Close Provo Canyon School Online Petition

SIGN PETITION TO CLOSE america’S MOST NOTORIOUS INSTITUTIONALIZED CHILD ABUSE FACILITY: Provo canyon school in provo, utah!

To: Joint Commission of Health Care Organizations, Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges, Utah Department of Human Services

Provo Canyon School located at 1350 E 750 N, Orem, UT 84097 has a history of torturing America's youth. The lawsuits against them in which they were found guilty of cruel and inhumane treatment and abuse of children include the cases of Taylor v. Provo Canyon School and Milonas and Rice v. Provo Canyon School during the 1980's and 1990's. However, they still proudly claim to be in operation a full 29 years and claim to use the same treatment that has worked so well for their organization over that span of time. We, the American People, do not approve of Provo Canyon School and demand that their accreditation and licensing be removed at once. They have an ongoing reputation for abuse and cruelty and a proven history of culpability in this regard. The Department of Human Services of Utah, the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges, and the Joint Commission of Healthcare Organizations must cancel Provo Canyon School's licensing for good and remove all accreditation of Provo Canyon School.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

(Signatures updated regularly as received from the petition at http://www.beyondbusiness.net/closepcs.htm Last updated: 02/05/10 at 9:20pm)

# First Name Last Name Reason For Signing? St. Ctry. Comments

1	Angela	Smith	Provo Canyon School Survivor-1989	WA	US	I was abused at Provo Canyon School and continue to suffer from debilitating back and knee injuries incurred during “punishment” in their “investment” area.
2	Emily	Taylor	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US	Close them all!
3	John	Murrie	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
4	Brandon	Neuhaus	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
5	Kyle	Heiberg	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
6	Tim	Spalding	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
7	Emily	Steed	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
8	Megan	Miller	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
9	Jason	Yim	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US	Close them down!
10	Tony	Kelly	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US	Close them down!
11	Miongchando	Tejavanga	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US	Close them down!
12	John	Huntsman	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US	Close them down!
13	Steve	Summers	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
14	Kevin	Hamedui	Friend of a PCS Survivor	WA	US
15	Steve	Nguyen	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US	Close them down!
16	Matt	Hendrickson	Friend of a PCS Survivor	WA	US
17	Lynn	Temple	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US	Screw over the police who won’t close them down!
18	Claire	West	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US	No more Provo Canyon School!
19	Kathleen	Mayorga	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US	No more Provo Canyon School!
20	Laura	Felicia	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
21	Cynthia	Zimbelman	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
22	Melissa	Halkett	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
23	Ryan	Bressler	Friend of a PCS Survivor	WA	US
24	Bryan	Woodard	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
25	Pam	Korez	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
26	Eric	Soran	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
27	Nicole	Haddington	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
28	Marta	Maranta	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
29	Chrissy	Engstrom	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
30	Caroline	Pew	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
31	Jared	McCaskill	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
32	Catherine	Smith	Parent of a PCS Survivor	WA	US	Close this horrid place of torture now! It’s un-American and inhumane.
33	Krystal	Coleman	Survivor/Parent of PCS Survivor	CA	US
34	JJ	Logan	Friend of a PCS Survivor	CA	US
35	Sandra	Wilkinson	Friend of a PCS Survivor	CA	US
36	Kaylee	Moore	Human Rights Advocate	HI	US
37	Jana	Prock	Human Rights Advocate	TX	US	I am a Jodee Messina fan!*
38	Erik	Bowen	Human Rights Advocate	IL	US
39	Frank	Hervey	Survivor/Parent of PCS Survivor
40	Andrea	Boettcher	Friend of a PCS Survivor	CA	US
41	Gabriel	Coburn	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US	This school is a prison and a hell hole for every child that ends up there. Shut it down!
42	Elise	Pavlak	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US	I visited some of the sites of the survivors of Provo Canyon School and it makes me sick to think that that kind of thing still happens. If nobody does anything about it, it’s going to keep going on.
43	Rachel	Roberts	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US	I was there for 26 months. I have seen most all forms of abuse there and gone through many myself. The abuse of America’s children needs to stop!
44	Helen	Taylor	Parent of a PCS Survivor-2003	CA	US	My child was abused physically, emotionally, and psychologically at the school. No patient should be tortured!
45	Matthew C.	Taylor	Brother of a PCS Survivor-2003	CA	US	My sister was brutalized at the school. Shut it down and investigate!
