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YSK: The "Troubled Teen" industry that was big in the 90's and 2000's was not only a complete sham, but was (and STILL is) horrifically abusive and traumatic. (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Marked NSFW for a number of reasons - potentially triggering to anyone who's been through this or something similar. Supplemental links contain some very dark, horrifying accounts.

WWASPS

Why you should know: Hundreds of thousands (possibly far more) of now adults carry that trauma with them. Many of these schools are still in operation, still abusing children.

You likely can't fully appreciate what these kids went through and what many of them still carry around with them, but reading and watching accounts from past "students" can get you closer:

Webcomic about one man's experience with Elan, another Troubled Teen program outside the WWASPS umbrella. I won't spoil the many, many twists, but his story is something I couldn't pull myself away from the entire time I read it. https://elan.school/

Watch "The Program" on Netflix. Shows multiple people that were sent to different schools in the WWASPS umbrella retelling their stories while exploring the now abandoned facility they were once prisoners in.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Nexpo made a video about Elan. I couldn't watch it to the end.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

I've got a pretty decent stomach for horrible stuff. Having unfettered internet access from a very young age tends to desensitize you to a lot of things.

I damn near couldn't finish it, and honestly I wish I didn't. It's just so, so awful.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

Nexpo made a video about Elan.

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