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: 07/28/10 at 7:50pm)

# 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
244	Jen	Walker	PCS Survivor-2003	CA			US
245	Aya	Ilan	Human Rights Advocate	ISRAEL				The concentration camp Provo Canyon School must be shut down, as well as all other juvenile concentration camps now operating within the United States and beyond its borders. There is no excuse for systematic, deliberate abuse or the use of mind control tactics. Provo Canyon School and other concentration camps like it must be shut down.
246	Audrey	Ludlow	Human Rights Advocate	CA			US	Went to a Tough Love meeting this week (first and last time!) and discovered at least four parents (+ many more) have sent their children to Casa by the Sea. Came home and did some research, and what I found was appalling. I've become outraged that these parents are sending their children to these places and even more disturbed that I can't convince them otherwise that they are wrong. I just can't believe how many articles there are against these places, and yet these parents are so blind! What can we do to change this?? P.S. As I work in a hospital, it's my duty to do what I can about this horrible tragedy going on.
247	Antoinette	Kronik	Human Rights Advocate	OH			US	A friend of ours is still there
248	Meagan	(Withheld)	Loved One of a PCS Survivor	TN			US	My best friend was sent here and it left her scarred and from the many stories I have heard of it, it needs to be shut down.
249	Breanna	(Withheld)	Provo Canyon School Survivor	OR			US	I hope that building burns to the ground.
250	Susan	Kenske	Human Rights Advocate	FL			US	All of these types of children drug rehab centers should be closed immediately. It is against the rights of every child and the owners, creators and workers should all be prosecuted.
251	Kirsten	Titus	Human Rights Advocate	WA			US	I have some friends that have gone to a couple different schools in these programs and I am totally appalled by what they do to the children there.. A friend of mine attended O\one of the schools I think it was Cross Creak Lodge or something like that in Montana.. He has told me Horror stories.. So yes CLOSE DOWN THE SCHOOL BEFORE ANYONE ELSE GETS HURT!!!
252	Alex	(Withheld)	Human Rights Advocate	ID			US	I think this place should be shut down. If you have ever been to tranquility bay or casa by the sea plz contact me at babygirl83607@yahoo.com thankz and bye.
253	John	Smith	Human Rights Advocate	UT			US
254	Andrea	Bodnar	Human Rights Advocate	OH			US	I went to Casa By the Sea and Spring Creek Lodge and I think that all of these places should be shut down.
255	Lisa	P.	Human Rights Advocate	AZ			US
256	Mark	R.	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA			US
257	Sarah	Boswell	Human Rights Advocate	FL			US	I went to a similar place next to PCS called Island View. These programs use crazy methods of reform and ALL NEED TO BE SHUT DOWN!!!!!
258	Sarah	Doorn	Human Rights Advocate	MI			US	I did not attend PCS, but spent 14 months in a behavior modification program. I am all for the closure of such programs, and admire your efforts.
259	Julia	Defoe	Provo Canyon School Survivor	UT			US	I would rather see my therapist lose his job as well as the only decent staff in order to close Provo Canyon School down.
260	Amie	Ashcraft	PCS Survivor-2000	TX			US	In May of 2000 I managed to escape Provo Canyon School by means of crawling under a flimsy plastic fence and tumbling down a rocky cliff after being in treatment since November 1999. I chose to escape because the treatment I was receiving seemed to be harming me, not helping my situation. I was sent to the school for drug addiction, eating disorders, rape crisis, and depression. My parents chose to send me to the Provo Canyon School girl's Orem campus after receiving a recommendation from my psychologist at a crisis center that my condition was worsening to the point where I was a danger to myself, and that treatment there was not improving me. I was flown out to Utah from Texas, thinking that I might receive professional help with my serious emotional problems, in the hopes that I could live a normal life and start feeling better. My parents were only filled with concern and love for me as they sent me halfway across the country to a residential facility that was "supposed to be really great for people like me". Upon arrival at the school, I quickly found out that this was no ordinary treatment facility. To go into all the details of my nightmarish stay at Provo would take up the better part of a day, but in short, some of the abuses that I and fellow "students" suffered were inhumane, sadistic, cruel, mentally and emotionally damaging, and completely humiliating. The staff members were poorly trained, all the up way from the night shift personnel and day staff personnel to the psychiatrists and program directors. During my stay at Provo, I was placed on medication I did not need (up to seven different medications at once), forced to sleep in a brightly lit hallway on a broken metal cot for months on end, force-fed, my privacy was invaded, forced to perform difficult chores every day with severe punishment for not completing them properly, my private therapeutic journal was publicly ridiculed and thrown away, my reading materials were restricted, I was punished unnecessarily for very minor offenses, kept in a cold room with concrete floors for over 24 hours on many separate occasions, verbally and mentally abused by staff members and counselors, allowed to be reprimanded and punished by other teenage girls, forced to attend religious services, publicly accused of masturbating in front of staff members (which never happened), not allowed to contact my family by phone or mail, kept from attending school as a punishment, and the school threatened to lie to my parents about my progress in order to keep me there as long as possible, my therapeutic needs were not met, and I was restricted from going outdoors for almost 4 months, as well as many other instances of abuse and cruelty. It is my suspicion that my parents had been lied to about a number of issues, and this program was simply keeping me there in order to extract large sums of money from my family. It was quite easy to run away from this maximum lockdown "school", seeing that I was not being properly monitored by staff members at the time of my escape. My parents were desperate to find me, but received virtually no help and no apology from Provo Canyon whatsoever in my recovery. According to one staff member, she told my parents she had no idea where I could have gone, but "I was one of the most severely depressed people she had ever met in her life". Hmm, I wonder why, after six months at that school with no treatment for my emotional issues. My belongings were thrown sloppily in a box and sent to my mother's front door with no explanation or compensation for my being missing. Having had spent all their money for my treatment at Provo, my family did not have the means of suing the school, although it became quite clear especially after I returned home that they had no idea what was really going on there, and that the school had been negligent in many different ways regarding my safety and care. I am 21 years old now and I have a daughter of my own. I am living with the abuses of my past, and it is my goal to make sure my daughter is never sent to a place like Provo Canyon School.
261	Ollie	Eyestone	Human Rights Advocate	WA			US
262	Julie	Northrup	Human Rights Advocate	OH			US	I think it is appalling that schools like this are allowed to continue.
263	Ashley	Morrison	Provo Canyon School Survivor	NY			US	I have witness many incidents at PCS that prove to be traumatic to a child’s welfare. I do not approve of the actions and have wanted them to stop. I am for the closing of Provo Canyon School for good.
264	Nick	Boyce	Human Rights Advocate	WA			US
265	Chris	Harmon	Human Rights Advocate	NC			US	I think all programs of this nature should have review and oversight 24/7, cameras in every room (except bedrooms and bathrooms, for privacy) and someone from the Government on-site all the time. There should be unannounced inspections with video cameras more than once a month and they should be allowed to call 911 or their parents anytime, no exceptions. I also think any places that have proven abuse should be closed FOREVER and any profits taken at the expense of those children used to pay for real therapy for them.
266	Courtney	Guckes	PCS Survivor-1990-1991	TX			US	This inhumane place needs to be shut down!!!! It’s absolutely disgusting that this abusive and neglecting center is still open. Why does America stand for this kind of abuse to its children?? SHUT IT DOWN! How can anyone justify shooting a child up with Thorazine, or sexually abusing a child, or denying a child medical attention. I've seen all these happen in my 11-month stay there in 1990-1991. God help those that are in there now, and those of us that are left to deal with the "demons" since we have left.