46	Courtney	Victor	Survivor/Parent of PCS Survivor
47	M. Bret	Taylor	Parent of a PCS Survivor-2003	CA	US	My daughter was tortured. It must be investigated. The fact that this institution has destroyed two petitions just goes to show how low they will stoop. PCS is a very dangerous place for children and destructive to families. It is extremely punitive and uses abusive behavior and emotional modification.
48	Dorothy	Medeiros	Grandparent of a PCS Survivor	CA	US	My grandchild was abused. It must be investigated.
49	Sheri	Alvarez	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US	Close them down!
50	A. Elizabeth	Taylor	Survivor of PCS-2003	CA	US	Patient in 2003. I suffered isolation, seclusion, human restraints, take downs, and forced drugging.
51	Lori	Willis	Friend of a PCS Survivor	CA	US	Patients should not be abused!
52	Scott	Sheppard	Survivor/Parent of PCS Survivor	CA	US
53	Shirley	Hanson	Friend of a PCS Survivor	CA	US	This abuse must stop!
54	Louise	Lewis	Friend of a PCS Survivor	CA	US
55	Carol	Bowers	Human Rights Advocate
56	Allen	Price	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US	This abusive program should not exist in our country!
57	Andrea	Hayes	Human Rights Advocate	GA	US
58	Ramon	Ruenes	Provo Canyon School Survivor	TX	US	LSD, not LDS ; )*
59	Marcus	Taylor	Brother of a PCS Survivor	CA	US	Sister was abused at PCS [in] 2003
60	John	Taylor III	Cousin of a PCS Survivor			My cousin was tortured. This facility should be shut down.
61	Lisa	Valantine	Aunt of a PCS Survivor			Niece was a patient-2003. It’s amazing that the officials in Utah allow this type of abuse to occur.
62	Tony	Rodriguez	Human Rights Advocate			This type of human torture should not be allowed in the free world.
63	Debbie	Baker	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US	All of us are survivors as long as we allow schools like these to remain open. Let’s all work together to close them one at a time.
64	John	Wells	Human Rights Advocate	KS	US
65	Courtney	Taylor	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US
66	Devin	Furey	Human Rights Advocate	PA	US
67	Evelyn	Chen	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US	This is horrible!
68	Vikki	Lewis	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US
69	George	Fendler	Friend of a PCS Survivor
70	Benjamin	Giancola	Human Rights Advocate	AL	US	BDSM...the subjugation of the nation throughout this life...isn’t to be done in such a business like fashion. The personal connection between the slave and master...is generally to be held in higher regard. Salut.
71	Tina	Urbain	Human Rights Advocate	MI	US	Such abuse is a blemish on our country’s good name and an affront to the things this country holds dear.
72	Keturah	Alford	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US
73	Heather	Salmon	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US
74	Natalie	Testa	Friend of a PCS Survivor
75	Nina	Damast	Human Rights Advocate		US
76	Jackie	Gutierrez	Freind of a PCS Survivor	OH	US
77	Matthew	Fugate	Human Rights Advocate
78	Christopher	Kaiser	Friend of a PCS Survivor	CA	US	This place is horrible!
79	Richard	Shaw	Human Rights Advocate		UK
80	Paige	Heatwole	Human Rights Advocate	MD	US
81	Tessa	Payton	Human Rights Advocate	CO	US
82	Sabrina	Simon	Human Rights Advocate	NJ	US
83	Carole	McNally	Friend of a PCS Survivor		UK
84	Kristen	Shahmir	Human Rights Advocate	MD	US
85	Sam	Weiss	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US
86	Leyna	Bansbach	Friend of a PCS Survivor
87	Tabitha	Campbell	Human Rights Advocate	MO	US	Provo Canyon School is NOT the only residential facility that is using such harsh and strict punishments. This treatment HAS to stop. Actions can be taken to treat the patient that is more effective and less harmful.
88	Jennifer	Bradley	Human Rights Advocate	PA	US
89	Tyler	Smith	Human Rights Advocate	OR	US
90	Myra	Mendez	Friend of a PCS Survivor	CA	US	I thought torture was illegal in this country!
91	Maxey	Summer	Human Rights Advocate	CO	US	[PCS is] Crazy and stupid.
92	Rob	F.	Human Rights Advocate	NH	US	If this is all true, then I’m in support of closing “schools” like this.
93	Erna	Cummings	Friend of a PCS Survivor	CA	US
94	Dana	Fleetham	Human Rights Advocate
95	Maddy	Schafer	Human Rights Advocate	TX	US
96	Marissa	Hammer	Human Rights Advocate	CO	US
97	Suzy	Kassan	Human Rights Advocate
98	Kristen	Allen	Human Rights Advocate	NH	US	PLEASE CLOSE THIS INSTITUTION
99	Christopher	Ameel	Human Rights Advocate	MI	US	The Foulness of this facility is only outweighed by the people maintaining it.
