesilence.net/
Troubled is a podcast that covers past and current events in the troubled teen industry. Recent episodes have discussed the murder of Cornelius Frederick by staff earlier this year by staff at Lakeside Academy, a Sequel facility. 18/x https://anchor.fm/troubled
From a comment: 19/x https://twitter.com/DJSugi/status/1307074998243397638?s=19
King5 News look into Bethel Boys Academy (2020). Video in link and available on YouTube.
Has interviews with former students, their memories of abuse and the impact on their current lives.
Good outline of the issues regulating the TTI.
20/x
http://www.king5.com/amp/article/news/local/take-5/bethel-boys-academy-documentary-abuse-allegations-students/
Has interviews with former students, their memories of abuse and the impact on their current lives.
Good outline of the issues regulating the TTI.
20/x
http://www.king5.com/amp/article/news/local/take-5/bethel-boys-academy-documentary-abuse-allegations-students/
Allen Knoll, one of the students interviewed in the King5 segment, has published a book, Surviving Bethel, and is working on a documentary on his experience.
21/x
Information available here:
https://www.facebook.com/BethelDocumentary/
21/x
Information available here:
https://www.facebook.com/BethelDocumentary/
Suburbia's Dirty Little Secret is a youtube series focused on sharing the experiences of those held in these facilities, reform efforts, activism, education and has a very good short explainer on the troubled teen industry. 22/x
@Suburbiassecret https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWADFl4cWjv-CEBS5P5Vmgg
@Suburbiassecret https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWADFl4cWjv-CEBS5P5Vmgg
In many of these sources, the GAO reports and investigation are referenced.
Here are those reports:
Residential Programs:
Selected Cases of Death, Abuse, and Deceptive Marketing (2008)
23/x https://www.gao.gov/mobile/products/GAO-08-713T
Here are those reports:
Residential Programs:
Selected Cases of Death, Abuse, and Deceptive Marketing (2008)
23/x https://www.gao.gov/mobile/products/GAO-08-713T
Residential Treatment Programs:
Concerns Regarding Abuse and Death in Certain Programs for Troubled Youth (2007) https://www.gao.gov/mobile/products/GAO-08-146T
24/x
Concerns Regarding Abuse and Death in Certain Programs for Troubled Youth (2007) https://www.gao.gov/mobile/products/GAO-08-146T
24/x