267	William J.	Cochrane (V)	Provo Canyon School Survivor	NY			US
268	Quatrina	Truitt	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA			US
269	Steven	Goodrich	Loved One of a PCS Survivor	UT			US	My son has had friends who were sent to this "school" and came back with tales of unspeakable acts.
270	Rachel	Trumbo	Loved One of a PCS Survivor	IN			US
271	William	Magee	Human Rights Advocate	VA			US	Close this place down. America needs fewer Abu Ghraibs.
272	Shawn	Thomas	Provo Canyon School Survivor	WA			US	I will never quite get over the pain and suffering I went through at that school and there is not a day that goes by that I'm not affected by what happened to me. I don't want anyone to go through what I had to endure. Please shut them down.
273	Megan	Flynn	Provo Canyon School Survivor	DC			US	I suffered greatly as a result of my time spent at PCS (years of nightmares, fear, shame...severe anxiety, anger, etc...) Now ten years later, I have come to terms with what happened to me there. I am able to step back and look at it through the eyes of a young professional- and I am appalled at what I see! How could this have happened?? Who allowed this facility operate?? Why hasn't more been done to protect these children from such abuse?? If this program is properly and thoroughly investigated, I am quite sure it will not be allowed to continue operating. *** please note that the children at this facility have been instilled with fear... they are threatened with harsh punishment should they speak negatively about the program to ANYONE.
274	Jonnie	Williams	Human Rights Advocate	CA			US	My Grand Daughter was sent to a place called Casa by the sea in Mexico by her parents. I'm currently trying to get her home. This boot camp is run by World Wide Association of Specialty Programs. I need help! I would appreciate anything or any information that could help get this ugly organization put out of business. Contact: autumn@gbncentral.com
275	Andrew	Benoit	Provo Canyon School Survivor	GA			US	CLOSE IT!
276	Jose	Martino	Provo Canyon School Survivor	FL			US	I attended PCS about five years ago. Although I was not abused or degraded in any way, I did witness excessive use of force on the staff's part.
277	Kathi	Pershall	PCS Survivor 1986-87	CA			US	I was enrolled in PCS for 10 1/2 months during 1986-1987. I do not feel this school is the answer for parents dealing with struggling teens. It only adds to the problem. Parents should not be sending their children away, they should be dealing with them.
278	Angela	Curry	Provo Canyon School Survivor	IN			US	I was there for almost two years. The program is not set up for therapy. They use discipline and intimidation to get teens to behave. This does not help them. The teens that are not able to be successful at this program suffer a break down. It makes their mental state much worse. I saw it happen to at least five kids when I was there.
279	Francine	Hooks	Human Rights Advocate	NY			US	PLEASE SHUT ALL ABUSIVE PROGRAMS DOWN
280	Katherine	O’Brien	Provo Canyon School Survivor	WA			US	i lived through the hell. i still have nightmares about it, 6 years later... no child should ever be enslaved in that.
281	Steven	Levinson	PCS Survivor 1980-81	CA			US	I went to Provo Canyon School from 9/80 to 5/81. I had a few times that I felt my rights were violated. I sent letters to my mother about some of the things I saw going on at the school my mother never received those letters because they would read your mail before they sent it out. I know they also read your mail when it came in I know that because the letters were always opened when I received them. I felt like they invaded my religious rights because they had no services for Jewish students. I finally got out of going to services because I finally raised a stink about it. I did have some good times at Provo canyon School and had some good friendships and I enjoyed my classes. I did hear physical abuse when I was in the locked up unit the first week I was there and it scared me. It sounds like the school has gotten worse over the years and it should be shut down for violating human rights and criminal laws.
282	John	Harby	Human Rights Advocate	CA			US	My friend Phil Garmesa was a PCS survivor. I am a Synanon survivor.
283	Shannon	Harrigan	Human Rights Advocate	(W)			US	Shut it down! Thank you.
284	Ryan	Harband	Loved One of a PCS Survivor	UT			US	I agree with shutting down Provo Canyon School and I believe that there should be petitions for shutting down another school just like it called Logan River Academy, which was started by people who used to work at Provo. Thanks for your time and good luck!
285	Annie	Santillan	Parent of a PCS Survivor-2004	CA			US	I picked up my son on Saturday, July 17th in Utah, I pulled him out of the program, I was more and more frustrated the more I read on PCS. He came home with a swollen eye, cuts all over his hands and right finger swollen and bruised, knee cut up and swollen and bruised. It was just as I had read in all the emails/internet. He was threatened and spoken to in such a manner that made my stomach turn. His life was threatened as well. My son did get into a physical fight with another student, and stopped immediately, but it did not stop the staff from throwing him down twisting his neck and throwing him into the "Observation Room", which by the way he spent the entire night, cold and smells of urine and who knows what else, just smells really bad and very cold. Just so you know I never mentioned anything to my son about what I had read, I simply asked him to describe what he went through, now remember he was there for only 13 days, and witnessed 12 year old boys being punched in the nose and made fun of on a daily basis, how therapeutic is that? There a person there by the name of Levi who told my son on many occasions, that "his _ss was his, it is his way or the freeway, and don't be surprised he if he was to get shot", like killed, and calls the boys in the unit all really really bad names. This place is incredible and can't believe that children are suffering. My son said that there are a lot of court ordered boys in there so they don't even have a chance. Also, that all calls are monitored and they are told before they talk to their parents that they better not manipulate us by saying they want to go home or anything negative about PCS. Please let me know how and what to do to help take this place out of business.
286	Nancy Rebecca	Camise	Parent of a PCS Survivor-2004	IL			US	My son went to PCS for six months. Fortunately, he was never physically harmed or drugged, however, he was threatened. Worse yet, he witnessed inhumane act after inhuman act. The staff at PCS are power freaks who have no training or skills or right to be in a position to deal with troubled children. There is no therapy, there is ridicule, abuse and unforgivable behavior on the part of PCS. Yes, many of these kids have done wrong or gotten into trouble as a result of poor decisions. But to punish them with drugs and inhumane treatment in absolutely unacceptable. Utah is obviously a cash cow with this school, or should I say organization. If it were free I wouldn't send my worst enemy there!
287	Deborah	(Withheld)	Human Rights Advocate	TX			US	A parent can loose custody of their child and may face jail time for: Holding them in total seclusion- no contact with the outside world or access to a phone. Denying food or limiting calories as punishment. Severing their child's contact with or interfering with court ordered visitation with the other biological parent. Restraining their child in dangerous ways. Twisting the child's arn behind their back resulting in injury. Making the child lie face down on a concrete floor for hours and days on end. Requiring their child to stand or march in the sun wearing black sweats, and/or sleep in the cold without adequate protection. Neglecting their child's medical needs- dismissing symptoms as "faking". Sexually molesting their child. This is but a very small sampling of the alleged abuses happening in the Teen Behavioral Health Industry. Given that these abuses are considered "criminal" when perpetrated by parents or guardians, Why are they allowed to continue in hundreds Behavior Modification facilities and programs under the guise of "treatment" or "therapy"? This double-standard is unconscionable and deserves immediate attention and action. History shows that government officials and licensing departments are not properly monitoring these facilities or enforcing existing laws such as the ICPC. For all intents and purposes, teens are being incarcerated without due process and in too many cases subjected to abusive and austere conditions in one-size-fits-all programs before it is proven that such a placement is the least restrictive and that it's in their best interest.