100	Catherine	Owen	Human Rights Advocate	FL	US
101	Cecilia	Delcamp	Human Rights Advocate	OK	US
102	Hillary	Grumbine	Human Rights Advocate	PA	US
103	Eion	Whyman	Human Rights Advocate		AU
104	Jacob-Riley	Fitzpatrick	Human Rights Advocate	NH	US
105	Terry	D.	Human Rights Advocate	KY	US
106	Ashley	Williams	Human Rights Advocate
107	Caleb	Ladd	Human Rights Advocate	MI	US	No one is free when others are oppressed.
108	Joshua	Bara	Human Rights Advocate		UK
109	Maria	Roman	Friend of a PCS Survivor	CA	US	This school is terrible, it’s hard to believe they get away with this type of abuse.
110	Luis	Roman	Friend of a PCS Survivor	CA	US
111	Jen	Greenberg	Human Rights Advocate	PA	US
112	Catherine	Bailey	Human Rights Advocate	NH	US
113	Samantha	Knapp	Human Rights Advocate	FL	US
114	Karin	McWhorter	Human Rights Advocate
115	Lauren	Herstead	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US
116	Raechel	Doughty	Human Rights Advocate
117	Simone	Deahl	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US
118	Katie	Snow	Friend of a PCS Survivor
119	Stacy	Vennema	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
120	Jackson	Haley	Human Rights Advocate	MA	US	This is not the way to make healthy, well-adjusted adults out of troubled youth, regardless of how “out of control” they may be.l
121	Brenda	Speakman	Friend of a PCS Survivor
122	James	Owen	Human Rights Advocate		UK
123	Elizabeth	Reilly	Human Rights Advocate	MA	US
124	Heather	Gately	Human Rights Advocate	MA	US
125	Raymond	Vindiola	Survivor/Parent of PCS Survivor	CA	US
126	Nicole	Jacob	Survivor of PCS	OR	US	Some of the staff need to be F* fired cause of the 2 faced, manipulating, lying, cheating, inappropriate talk, tag teaming, threatening, verbal abuse and deceiving.
127	Maria	Weeks	Human Rights Advocate	WI	US	There are humane ways to discipline children that don’t involve cruelty or oppression.
128	Alla	Pekareva	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US
129	Michael	Baldock	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US
130	Brian	McCormick	Human Rights Advocate	MI	US	As someone who has experienced degrading treatment from a psychiatrist at a different mental “health” institution, I strongly urge more powerful regulation and oversight to protect people who are experiencing distress.
131	Judith	Lautner	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US	It’s time that ALL similar schools were closed down.
132	Jill	Ploetz	Human Rights Advocate	FL	US
133	Jenn	Maberry	Human Rights Advocate	VA	US
134	Jamie	Keller	Human Rights Advocate	OH	US
135	Elena	Hernandez	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US
136	Sara	Trotta	Human Rights Advocate	MD	US	Minors have rights, too.
137	Sarah	Fletcher	Human Rights Advocate		US
138	Alexandria	Buchanan	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
139	Aaron	Wood	Human Rights Advocate	CO	US	Stop human rights violations in our own country, NOW!
140	Gregory	Kapelle	Friend of a PCS Survivor
141	Theresa	Castro	Friend of a PCS Survivor	CA	US	I signed the other petition that was hacked. Shut them down!
142	Ambre	Winfield	Friend of a PCS Survivor
143	Crystal	Moorehouse	Friend of a PCS Survivor	CA	US	It’s hard to believe that the authorities have allowed this abuse of children to continue.
144	Rebecca	Harris	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US	Provo Canyon School NEEDS to be shut down!
145	Megan	Wetzel	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US
146	Renee	Taylor	Grandparent of a PCS Survivor	NV	US	Granddaughter was a patient 2003. Please investigate and interview these children.
147	Lee	Stoughton	Human Rights Advocate	MI	US	Please do whatever it takes to help these individuals who are being victimized. Thank You!
148	Stephanie	Houle	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CT	US	This place abused me emotionally, physically, and mentally! Please, someone needs to do something about this place immediately!
149	Juliana	Loutsiouk	Friend of a PCS Survivor		CA
150	Andrew	Smith	Human Rights Advocate	FL	US	KEEP HUMAN RIGHTS ALIVE!
151	Kelsey	Medina	Human Rights Advocate
152	Blake	Reznik	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US	Shut ‘em down! This “institution” does nothing in the way of helping students. I saw things go on there that would boggle the mind. It’s a shame that too many youths (such as myself at one time) that needn’t be exposed to the conditions of PCS were sent to this poor excuse for a “school.”
