FlyingSquid ,
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Calling this a therapy program is like calling leeches a cancer treatment.

tsonfeir ,
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17-year-old from Idaho and a 14-year-old from Minnesota were attending the wilderness retreat Passages Alaska for troubled youths

jordanlund ,
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Given how "therapy" programs like this are, at best, complete bullshit and, at worst, full of fraud and abuse, I'm leaning on supporting the kids here.

Obi ,
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Honestly even if the place is totally fine and treats the kids well, they're teens doing silly teen things, slap on the wrist at most...

Hegar ,

There was a recent case in NC where a 12 y/o was found dead with his underpants off and the camp obstructed the investigation and continues to maintain the death was accidental even after a coroner ruled it was not. It's the second death at that camp as well, previous one was in 2014.

https://www.wfae.org/crime-justice/2024-02-16/nc-regulators-shut-down-trails-carolina-camp-after-12-year-old-boy-dies

Martineski ,

The picture made me think it's a landslide news.

Silverseren ,

Passages Alaska, founded in 2020. The website is incredibly vague on whom the therapy they use is for. They claim it's for teens who "struggle with anxiety, depression, technology addiction, low self-esteem, and failure to launch" which is, as stated, incredibly vague.

Actual medical anxiety and depression isn't the fault of the person and needs medicine, not "mindfulness therapy". And I have no idea what "technology addiction" is. This sounds like parents who are mad at their kid being on their phone all the time.

It seems to be some New Age-y nonsense with a bunch of meditation and yoga BS.

catloaf ,

I don't think it's meditation and yoga, it's stuff like backpacking and survival skills.

Etterra ,

And deprivation and abuse.

Burn_The_Right ,

This is just one of numerous abusive things conservatives do to their children to "toughen 'em up".

Conservatives should not be permitted to be around children.

SpaceNoodle ,
burgersc12 ,

I grew up in the same area as this place had no idea it existed. So messed up thinking about what was happening 20 minutes from my house and it ran until like 2011!

Bbbbbbbbbbb ,

Troubled teen program? Is it gay conversion or a child molestation camp?

ShepherdPie ,

Probably all three.

Edit: jesus they are stranded on an island in fucking Alaska. I can only imagine how little oversight there is (which is why it's so isolated) and how much abuse must occur there because of it.

QuantumSpecter OP ,

There another place in Washington state called Secret Harbor School. According to Wikipedia, there were 52 escape attempts over three years

burgersc12 ,

Its probably similar to elan.school. Schools where "kidnapping" is a thing are fucking disgusting

deegeese ,
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Escape is the first duty of every prisoner.

gregorum ,
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— Worf

Hupf ,

Die.

— Worf

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“And people say that I do not have a sense of humor.”

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