288	Shawn	Fallin	Loved One of a PCS Survivor	AL			US
289	Andrew	Stepanian	Human Rights Advocate	NY			US	Close them down!
290	Adam	Vance	Human Rights Advocate	WA			US
291	Danielle	Hawthorne	Human Rights Advocate	AZ			US
292	Elizabeth	Spencer	Provo Canyon School Survivor	IL			US	PCS is very inhumane and unsanitary. While I was there I was treated with no respect and zero tolerance for everything I did. I do hereby swear that I want PCS shut down, FOR GOOD! They neglected me of medical attention and therapy sessions, other patients as well. The staff gossip about the girls at night while they are asleep and no action is taken when this is grievanced. They brainwash the children and people are starting to expect that the food is being medicated. Also on a number of accounts there has been bugs, human hairs, and mold found on, around, and inside the food served at PCS. I indeed agree with all the statements made above and my family is planning on suing PCS for negligence and for accepting me illegally.
293	Joe	Stanton	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA			US	Do not believe the many lies of Provo Canyon School. They are guilty of insurance fraud as well as physical and mental abuse of children. I was one of these children. From Oct. 1988 to Dec. 1989 I was abused by BYU Football goons with no credentials. I was often restrained for simply verbalizing my feelings to staff, made to stare at walls for 12 hours straight, and locked in the 8 foot by 8 foot cell for 48 hours. The goons would purposely open the hallway door to let the freezing Provo air into the cell. My class action lawsuit in 1997 was only thrown out due to the statute of limitations. I am not sure who owns the school now but when I was there it was owned by the Charter Corporation. This is a multi billion dollar corporation that does what it can to bring in children whose parents have fresh insurance to milk. Not surprisingly, the crooked therapists and doctors at Provo Canyon School would recommend that children were ready to rejoin their parents only when the insurance was running out. What a great scam they have had going on for years. The sins of their fraud abuse continue to this day....WHY ????????????????????????
294	Heather	(Withheld)	Sister of PCS Survivor	OH			US	This school should be closed and burn to the ground. The damage it has done to my family is uncalled for and inhumane! My sister has been forever damaged because of the staff at this so called school. The people who work for this school should have their license (if they have them at all) revoked and not to practice anywhere ever again. They should not be allowed to work with people or animals anywhere.
295	Rebecca	Berry	Provo Canyon School Survivor	WA			US
296	Elizabeth	Feldman	Human Rights Advocate	CA			US	I have read reams of documents both specifically concerning Provo Canyon's record of abuse prior to and since they were purchased by their new owner and generally, regarding the "troubled teen industry" practices. As a former Marriage and Family Therapist and now a Child Welfare Advocate I am enraged at the failure of so many institutions at the federal, state and local levels that so many vulnerable families, particularly children can be imprisoned in "schools" such as Provo Canyon who are not only committing horrendous child abuse in the name of "treatment" but are charging immense amounts of money to perform this abuse paid out of pocket by families, who, for the most part, do not have it to spend.
297	Sharon	Flynn	Mother of a PCS Survivor	VA`			US	I made a mistake sending my daughter there. I should have investigated the "school" more. I relied on the recommendations of professionals who I thought were informed when making my decision to send her there. I was wrong. I hope someday she can forgive me.
298	Jesse	Crossley	Provo Canyon School Survivor				US	The place was hell. I was sent there because I ran away from home a lot because I was being abused. Upon entering pcs I never even seen drugs. After leaving I did every drug in excess because I was pist off. They wouldn’t let me advance levels because I wouldn’t admit I did drugs but I never did till after that horrible place. I never even thought of doing things I‘ve done till after I left. The therapist never even talked about my being abused which was the problem in the first place. They only talked about how I should just do everything they say to do.
299	Melanie	Johnston	Wife of a PCS Survivor	Guam			US	My husband was sent to this school. I am horrified to hear the stories of the goings on at this school. I cannot imagine how or why parents would consider this school an option. In this day and age of information, It would not take long to find out what really happens while in their "care".
300	Alan	Bolic	Loved One of PCS Survivor	WA			US	My girlfriend went to provo canyon school and she's traumatized and hurt by them.
301	Robert	Hultman	PCS Survivor-1981	CA			US	1981-I was the class speaker who lied to a whole graduating class of about 8 whom I don’t keep in contact with not a one. I said that I would like to go on to college but after I started in a local JC I realized that I wasn’t given an education I was given a prison sentence. Later in life I did do time in prison (san Quentin) which was far less stressful then PCS I would give the world to see that hell burn to the ground. And for the parents that send your kid there so good by for ever just like me and almost all the kids that I know that were there and that I keep in contact with. I send a mothers day card to my mom once a year saying thanks and for the rest of my family I was a teen when they sent me away so I don’t recognize them as family I fear them as the enemy the ones that had a young troubled boy locked up not in jail but 10 times worst. Your choice, throw your kid away now and never see your grandkids or have elderly support when you need it or get through the tuff times together and be a true family forever.
302	Brad	Schuldes	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA			US	My friend that was in the program with me who's name will not be written for sake of friends and family members was killed in a car wreck trying to escape from Provo Canyon School. P.S. I at the time would have gladly been in that car in his place.
303	Elisa	Spindler	Human Rights Advocate	TX			US
304	Terri	Young	Loved One of a PCS Survivor	AR			US	THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR ABUSE - RELIGIOUS OR OTHERWISE! If the U.S.A. can send troops to foreign countries to STOP OPPRESSION then it should be a GIVEN that we can AND WILL do the same on our OWN soil! (It is a no-brainer, unless, of course, an individual is BRAINLESS!)
305	Chris	Luna	Human Rights Advocate	AR			US	For too long, the rights of children in these facilities have been ignored, and the perpetrators (especially these so-called "Christian" people) have hidden far too long behind their veils of unholy secrecy. We must begin the ideological war against them and not let up until every one of them is stopped and in prison. We must start now. . .
306	Lesia	Perez	Human Rights Advocate	AR			US	Schools such as this were brought to my attention three years ago...Before then, I was not aware of the plights of the thousands of teenagers that are subjected to these types of facilities. I find that the really sad part of these stories is that the American mainstream would never believe that they were true. We can't get Americans to believe that such conditions exist in foreign countries, much less within our own borders. The catalyst that will bring about change is getting the word out...Letting America know that these children are suffering.
307	Robert	Corriea	Father of a PCS Survivor	CA			US	My son is in this now. I'm having big problems with the school and it's staff. I will be flying up there Monday to see what’s going on.