153	Anna	Ludwig	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
154	Alex	Yamet	Human Rights Advocate	NY	US	Another terrible school that uses illegal methods to “shape” children so that their parents can stop being parents. I attended a gulag school to a degree not much lesser than this one. Please close these horrible places. They are one of the most overlooked and obscure things in the country, and places like Provo Canyon School must be revealed to the public.
155	Quatrina	Johnson	Survivor/Parent of PCS Survivor	CA	US
156	Graeme	Bacque	Human Rights Advocate		CA
157	Lauren	Harrell	Provo Canyon School Survivor	HI	US	That place needs to be shutdown. They treat the kids there inhumanely and freeze them in those secluded rooms and if you try to keep warm, they take away your clothes so you end up butt naked. And, sometimes they forget you’re in there so you don’t get fed.
158	Rick	Smith	Friend of a PCS Survivor			The government must do more to protect children and families from these manipulative, abusive, and fraudulent youth programs.
159	George	Hamilton	Provo Canyon School Survivor	NV	US	Provo Canyon School is truly abominable. It is an openly avowed behavior-modification center, proudly using techniques aimed at destroying the victim’s sense of self. These were openly admitted to us in 1976, when I was there with Dave Michaels, Brent Neal, Dave Low, Bob Sealy, Kevin Coombs, and Paul Tucker.
160	Mary	Vindiola	Grandmother of a PCS Survivor	CA	US	Grandmother of a survivor from 00-02.
161	Edward	Rimbaugh	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US	After reading what recipients of the school’s behaviour modification techniques have related about their experiences I am struck by the similarity of the BM with what we can be put though at the perinatal, birth and post-birth level of experience (especially in a society which does not even practice nonviolence surrounded perinatal experience). Ergo, I see the school as very similar to a prison (or a torture facility) and serving the purposes of a society that needs to take vengeance for violence/assault/deprivation surrounding birth. It is also significant that the victims of abuse at the school seem to be adolescents. Interesting that the society that can provide no real initiation to or elder-mentor connection for its adolescents must act out its pain against them by putting more and more young people in prisons or prisonlike institutions. (The society idolizes Youth while practicing a form of social sadism against them—when it is not malignedly neglecting them or commodifying them.) And I haven’t even gotten to the violation of the UN Charter (human rights/torture) or the denial of civil and constitutional rights.
162	Marianna	Ingram	Human Rights Advocate	AL	US
163	April	Randall	Human Rights Advocate	UT	US
164	Joshua	Taylor	Brother of a PCS Survivor	CA	US	Sister at PCS 2003. Depressed people should not be treated with brutality.
165	Michael	Sherman	Human Rights Advocate	FL	DZ	Child abuse is child abuse, even if it is done to “save a child’s life” from what ever the perceived problem is.
166	Ria	Ora	Human Rights Advocate
167	Katie	Brinkheart	Friend of a PCS Survivor
168	Amber	Artino	Friend of a PCS Survivor	OH	US	This is wrong.
169	Jay	Fickling	Human Rights Advocate	NY	US	I am appalled by what I have read on the internet concerning the abuses that occur.
170	Erin	Walsh	Friend of a PCS Survivor	CA	US	I don’t understand how a school that is meant to help people can do so much harm and get away with it. It is unbelievable that this “school” is still running and I see no reason why the demented staff aren’t in jail.
171	Vanessa	Rooney	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US	I am a former student of Mountain Park, and I believe that that institution, and any institution like it should be closed for GOOD. I remember listening to Jello Biafra speak...and I actually thought he was referring to Mountain Park! None of us deserved to go through that torture. They censored us, tried their hardest to make me believe that any happiness I’d had in the past had been evil...and tried to tell me that when they abused me it was “God’s will.” Screw them. Check out my story on the mountain park websites (www.mountainparksurvivors.com). I will do anything to shut these bullshit places down.
172	Marilyn	Johnson	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
173	Norma	Lockoski	Human Rights Advocate	FL	US
174	David	Sartison	Human Rights Advocate	OT	CA	I think everyone should sign this petition.
175	Brook	Lewis	Human Rights Advocate	TN	US	That is unacceptable.
176	Roxanna	Silva	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US
177	Roberta	Peck	Human Rights Advocate	MA	US	I’m doing this in the name of Jesus. He loves these kids, and he loves you too!
