See also: troubled teen camps.
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You use the media and public pressure to force action. First stop is to gather every piece of evidence you have and put it in one place. Something eye catching as a domain name. And then you start contacting the media and sending them there.
There’s been a couple documentaries on these schools. It takes students who have been through these programs literal years of dedication to make action happen. And this is with all sorts of evidence.
If you want a first-hand account of the full experience of a student, along with what they had to go through to get action taken (including being chased out of the country!), you can go to elan.school (cw: strong physical/mental abuse)
The people behind these schools have mafia levels of power and will literally disappear students back into their schools. If you’re not a previous student, you might have better ability to approach the situation since they don’t know you, but just be careful.
I went there as a kid. They know who I am at this point.
CEO attempted a protective order on me, LOL. I’ve never spoken to her or been in her vicinity, but pathological liars going to do what they do best. It was really weird - I wasn’t notified or anything, just was checking to see what my court records looked like and I guess she tried something. When I have money I’ll have to go up to the court house and try to get a copy of whatever she said.
Don't read what's at that link if you aren't willing to do some incredibly heavy and depressing reading. It's also quite long. So while I do recommend reading it, you should be aware that this isn't something you can casually consume with any amount of empathy.
Yeah, I should have prefaced that. His storytelling is some of the strongest I’ve read and it opened my eyes to the lengths they go through to hide their actions and how adults will write it off as tough love, claiming these are all exaggerated stories. I’ve tried to tell friends and even some of them initially dismissed it.
I’ll add a note.
Try talking to the local representatives at every level—city/county/state/national. Schedule an in-person meeting if you can. Bring documents to back things up and a one-page summary of the most important points.
Have you tried journalists from ProPublica? They do investigations into these kinds of things.
Look for support groups for people who’ve been through these kinds of places. They may resources/contacts.
Contact your State Attorney General's office, maybe?
Probably matters what state but where I am the State AGs office does Medicare fraud, civil rights violations etc.
it’s not legal look into agape, etc.
Also don’t hesitate to reach out to the joint commission. (jcaho)