308	Zack	Walters	Loved One of a PCS Survivor	CA			US
309	Adrianne	Stombs	PCS Survivor –1997	NV			US	I was only thirteen years old when admitted to PCS. They said I was just touring it. Then as soon as I was behind closed doors they put me in a room with a woman whom I have never met before. She told me I was staying there and couldn't say goodbye to my mom. I was pretty scared. At the time I was a rebellious teen girl, with an attitude. By the time I left there I was an adult. They diagnosed me with an illness I am sure doesn't even exist. They called it oppositional defiant disorder. They forced me to speak of things painful to the thought let alone the tongue. My therapist had me admitting to things I had never done. He had a way with words. I was punished because of a physical ailment. I was unable to bend at the knee so I couldn't bend over to clean the bottom of my shower. I sat on the investment unit for a long time just because I was impaired. I saw things I never should have seen at thirteen. Suicide attempts, unexplainable psych illnesses. Feces rubbed on the floor and walls ,constant screams and cries in the night.(I heard dial nine in my sleep for years after leaving there) I am from Las Vegas and almost 8 years ago I was sent to PCS as a guinea pig for an insurance company thinking of covering the program on their rehabilitation policy. I smoked pot. And at 13 not very often. I was not crazy. My mother was misinformed about my treatment. In fact it seemed there were always secrets. I left there in February of 1997. I was too scared to leave my house until November that same year. Nine months I sheltered myself from the world. Trying to hide from the world I viewed in there. I saw things at that young age that most people living full lives never see. In the end being around the older girls only educated me of the drugs I had yet to conquer. After my nine month hibernation I emerged only to hide the pain I felt, the shame I felt. Everyone treated me like I was crazy I figured why not act the part. Besides that, from the day I was admitted to PCS and to this day now, I am different. I! think differently. I was an outsider to my peers, with memories that made me somewhat queer. I was quiet and withdrawn. I didn't think anyone would even begin to understand. I kept quiet. It ate at my soul. I let my self-esteem run my life for the next 5 years. I battled a massive addiction to methanphetamines. Hell, I fought with addiction to everything. I was finally incarcerated into a state facility. I didn't need it, but I deserved it. I did not deserve PCS. I am and have always been a strong willed leader of a person. I have a kind soul and a genuine heart. No one will ever be able to take that away from me again. No one will ever coerce me to believe otherwise. Today I am a mother of a 2 year old little girl. I don't have the perfect life but I try everyday. I still think of those screams I still remember the girl who pulled out her hair whenever she got mad. I bet they have forgotten me. (the staff and counselors). I believe they admitted me there for money and knew I was an average brat of a girl. Thank You.
310	Angela	Collier	Human Rights Advocate	OK			US	I am the webmaster of www.mountainparksurvivors.com and a Survivor of Mountain Park Baptist Boarding Academy in Patterson, MO and also of New Bethany Home for Girls in Arcadia, LA. I have made it my goal in life to see all such "behavior modification lock-up schools" outlawed and to make it illegal for parents to send their kids to similar schools operating outside the country. I pray that we see victory in this soon!!!
311	Lynda	Johnston	Sister of a PCS Survivor	CA			US	We are going to get my brother from provo canyon today he has been there about 90 days.. We read the website and it was horrific. I wont know the extent of the damage done to my brother until he gets home back to California tomorrow but I will find out and any and all action will be taken. Lynda
312	Daniel	Pattiz	Nephew of a PCS Survivor	CA			US
313	Elizabeth	Ettinger	Provo Canyon School Survivor	TX			US
314	Megan	Linville	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA			US	We were all mistreated in many ways. We were forced to run for at least twenty minutes everyday. We were not allowed to stop at all during this time. If we asked to get a drink we would get in trouble. The staff would either sit and eat in front of us and tell us to go faster, or they would throw balls at us if we were going to slow. I have shared all of this with my current therapist here at home she said that this was not the first time that she had been informed about negative things about Provo Canyon School. I learned quickly that I had to act sweet and innocent to stay safe.
315	Marjory	(withheld)	Provo Canyon School Survivor	OK			US	Parents of "troubled" children - for the love of God save your money and your souls and find an alternative solution to the problems you have with your child(ren). PCS is not a cure all for your problem it is the source of a whole slew of new problems.
316	Toni	Thayer	Human Rights Advocate	UT			US	I was staff at Turn-About Ranch in Escalante and filed a pretty heavy sexual abuse report with the case closed by the Sheriff's Office, Child Protective Services, and the State Licensor within a week. Actually CPS investigated all of one day. The Turn-About Director is related to the CPS lady, the sexual offender is a police informant, and the State Licensor's husband works at a different Aspen Education facility. Oh, the tangled webs we weave. All of these facilities are just about BIG BUCKS. Some of the staff may care for the kids, but the corporate offices do not. It's time to close them all down.
317	Cheryl	Struble	Human Rights Advocate	NE			US	We had my son in a similar torture facility for only a few days until we rescued him. He was abused and tortured just like the kids at Provo. There is no place in society for abusive unregulated teen homes.
318	Sarah	Boswell	Loved One of a PCS Survivor	TN			US	I went to island view and was a survivor of that.
319	Alexandra	Schildhause	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA			US	After leaving pcs I returned almost immediately to my old behaviors, the shock of returning so suddenly to my home from such a protective atmosphere was hard, I do not believe that pcs has helped me, except to teach me how to work the system. I enjoyed school there. The teachers are all very kind and understanding. It was outside of school. The way I was treated inhumanely by the counselors and staff that I disagree with. I would recommend a less prison like rehab or therapy center, where you rewarded for doing well, not only punished severely for doing wrong.
320	Jane	Ayers	Human Rights Advocate	TX			US	Close it down!
321	Susan	Kenske	Human Rights Advocate	FL			US	These places don't help anyone. Kids need love and support. First from their parents and then if they need or want counseling, they should get it from licensed professionals.
322	Lexy	Cleveland	Loved One of a PCS Prisoner	MO			US	My cousin is there right now, I am very afraid for her, so I signed this in hopes of her being helped the right way.
323	Breanna	Keaton	Provo Canyon School Survivor	OR			US	I was there for a year and a half, and I swear to God that I came out a worse person with anger issues. I wouldn’t wish anybody to be in that hell- hole for one day. I was not able to go outside for my first 3 months there, also, I was not able to see my family for the first 6 months I was there. Can you imagine the pain and confusing thoughts that causes in a 15 year old??!!
324	Anthony	(Withheld)	Human Rights Advocate	TN			US
325	Kelly	Adams	Human Rights Advocate	TX			US	I am a survivor of Cross Creek Manor in Southern Utah - I was locked up for 18 months (1997 - 1999). It's been 5 years since I was released from Cross Creek and I'm still fighting an uphill battle with depression, anxiety & crippling self-doubt. I will do anything and everything to help shut these places down.
326	John	Fitzgerald	Provo Canyon School Survivor	IL			US	When I was there the staff were very disrespectful, and out of spite would send kids to the observation room and cuss at all students and set them up to flip out by talking trash to them, when I was there I was threatened by a orientation staff member "Norm" to have my f****** head knocked off.
327	Patrick	James	Human Rights Advocate	IA			US
328	Melanie	Lenihan	Human Rights Advocate	WI			US
329	Katie	Fuentes	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA			US
330	Shelly	Cates	PCS Survivor-1980’s	TN			US	I was in pcs in the early 80’s, very controlled environment, ruthless, and they are the ones lying and manipulating, you cannot change a person by controlling them and putting them in isolation, and standing ips for goodness sake, I am now in my 30’s and have lower back pain, and trust issues, how can you trust when people take advantage and lie to you, and leave you alone for so long, it was insane the confusion and feelings of hate and anger they aroused ,they didn’t help, they harmed , and it should be stopped. I have never been able to talk about this to my parents, and I still remember walking down that hall and not knowing that was happening, as they surely manipulated my mom as she sat there staring at me as I left, I cannot remember when I saw her, but the phone calls were monitored and all that I have read is true , although I did not witness severe physical abuse, but harsh treatment , the steroid men throwing you down on the floor, like we can hurt them anyway, and the isolation and the cries, I cried for a year, what my mom was told is it is manipulation,it was all terrible, and it has got to stop!!!!