178	Lauren	Payne	Provo Canyon School Survivor	HI	US	PROVO CANYON SCHOOL AND MANY OTHER PLACES LIKE IT DESERVE TO BE SHUT DOWN.UPON ENTERING THAT PLACE,I WAS TREATED LIKE CRAP.NOBODY WANTED TO KNOW HOW I FELT AND I,AMONG EVERYONE ELSE, WAS NOT ALLOWED TO EXPRESS DESIRE TO LEAVE THE SCHOOL,OR WE WOULD HAVE DIRE CONSEQUENCES AND LOSE THE LITTLE PRIVILEGES THAT I HAD.BEING IN THAT PLACE WAS DEFINATELY NOT A GOOD EXPERIENCE AND I'D NEVER WANT TO BE PUT THROUGH THAT KIND OF HELL EVER AGAIN.
179	Matthew	Prasse	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US
180	Kyla	Stone	Human Rights Advocate	OH	US	That's just wrong. That school needs to be closed down for good.
181	Rebecca	Roberts	Provo Canyon School Survivor	AL	US	PCS stripped me of all my social abilities.
182	Robert	Papy	Friend of a PCS Survivor	FL	US	Education cannot come from a place of torture and violence. This school and entities like it must be forever closed if we are to evolve in our conception of positively educating the spirit of humankind.
183	John	Taylor Sr.	Loved One of a PCS Survivor	CA	US	This type of institutionalized child abuse must be abolished in our society. The governments of the United States and Utah must close this institution and fully investigate the children who have been victims and witnesses of abuse, torture and violation of human and patient rights.
184	David	McDonald	Loved One of a PCS Survivor	CA	US	Behavior modification can only be kindled in one's own heart. Force is not the way a person is to live their life. Our public policies and laws needs to reflect what this country really stands for. Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Shut this unlawful, inhumane, ungodly school down!
185	Marie	Young	Loved One of a PCS Survivor	PA	US	How can the authorities continue to allow this treatment facility to continue operating when they blatantly violate State and Federal Law. Provo Canyon School is in violation of Title 42 because staff abuse children with mental illness. There have been reports of kicking, beating, fractured bones and dislocations of bones from excessive force during human restraints, chemical restraints given against consent, denial of an opportunity to file grievances - the list goes on and on. How many violations of FEDERAL law does it take for the State of Utah to close this so-called school down and investigate?
186	Stephanie C.	Rowe	Human Rights Advocate	?	?
187	Tom	Cadden	Loved One of a PCS Survivor	CA	US	I thought our laws would protect us - who is allowing this to continue? This place must be shut down. How many reports of abuse and horror does our government need?
188	Mandy	McClaine	Provo Canyon School Survivor	SC	US	I lost two years of my life in this place. I truly believe they think they are helping those who enter PCS, but they really are making things much worse off for the "patients." To quote a staff that was working while I was there during my stay "I wonder if we are helping you guys, I mean you guys have become so dependent pretty soon you will have to be asking if its okay to be wiping your own butts" I left PCS with a dependence on people more than I ever had before. I didn't do anything with out asking if its okay, and it damaged me and lowered my self-confidence with myself. Believing that I had to have someone showing me and guiding me through every thing in order for me to be able to do a job, etc. They also knew nothing about the issues regarding why I was there in the first place. I was at the school for family issues...and self harm. The school could not help me in my family situations b/c my parents lived states away, so instead of making my family situation better, it made it worse. After two years of being locked up, i went home to my family, feeling like a over-staying guest. As for my self-harm issues, they taught me better ways to hide my self injury, and punished me for my only way I knew how to cope. Instead of taking the time to teach me better coping skills, etc. The list goes on and on about how this place impacted me in the worst way possible. I know for a fact that many of the girls that I keep in contact with that were there at the same time as me...feel the same way. This place really should be shut down.
189	Mary	Yett, DVM	Loved One of a PCS Survivor	ON	CA
190	Catherine	Colarelli	Provo Canyon School Survivor		US
191	Jaime	Fugate	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CO	US	Unless you lived through the hell we survivors lived through, you will never understand. I didn't need therapy back then, I'm in it now because of pcs. My parents had the money and I ended up paying the price. I swore to make it my life's mission to shut that place down!
192	Casidhe	Kennedy	Provo Canyon School Survivor	IL	US	I am a resident at provo canyon school and I have been treated with disrespect by my staff and therapist. My sobriety has been forced upon me.
193	Jeff	Taylor	Loved One of a PCS Survivor	CA	US	Children must be treated with dignity. Torture is NOT therapy.
194	Maria	Gonzalez	Loved One of a PCS Survivor	CA	US	This school should be shut down because they continue to traumatize children.