331	Molly	Sabata	Human Rights Advocate	FL			US	These schools are devastating to so many youths, family and loved ones! They will not prevail in the United States. Sorry the lid is about to be uncovered on this boiling pot of torture, hatred, and hidden abuse. Mexico currently closed down many schools that had to leave the United States thanks to the brave and wise lawmakers that refuse to allow these schools to operate in their states. Every state needs to be held accountable as federal regulation of every school should occur and quickly. Too many lives are at risk. Thank you.
332	A. Rod	Mohajeri	PCS Survivor-1999-2000	CA			US	I was a student there from 1999-2000. My experience at that school has sent me home severely traumatized.
333	Emma	Rundle	Loved One of a PCS Survivor	CA			US	My long time love and good friend went to Provo. It fucked him up beyond any reasonable point. He had severe social problems after being released not to mention his lasting mental trauma. Nightmares, random panic and paranoia all regarding the school lasting up until even now (its been over 4 years). CLOSE THAT CHILD ABUSIVE NAZI CAMP DOWN NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
334	Ray	Ash	Provo Canyon School Survivor	AK			US	PCS is bullshit. Shut that Bitch Place Down!!!
335	Patrick	Putnam	Human Rights Advocate	AL			US	I didn't go to PCS, but I was in two other programs owned by WWASPS.
336	Rebecca	Rock	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA			US	close the mother fucker down
337	Courtney	Hanson	Human Rights Advocate	WA			US	Mountain Park Survivor.
338	Ashley	Housten	Human Rights Advocate	WA			US
339	Diana	Smith	Human Rights Advocate	WA			US
340	Kirsten	Peterson	Human Rights Advocate	WA			US
341	Tristan	(Withheld)	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA			US	hello? where did my life go?
342	Christine	Gulihur	Provo Canyon School Survivor	AZ			US	I was at Provo Canyon School for 2 1/2 years. I agree that it should be shut down.
343	John	McParland	(WWASPS Survivor)	AZ			US	specialty schools ruin kids lives. spring creek almost ruined mine.
344	Jacqueline	Zimmer	Human Rights Advocate	WA			US
345	Connell	O’Donovan	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CA			US	My friend Bixby attended Provo Canyon School in the early 1980s. The horror stories he told me about how he was treated at the school stunned me, as I had grown up LDS and many of the staff there were also LDS (although Bixby is not). I was embarrassed and humiliated to find out what was going there, under the auspices of "therapy" and "education".
346	Megan	Linville	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA			US	I hope that this place is closed soon so that people won't have to go through what I did.
347	Gloria	Linville	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CA			US
348	Jason	Kan	PCS Survivor 2003-2004	PA			US	I went to PCS from Oct. 7th 2003 - March 5th 2004. During my stay i was treated like shit by the staff because i am Jewish. They had service for the Christians and refused to give us Jews one. Then I told my father and he said he and other Parents would sue if us Jewish kids were not given a service after that they did give us a service. They treated are Rabbi like he was dirt. They gave him faces and was very rude. The boss of the boy's campus (Bruce) told the staff what i was doing. Then I was treated even worse by staff.
349	Adrien	Hartline	PCS Survivor 1999-2001	HI			US	According to Provo Canyon School, the proper receiving protocol for a 15-year-old girl who is suffering from a crystal meth addiction would be to first take off all of her clothes. If she happens to be menstruating, it is important to remove her tampon. Is she refuses to do it; then you should knock her to the floor... NAKED... and have the nurse take it out. Because God knows! That girl is such a "Sick, scummy, inhumane little whimpering dog." Much to their surprise; there was no meth launched above the bloody tampon. I guess I couldn't fit a lighter and a pipe up my vagina to smoke it with before i left Hawaii; and therefore my drug smuggling was pointless. What kind of bullshit is that???? Oh!!! Don't forget!!! Depressed people LOVE being addressed by their last names as if in the military. And all teenage girls can learn a lot for bitchy college students who snort cocaine while working the night shift. I graduated the program after two years. Fair and square. And within days of returning home I smokes an 8-ball and ended up in the hospital from a seizure and OD. Effective treatment, huh?
350	Zachary	Pierce	PCS Survivor 2002-2003	CA			US	I was a resident at Provo Canyon School for sixteen months, ending April 2003. I was verbally, psychologically, and physically abused by the treatment staff. I was once refused permission to use the bathroom and was told to urinate in the corner of the "Nazi Room" i.e. Observation Room. The Treatment Staff Robert T. then pushed me to the ground and pushed my face into my own urine while he laughed. I made several complaints, but my complaints fell on deaf ears.
351	Brian	Smith	Human Rights Advocate	WA			US
352	Ken	Richter	Human Rights Advocate	WA			US
353	Bridget	Ely	Friend of a PCS Survivor	England				I have heard horrible stories about this place. I hope to God none of them are true. But if they are then this place must be shut down. Children must be able to feel safe, secure and wanted, not abused, teased and forced to lie about themselves. I have a friend who went to this place and she says it was hell on earth. CLOSE IT DOWN!! IT ISN'T FAIR TO THE KIDS!!
354	Eva	(Withheld)	Human Rights Advocate	TX	US
355	John	Rocissano	Provo Canyon School Survivor	NY	US			I was at provo for two years and all I experienced was a feeble attempt to brainwash me by beating and torturing me emotionally and physically.
356	William Roderic	Palmquist	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US			What went on at PCS is an abuse of human rights. We must shut down such institutions as soon as humanly possible!
357	David	Herr	PCS Survivor 1979-80	TX	US			I spent 1979-80 there at Provo Canyon. I personally was beaten at the hands of Chris Weenig under the full Knowledge of Jack Williams. There was widespread mental and physical abuse of most of the "students" there. 23 years later I still have nightmares about my time there. The facility kidnapped me from my home in Portland and flew me by private plane to Utah in handcuffs. I'm not sure what has been happening there recently but during my time it was horrible.
358	Charlie	Knox	Human Rights Advocate	Scotland
359	Andrew	Wedderspoon	Human Rights Advocate	Scotland
360	James	(Withheld)	Human Rights Advocate	England				That needs to be stopped!
361	Charlie	Smith	Human Rights Advocate	Scotland				Go!
362	Ashley	Frost	Human Rights Advocate	MI	US			I went to Discovery Academy (the other program that Dr. Thorne was affiliated with) and encountered several accounts of physical and mental abuse. I would like to see all places of this kind shut down because they are not helpful and cause more harm than good.
363	Tom	Todrick	Human Rights Advocate	Scotland
364	Gerwin	Weidl	Human Rights Advocate	England
365	Diana	Smith	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
366	Joseph	(Withheld)	Boyfriend of PCS Survivor	HI	US			My girlfriend came out three times as screwed up as when she went in. She's told me stories; but I always thought she was exaggerating until she showed me this website. Please close this school down because it's turning all the good ones into lesbians.
367	Gouhum	Karadi	PCS Survivor-1989-90	CA	US			My brother was in PCS 87-88. I went twice, 89-89, and 90-90. Furthermore two of my best friends are PCS alum. I had to detox one personally at 30 years old. Some success story, huh? He has since died from overdose, I think. He disappeared a year ago.
368	Leo	Robb	Human Rights Advocate	Scotland				Once again it seems religion is used as an excuse to control, and once again it is clearly evident that there are "parents" out there who are irresponsible and uncaring towards their children. These people should be neutered.
369	Rachel	Franz	PCS Survivor	AK	US			pcs wasn't a treatment facility . it was basically a prison for teens . they would always tell us that drugs aren't bad , you were bad if you did drugs . while i was a "patient " at pcs i met many girls who came in "normal" and ended up with many emotional problems . if you tried to speak your mind you would be punished . if you wanted to go home you would have to be fake the program and tell the staff what they wanted to hear . pcs didn't help me in the ways my parents thought it would . it just made me better at hiding the things i do .
370	Ian	Bavington	Human Rights Advocate	England
371	Damian	Blackwell	Loved One of a PCS Survivor	TX	US			There should be absolutely no tolerance for abuse of any kind especially in a facility like this. Make NO doubt about it, this place should be shut down immediately!
372	Dani	McGuinn	Human Rights Advocate	Mexico				I support all human rights and children's rights and feel everyone should be respected equally as individuals. CCM (Cross Creek Manor-WWASPS) is my personal experience, though I am aware of other Programs which treat people in inhuman, unlawful, and cruel manners and I support the shut down of them whole heartedly.
373	Allison Lyn	Blasl	Human Rights Advocate	CT	US
374	Travis	Cloud	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			I have my own horror stories as well, if you are interested, let me know...
375	Dorothy	Mitchell	Parent of PCS Survivor	KY	US			My daughter was a resident of this facility in 1990 - 91 and during her stay there and after she complained about the treatment. I , at the time, did not consider her statements as "rational" after all she was there for behavior problems that were out of control..suicidal in nature and had been recommended by the Psychiatric facility in our city of Ventura, Clif. namely Vista Del Mar, so this place had to be a good one. Not to mention the cost that was paid for by her father's insurance. The staff always seemed to be compassionate, understanding and concerned. My daughter is now 30..(today 12/20) and still has nightmares about the months she spent in PCS. She has forgiven me for sending her there, but I can't completely forgive myself since coming to terms with what she told me was actually true and I did not believe her. I believe that there are children who do need help...but not this kind. If what I have said here stops or prevents another child from going through what my daughter did, then I have righted a wrong and can look at myself better.
376	Rob	Ryberg	Provo Canyon School Survivor	IL	US
377	Joshua	Sanders	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US
378	Spencer	Lucas	Provo Canyon School Survivor	FL	US			Everything except sexual abuse happened to me there.
379	Chanc	Amis	Human Rights Advocate	AR	US			Viva la revolution!
380	Marc	Shea	Human Rights Advocate	MA	US			I have not survived PCS, but a very similar program affiliated with the Mormons of Utah, the WWASP program. I gladly sign this petition - god bless.
381	Elisa	Scheinfarber	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			At the hands of these monsters my psyche was practically destroyed and my self esteem annihilated. I still suffer from nightmares. My way of life has been forever disturbed, and it sickens me. I will do whatever I need to do to bring justice to myself and those like me.
382	Jared	Falt	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CA	US			My girlfriend still cries to this day about the abuse incurred while held captive at this institution from which she was released over 6 years ago. It is awful.
383	Kelly	Covello	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			i lost 2 good years of my life to be treated like shit and yelled at constantly. you don’t hear anything for doing anything right, only what you do wrong.
384	Jen	Tweedy	Provo Canyon School Survivor	(W)	US
385	Alonna	Hays	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			Close PCS! I spent eleven months pretending to be the way they wanted me to be so I could go home to my family and friends. I was insulted and mocked repeatedly by my therapist, not only to my face but behind my back to other students. Most of the staff were under-qualified college students whose main priority was to chat on the phone with their boyfriends or power hungry middle aged women who had nothing better to do than make you feel diminished and worthless. Please shut this injust school down.
386	Jay	Thomas	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US
387	Jennifer	(Withheld)	PCS Survivor	TX	US			I hope they close this monstrosity as quickly as they can. I was there in the early 90's and it seems things have not changed. The lies, the abuse, the harassment, its all still alive and well going unchecked by a city turning a blind. Parents should be well aware of the reality of this place and the lengths to which PCS will go to keep the truth (it should be eye opening that hundreds of former "students", not just a couple disgruntled rebels, tell the same stories or experiences). The only way to get out if you have wealthy parents is to graduate (PCS will make up anything they can to keep draining your family of money). PCS went as far as to accuse me of being a drug addict and saying I tested positive after home visits etc, when in actuality I had NEVER in my life touched drugs.) It took my parents a couple years of research after I graduated to learn the real truth and they've been apologizing ever since. So not only has this hurt my adolescence, but it hurt my family to know that they were the ones who fell for such a destructive place when all they wanted was for me to spend more time on my studies and not hang out with friends they didn't approve of. I’m well over the horrible treatment I endured, but hope that one day they’ll be forced to close their doors. To this day I still have problems with my knees from spending hours upon hours, hands folded and twisted, knees locked in a standing position, over and over again all day for 20 or so minutes at a time with 5-10minute breaks to work off "points" for having a sock turned the wrong way in my drawer or "hospital corners" that were not perfect. Is this really how you want your children treated?
388	Linda	Weston	Human Rights Advocate	IL	US			I am a family rights advocate. My son was forced into a residential home in June of 2003 by dcfs. It took me a year to get him home. He was one of the lucky ones because they did not drug him. I feel places like these need to be closed down
389	Christina	Mundy	Provo Canyon School Survivor	NV	US			I am a survivor of PCS. I filed a lawsuit against PCS, but it was dismissed on appeal because of a statute of limitations issue. Provo Canyon School needs to be closed down. I was abused at Provo Canyon School for the entire year I was there. I didn't need to be at PCS and even today, my parents admit PCS lied to them about my "condition". I am a successful businesswoman despite what PCS did to me.
390	Deborah	Wark	Human Rights Advocate	TX	US
391	Sharon	Hanawalt	Human Rights Advocate	GA	US			I was in a mental health facility in GA, Ridgeview and the treatment I received there is bad! I come to learn that almost all mental health facilities are the same, you are treated badly, abused ect. While in Ridgeview the staff tried to inject me with insulin stating I was a diabetic, and I've never ever been a diabetic nor am I now. A nurse who was inpatient for drug abuse told me had they injected me it could have killed me. When I told my husband about this and he called the chief of staff, I was not allowed phone calls with anyone unless a staff member could listen in, my visitation was terminated for a while. I suffer constant chronic pain, & Multiple Sclerosis and the staff knew this, yet they made me drag around heavy furniture for them so they wouldn't have to. I could not talk with anyone unless a staff member was present. They cut my air conditioning off in my room in 90 plus degree heat, knowing this would effect my MS. I was in patient for severe depression, post traumatic stress disorder and suicidal thoughts. I will NEVER EVER go to another place like this nor will I ever recommend anyone to go to these kind of places! They should all be shut down, as they do not help you at all! They tried to kill me, they made my health (both physical and mental) much worse than it was!
392	Millie	Swanson	Human Rights Advocate	(W)	US			I just think it’s wrong.
393	Rinda	Thomas	Human Rights Advocate	TX	US			It is "unreal" that a place like this can exist....& that there is anyone who can condone their methods.....what happened to compassion.... this is even beyond 'tough love'.....It's unacceptable... what about the hypocratic oath?????????????????