195	Alejandra	Diaz	Loved One of a PCS Survivor	CA	US	Shut this school down.
196	Alexandra	Yepez	Loved One of a PCS Survivor	CA	US	How can the authorities allow the degrading and inhumane treatment of these children to continue?
197	Ruben	Escoto	Loved One of a PCS Survivor	CA	US	After all I’ve heard from a former student of this school I now feel this school should be shut down.
198	Todd	Berrien	Loved One of a PCS Survivor	CA	US	This is not a safe place for children of any age. This school inflicts children with cruel punishments. They do not know how to treat children. There are also many false representations regarding this facility. Is it a hospital or is it a school. Regardless of what it is - it should be shut down for gross disregard for basic human rights.
199	Brandon	Schrichter	Loved One of a PCS Survivor	CA	US	Reform schools like this will cause future emotional problems in those exposed to abusive treatment. This abusive treatment could later affect a person's personality and interaction with society.
200	Luis Villa	Gomez	Loved One of a PCS Survivor	CA	US	Shut this place down!
201	John David	Taylor Jr.	Loved One of a PCS Survivor	CA	US	This school sounds like and extension of BYU security. The last bastion of the Nazi party.
202	Lunda	Guthrie	Loved One of a PCS Survivor	CA	US	Our animals have more rights than this school gives to the children in their care. Provo Canyon School should lose licensing for the abusive tactics used on children. The children in boot camps are treated with more respect than children in this school.
203	Julia	Browder	Provo Canyon School Survivor	NC	US	I now suffer from post traumatic stress disorder as well as social phobia...it has been many yrs since I left pcs and I still am haunted and left with the damage and disorders pcs left me with... I hope and pray justice will be done.
204	Wayne	Carter	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US	This school should be shut down! Some staff members should be jailed for cruelty to children.
205	Vito	Riazi	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US	This program abuses human beings and should be closed.
206	Crane	Carter	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US
207	Laura	Arteaga	Provo Canyon School Survivor	IL	US	Did any of those people ever once think about what we went thru at home, was probably bad enough with out being degraded and made to feel like complete worthless pieces of shit? Did they ever stop and think..hmmmm, maybe these are good kids from really messed up parents? I could go on for hours, but I’m gonna save my energy for my day in court!
208	Dolores	Salcido	Niece is currently at PCS	CA	US	My niece is now enrolled in this school, after reading these articles it truly worries me.
209	C.	Curley	Provo Canyon School Survivor	OR	US	The institution needs to be closed NOW! (and =demolished= so it doesn't end up as one of Ashcroft's civilian prison camps.
210	Ruben	Aviles	Father of a PCS Survivor	MI	US	NOT ONLY DO I WANT THIS PLACE SHUT-DOWN BECAUSE OF LETTERS I HAVE GOTTEN FROM MY DAUGHTER I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO GET HER OUT.
211	Linda	Reemell	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
212	Karl	Duradick	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
213	Ted	Munneke	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US	Close them all!
214	Alison	Malsbury	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
215	Leana	Geursid	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
216	Donald	Frank	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US	Close them down!
217	Michael	Mazzeti	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US	Close them down!
218	M. J.	Brewer	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
219	Ben	Goodrich	Human Rights Advocate	UT	US	I am from Utah and have had friends who have gone to PCS and have bought back horrible stories shut them down.
220	Scott	Davidson	Human Rights Advocate	NY	US	This is one of the worst manifestations of ageism in our country. Close gulag schools, reform the behavior modification/teen fix it industry.
221	Elatia	Grimshaw	Human Rights Advocate	MI	US	All schools like this need to be shut down. If a teen is truly bad, let them be put on trial like an adult. Parents shouldn't have the right to send teens to these places just because the teens stay out late, listen to goth music or wear baggy clothes.
222	Michael	Hawk	Loved One of a PCS Survivor	NC	US	I have a friend that went there and strongly encourage the closing of these places.
223	Kim	Neumann	Human Rights Advocate	MN	US	When will this insanity stop? The children of these programs come out with horror stories of mistreatment. The long term effects are still unknown. Are we creating a society of throw away children?
224	Pete	Calabrese	Friend of a PCS Survivor	NJ	US
225	M.K.	Arey	Friend of a PCS Survivor	NC	US	I have seen the effects that this school has had on my friend J.W. Browder. Keep strong and much love to you mountain fairy.
226	Katherine	O’Brien	Provo Canyon School Survivor	WA	US
227	Mark	Gillespie	Provo Canyon School Survivor		US	I had an ear infection once and it caused my throat great irritation and they would not do a thing to help me. They would not even give me a single cough drop. They neglected everyone’s medical needs if they could, they only helped people who were bleeding or had a broken bone. There was a kid there who complained of pain in his arm and they did nothing, it turns out he had a serious bone infection.
228	Lisa	Cummins	Provo Canyon School Survivor	IN	US	I was a patient there from May 1991 until December 1992. That experience made my issues worse instead of better. Please stop the cycle and close down the school.
229	Andy	Cummins	Loved One of a PCS Survivor	IN	US	I think it is awful how my wife was treated while she was there. All of these places should be shut down! My wife has struggled so much because of the 19 months she spent there. Someone must stop the abuse NOW!!!!!!
230	Matt	Raftery	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US	That place seriously chattered my nerves and has caused me paranoia and nightmares.
231	Ginger	Warbis	Human Rights Advocate	PA	US	Based on what I've read about Provo Canyon much of the psychological and emotional abuse is similar to what I witnessed and experienced at The Seed and Straight, Inc. Straight, Inc. remained in operation for some a number of years despite constant criminal and civil complaints and legal actions. Instead of discouraging use of these behavior modification methods, the effect has been like the magician's apprentice breaking the enchanted broomstick. They just splinter off into different groups under different names and become more adept at covering up. I hope this action establishes a precedent in Utah and on the federal level to turn the tide against imprisoning and tormenting teens w/o due process of law.
232	Michael	Muldoon	Human Rights Advocate	NY	US	Shut the motherfuckers down! May everyone who even remotely participates in that kind of abuse burn in hell for all of eternity.
233	Lorraine	Hutchings	Parent of a PCS Survivor	UT	US	My daughter stayed there in the 80's when she was a child. A family friend (doctor) told us it was a private school with lots of fun things to do. My daughter is severe epileptic and it was the medication that had caused her outbursts. The doctors there put her in cages with only her bra and underpants on a mat on the floor and a sheep to keep warm. Also the doctors there were supposed to be very careful about her medicine as they were to consult her neurologist before giving her any medicine. They never contacted him and shw was given medications that caused her to have more seizures that she didn't have at the time. The only way she got out was a friend of mine who worked there told me how they abused her and begged me to get her out. I had the lawyers for disabled people come there as an IEP and then told them we were taking her out. The school didn't have time to get a court order to stop it. I was not even allowed to help her pack and a counselor followed her and heckled her all the time she was packing because they wanted her to react and keep her there. The abuses were numerous and I myself saw many children there crying by what they were suffering when I visited my daughter.
234	Suellen	Kolbo	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US	I am the guardian of a relative who survived a year in WWASPS. PCS is the "parent" of that behavioral modification philosophy, and as such, is responsible for the emotional and physical abuse suffered by my child. Utah has gained an international reputation of ignoring and allowing private companies to behave in a way that would be criminal in a public venue, such as a child's own home. Please stop the abuse, stop the degrading of Utah's reputation, stop the private prisons who seem to be responsible to no one.
235	Christopher	Harmon	Human Rights Advocate		US
236	Joe	Stanton	PCS Survivor 1988-1989	CA	US	ATTENTION PARENTS - ATTENTION PARENTS ---- If you truly love your child you will not be deceived by PCS. Their tactics and lies are evil in more ways than one. I was locked up at PCS in 1988/1989. FALSE ADVERTISING--------------------------------- PCS mislead my parents in the 80's and I am sure they are doing the same now. PCS has pamphlets that show the numerous activities that the child will take part in once at the school. This simply does not happen. Neither does the therapy sessions that are meant to help the child. PCS is not truly a "school." Although the teachers could be just as vindictive as the counselors who were hopped up on steroids, employees of PCS saw school as a privilege for the child. The counselors would often not allow children to attend classes so that they would always have some kids to punish during the day. I was at PCS for fourteen months and probably attended class about six of those months. ABUSE - PHYSICAL AND MENTAL----------------------- For minor misbehavior or no bad behavior at all, the child would be made to stare at a wall anywhere from three to ten hours a day. For many children including myself, this would result in dizzy spells. This was mainly because of the room that this was taking place. It was in a unit of the school that had locked doors and no windows. During my stay there was a time when I stared at a wall ten hours a day for six months straight. There were other eight foot by eight foot rooms that were used for solitary confinement. I was locked in solitary for over 24 hours once, and I have seen friends locked in for over three days for what counselors would regard as a "poor attitude." PHYSICAL ABUSE would often occur as well. Almost daily you would see a small child slammed to the floor by a 250+ pound BYU football player. Of course these goons had absolutely no credentials to work these positions. Most of them were not bright and resort to violence when they were frustrated with a child. INSURANCE FRAUD----------------------------------- This may be an area that does not receive as much focus as the other complaints by former students. However, this is something that is very disturbing and very real. According to