394	Pete	Vigliano	Human Rights Advocate	TX	US			Close ‘em all!
395	Brad	Blanton	Human Rights Advocate	VA	US
396	Joy	Ruth	Human Rights Advocate	(W)	US			I am appalled by the methods employed at this institution. The "behavior modification" techniques reported by the students to be utilized at the school are archaic and unethical. The use physical punishment, forced confinement, and other punishment is inappropriate unacceptable. Testing attitude and future intentions by the use of a lie detector is offensive and inhumane.As a human rights advocate and a parent, I demand that this institution be shut down immediately. The individuals who have run this institution and supported these practices should be punished and barred from ever having a role that can impact young people again.We must send a message that prisons treating adolescents inhumanely will not be tolerated or condoned.
397	Andrea	Ball	Human Rights Advocate	OH	US			I urge you to close Provo Canyon and stop the abuse of teens' religious and civil rights. The punishments used and the secrecy about calls home to parents are appalling, not to mention the lack of oversight of teen rehab centers like Provo Canyon. Please stop the abuse!
398	Norma	Harrison	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US			Society creates the craziness - of all of us. Change it so we are all able to give us all lovely, easy, enjoyable lives. It can be done if there's no profit, no competition for profit, and we all use all that's on Earth, gently to Earth, while we're alive, not having to get dead in order to have a nice life (!!!!), guaranteed to our children's children forever,
399	John	Covey	Human Rights Advocate	AR	US			fat ass dr phil should be very ashamed of himself
400	Jennifer	Anderson	Human Rights Advocate	OH	US			Schools like this need to be shut down. If this is a school for troubled teens then why abuse them and destroy their lives. Giving these kids more trouble and pain like this will not help them at all but emotionally and physically effect them the rest of their lives. If they were not truly troubled when they went in they will when they come out.
401	Stephany	Cruz	Human Rights Advocate	IL	US			I think they need to close this school down so no more children will suffer and die for unknown reasons. We need to protect our children, we need to make sure that our children are safe and that they are not in danger. You as the government need to protect and serve us that is why you were elected in to office.
402	Jess	(Withheld)	Human Rights Advocate	IN	US			I read in the January 31,2005 issue of The National Enquirer that Dr. Phil arranged of a 15 year old girl to become enrolled at Provo Canyon School. After doing some online research, I agree this school MUST be closed. I wonder why Dr. Phil would encourage any parent to send their child there. As a fan of Dr. Phil's I hope this can be explained.
403	Sharon	Good	Aunt of PCS Victim	OH	US			I need to do more research, but I have a nephew named Mathew Widders who hung himself after being abused in a center for problem children. He lived in Ogden, I believe he may have been there at provo. I read your article in a paper. I have 4 other nephews who are alive that was in a same place. I don’t even know where to start but I will call Utah tomorrow and ask family more details. Something is very wrong with the state of Utah. Thank you for your time. p.s Matt was only 14,it was rumored he was molested.
404	Wendy	Bolt	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US
405	Robin	Nelson	Human Rights Advocate	PA	US			I read the article in the National Enquirer today. I have 3 children that I loved so much and when I read the article I cried! I do not believe in that sort of "tough love" nor do I care for Dr. Phil. I think he is highly over-rated! I hope my signature helps.
406	Wade	Moore	PCS Survivor 2003-2004	CA	US
407	Jack	Edinger	Friend of PCS Survivor	CA	US
408	Tim	Keller	PCS Survivor 1981-1982	ID	US			I was forced to undergo reparitive therapy in PCS from 1981 to 1982. Aside from the unethical therapy I was punished physically and personally witnessed the beatings of several other students. I was shocked to learn that PCS and affiliates are still involved with these abuses > It must stop. PCS and other schools like it must be shut down for the protection of the children in their care.
409	B.	Rosborough	Human Rights Advocate	FL	US
410	Robin	Sullivan	Human Rights Advocate	NE	US			I WAS INSTITUTIONALIZED AS A YOUTH AND NEVER ENCOUNTERED THINGS LIKE THIS AND NOW A MOTHER. MY PRAYERS AND LOVE GO OUT TO ALL WHO WERE EFFECTED BY THESE PLACES. MAY KARMA AND JUSTICE GET THEM ALL. SHUT THEM DOWN.
411	Janielle	Sullivan	Human Rights Advocate	NE	US			i am sorry to all of you that went through this madness and hope you succeed in this fight against these sick people. lots of love and prayers to you and you families.
412	Cy	Martz	Loved One of PCS Survivor	UT	US
413	Hannah	B.	Human Rights Advocate	MD	US
414	Adrienne	Martin-Anderson	Friend of PCS Survivor	WA	US			One of my best friends was sent to that place for a year and she came back a sad, unhappy brainwashed, abused girl. I was so sad to see and hear about that things that had been done to her. That school needs to be shut down, along with a full over-haul of the juvenile delinquency system.
415	Carolyn	Meece	Human Rights Advocate	IL	US			I am a survivor of "Soviet-style Psychiatric Terrorism". My problems mostly started big time during and after a 1982 child molestation case involving my daughter. I wanted to sue for millions of dollars but I could not find a lawyer to help me persue the case. Are you aware of "The Franklin Cover-up" and "Why Johnny Can't Come Home", "Thanks for the Memories, the Truth Has Set Me Free" by Brice Taylor. When I have had a question that I want to know, I ask someone that is connected with survivors. I came across the story in the "National Enquirer" Wed. night. I tried to get them interested and others interested in my stories and so others, but they never answered me back. From what I have been forced to endure, mental health is "Racketeering" and the way that I see it "Money Laundering". I do have something that I can email you that I just sent to some newspapers if you would let me know where to send it to. In 1988 after I left Rockford, Il because I could no longer tolerate the insanity, I was held hostage due to the BS of Mommie Dearest. I just knew that they were going to kill me and really I know that I just gave up because I was surrounded by evil. I saw it no other way and they were drugging me up and I was really knocked out because I tried to get my daughter to get some help for me. I do have flashbacks, recall, nightmares, and suffer from post-traumatic stress syndrome. One night I even had a dream that I was at war. I just searched on "Soviet-style Psychiatric Terrorism" and in one place it says that one not dare talk about the Constitution. It was a doctor on the internet who defined my ritual abuse as that. She suggested that I get in touch with a DR. Massoon who would like to have the Nuremberg Tribunals for bad psychiatrists and etc.
416	Sarah	Aronson	Human Rights Advocate	GA	US			I just want to let y'all know that I have not been to this place, but if I had, I would be doing the exact same thing you are! That is the type of place where people "think" they can get away with what they do and I think they should go straight to Hell for their sins! I am glad someone in this world has the will power to do something good in the face of something horrible. Sorry for what the people had to go through this and God Bless you all!!!!
417	Stacey	Ramke	Human Rights Advocate	LA	US			I heard how horrible the school is and would never consider sending my children no matter how bad they get.