the staff members at PCS, your child is so fucked up and such a mess until the time when your insurance begins to run out. You will be told that your child is (magically) transformed into a well-adjusted person only when your insurance is gone and you are no longer of any value to them. Another disturbing fact is the financial compensation that Psychiatrists across the United States would receive for referring parents to PCS. I have dozens of disturbing stories regarding my stay at PCS but it is probably best that I do not get into all of the specifics in this forum. EVERYTHING WE SPEAK OF IS TRUE-------------------- As someone who endured fourteen horrible months in such an evil place, I see it as my duty to educate parents about what PCS is truly all about. Though I feel that sites like this are a positive thing for former students, friends, and family, I am also very aware of the amount of power and wealth held by PCS (PCS was owned by The Charter Corporation when I was there). I have knowledge of payoffs that PCS has made to former students in order to stay out of court. The class action lawsuit (twenty+ students) that I was a part of in the late 90's was only thrown out by the judge due to the statute of limitations law. Previous to that ruling PCS had tried to settle with all of us for about $5,000 which was an incredible insult. We are talking about an evil facility that is absolutely petrified of receiving bad press and going through a huge trial. They know that if they ever go to court and the truth comes out they will be forced to pay up big time. I have always been consistent in saying that as much as it would be nice for me to receive financial compensation for what PCS put me and my family through, I would rather not receive a dime if it meant that PCS would be shut down. By the way, there are hundreds more former students out there that don't even know that this forum and ones like it exist. THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS-- GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS--
237	Judy	Luck	Human Rights Advocate	IL	US
238	Karen	Emerick	Provo Canyon School Survivor	IL	US	17 years after being released from Provo Canyon School, I still occasionally wake up with night sweats and panic attacks that I began suffering after my experiences at the school. From 9 DAYS WITH 2 SHOWERS IN ISOLATION FOR A FAULTY URINE SAMPLE (My parents were told that I admitted to purchasing pot on a ski lift while on a visit, even though I was CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING with my father in full view!) to Dr. Gwilliam verbally attacking me when my brother and father arrived for a visit to the point my brother said "I am not going to sit hear and listen to you bash my sister." I had no warning that "Dr." Gwilliam would turn on me. Both my brother and father were concerned that I was on so many medications that my hands shook and my speech was slurred. Dr. Gwilliam indicated that I needed to be highly medicated to keep me from being violent - even though I had no history at the school of violence, only depression which I was punished for (not adjusting well on the reports – so no privileges). When I had complained to the medical doctor, he only upped my dosage. I was forced to take extremely large doses of medication but was punished for wanting to know what I was taking and wanting off. Considering the issues the FDA is now reporting in such medications as Xanax and other MOI’s and SSR’s, I consider it gross negligence that my concerns were brushed aside as being trivial. After working steadily for the hotel and school cleaning, to receive a check for only $70 after one year was an outrage. I was told that money had been taken out for outings and personal items, however my mother was paying bills for those same things. She was also being charged quite a bit of money for items that she herself had bought me. No one goes through 2 boxes of tampons a month if there is not a serious medical problem. And in the end was anything accomplished other than my mother being bilked out of her money? No - because they never addressed any of the issues that had resulted in the total breakdown of my relationship with my parents. No family counseling. I carried the anger with me for another 12 years after leaving before making any changes on my own. I even called to have my medical and psychological records sent to another counselor. After 1 year, all Dr. Gwilliam had wrote fit onto less than 7 sheets. Nice intensive counseling. And after Dr. Gwilliam’s turning on me I did not trust him to tell him anything – just continued to keep it buried as I had before everything came crashing down. No therapeutic, rape trauma, eating disorder or drug abuse counseling provided. No program to help me develop positive and healthy ways to deal with problems. Just intimidated into proper behavior and told that I was the problem over and over and over. Let it be known that after my experience at Provo Canyon School, not only did I immediately revert to my prior self-destructive behavior with a vengeance, but I also began to suffer severe and debilitating panic / anxiety attacks not experienced prior to my admission. Oh yes - and their "education" was so great that many of the classes taken at PCS had to be retaken at my next high school even though I had passed the classes. I had to retake Algebra II with Trig (same book) because PCS lumped it under "Algebra".
239	Donald L.	Smith	Human Rights Advocate	OH	US
240	Josh	Lockman	Loved One of a PCS Survivor	CA	US
241	Jen	Tweedy	PCS Survivor-2004	CA	US
242	Jane	Policastro	PCS Survivor-2004	NY	US
243	A.	Fetterman	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US