418	Covita	Bade	Parent of PCS Survivor	AZ	US			My son was in Provo Canyon School from January 4 1984-June 21 1984. He claimed he was abused but the counselors there said he was trying "manipulation" tactics to talk us into getting him out........I now believe he was telling the truth as he never came back the same.......he has been in mental hospitals ever since. He now resides at Western State in Steillacoom, Wa
419	Paul	Meyer	Human Rights Advocate	MT	US			shut down dr phil too ill sign any petition to shut down that fake
420	Maya	Morris	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US
421	Rachel	Leichner	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US
422	Miranda	Aye	Provo Canyon School Survivor	WA	US
423	Lisa	Shirek	Human Rights Advocate	WI	US
424	Joe	Cutaia	Loved One of PCS Survivor	IN	US
425	Tammi	Altamirano	Sister of PCS Inmate	CA	US			MY AUNT PLACED MY SISTER IN PROVO. MY SISTER DOES NOT NEED TO BE IN PROVO. SHE WAS JUST GOING THROUGH NORMAL TEENAGE TRANSITIONS. MY AUNT HAS HAD SERVERAL CHILD ABUSE CASES AGAINST HER, BUT THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN FAMILY SERVICES NEVER FOLLOWED THROUGH. MY AUNT IS A COMPLETE CONTROL FREAK AND BY PLACING MY SIS IN PROVO, SHE CAN DO JUST THAT. ALL THE SURVIVOR STORIES ARE AMAZING AND PROVO SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN NOW!!!
426	Sara	(Withheld)	Human Rights Advocate	MD	US			I think it's sick what's being done there.
427	Joanne	Murphy	Human Rights Advocate	Ireland				these kind of "schools" where in Ireland 50-60 years ago not for troubled children but mainly for teenage mothers, orphans etc. The same abuse happened, it is terrible to think of these "schools" still operating please close it down before you have another generation having to live with the memory of such horrible abuse.
428	Cindy	Jones	Human Rights Advocate	GA	US			I read the stories and I think they should be shut down. America's children need not be treated that way. I have children and there is no way I would allow this to be done to them or anyother child. May God bless you and may this school be closed.
429	Hazel	Bingle	Human Rights Advocate	Canada				i'm a canadian, and it's quite probable that similar things are being carried out in this country. it's appalling how the system can let these things happen.
430	Monica	Newman	Human Rights Advocate	NY	US
431	Wendy	Brown	Human Rights Advocate	MI	US			I've read some of the horrible stories from Provo Survivors. I believe they need to be closed down immediately! I know that some kids need extreme discipline but not the way it's being done at Provo. Torture is not the answer. Who are these people that think this is appropriate? Please end Provo NOW!!!
432	Niclas	Moench	Human Rights Advocate	UT	US			I just never thought something like this could be happening<.
433	Alexander	Firestone	PCS Survivor 1999-2001	CA	US			I am glad someone is finally doing something about it and I hope they get closed to good. I was there 1999-2001. My time there was traumatic and it changed me and I’ll be fucked up for the rest of my life probably.
434	Eric Wally	Walstrom	PCS Survivor 1993	NM	US			I spent about 5 months at PCS in 1993. PCS is a profit driven institution that employs unqualified, unsuitable staff. Humiliation and total suppression of individuality were inherent to the program, and the official punishments ranged from uselessly standing in complete silence for hours to violent restraint and seclusion in cold cement cells. Most of the students were medicated, often recklessly. All of these practices were protected by the students' total isolation and the facility's systematic censorship of mail and phone calls.
435	Dawna	Herring	Human Rights Advocate	TX	US
436	Jeff	Keath	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US			I feel for the people who went through this agony, and for the ones that are still going through it. It sounds like the experience I went through in basic training for the army, with exception to the physical abuse. It is so sad that anyone in this world would think that treating someone badly would help them become a better person. If we could all just follow the golden rule (Treat others as you would have them treat you) the world would be a much better place.
437	Perla	(Withheld)	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US			I just wanted to say that i have just read about these worse than animal treatment at this school and i don't see why this school still remains open. I sign for closing Provo Canyon.
438	Tim	Hoye	Human Rights Advocate	CO	US
439	Crystal	Coleman	Provo Canyon School Survivor	(W)	US
440	Eamonn	Tobin	Human Rights Advocate	(W)	US
441	Jarron	Khan	Human Rights Advocate	OH	US			I have seen firsthand the ramifications of the abuse at PCS.
442	Audrey	Seiberling	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CA	US			These establishments are designed to help our youth, not demand regimented agreement via torture, humiliation and shame. The fact that these kids are there because they need help and the fact that we refuse to truly help them (namely by putting them in an establishment that will enrich and educate them) is what is wrong with our country today.
443	Frazier	Cunningham	Friend of PCS Survivor	CA	US			The injustice of the Provo Canyon School and other facilities are a direct violation of constitutional rights.
444	Mary	Mazzoni	Acquainted w/ PCS Survivor	PA	US
445	Bruce	Howell	Friend of PCS Survivor	UT	US			I have a close friend who went there and described it like a prison.
446	Austin	Taylor	Friend of PCS Survivors	CA	US			i know a lot of people that went there, close ones too. it sounds like it sucks.
447	Hollie	Pack	Provo Canyon School Survivor	TX	US
448	Lisa	Cairns	Human Rights Advocate	Canada				I just read the article in the Enquirer and went to the web site printed. I just thought that if by signing this I could actually help then it was worth it. Best of luck
449	Joan	Vargas	Girlfriend of PCS Survivor	IL	US			Hello: I am the girlfriend of a PROVO survivor that has told me horrendous stories about this terrible institution that should have been shut down years ago, like the old insane assuylums were years ago that also caused injust suffering to its clients! I think that former victims of provo should find out how to get together and file a class action lawsuit against this injust place and get the monies they are deserved! Because of this place, there are several personal injury cases just waiting to be heard, some deaths of suicide have occured from the emotional and physical abuse caused by these cannibals, and several others have gone into the penal system further because they weren't dealt with properly when they were young influential children! What the hell is going on here AMERICA, do we not care about our children anymore? We are quick to support overseas causes, even help animals, but when it comes to innocent American children, who cares anymore? Thank you!
450	Miguel	Rodriguez	Provo Canyon School Survivor	IN	US			I would like to know who I can get in touch with about filing a lawsuit against PROVO. I was severely tortured and emotionally abused in here and any help or direction you could give me would be appreciated! Thank you.
451	Shar	(Withheld)	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			I have nightmares constantly, I have a knee problem that i wouldn’t have had if it wasn’t for that wretched place. I was in a wheelchair and crutches the entire year and a half i was there because of the injury they caused me. And since they didn’t get me medical treatment to help heal my knee after surgery i still cant fully bend or straighten my leg. my life was hell. BRING THAT PLACE DOWN!!!! -prisoner # 314-
452	Kevin	Jones	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CA	US			this disgusting disregard for human emotion must come to an end.
453	Melanie	(Withheld)	Human Rights Advocate	MD	US
454	Jeffrey	Lee	Provo Canyon School Survivor	TX	US			I was mentally tortured at Provo Canyon School in the 1970's. I was held there for a year despite being 18 years of age most of that year! I was made to stand against a wall silently 8 hours a day, everyday for weeks. I saw beatings also. I had my mail read and was forced to write to my parent thing other than what I felt. That place is evil in so many ways. I am now a professor of mathematics (no thanks to PCS)
455	Jason	Schrager	PCS Survivor 1992-1994	FL	US			I was a student of the Provo Canyon School for two years ranging from 1992-1994. In fact I graduated from there. I wish that I had heard about these suits earlier as I would have jumped at the chance to be involved. I too was mistreated at the hands of provo canyon. I was made to stand "TR" for hours at a time in investment. People went crazy there! I too was punished for things I did not do and physically and more so mentally abused by staff members. I witnesed things there that I will never forget. I actually watched a staff member "Dale" I think his name was get in a fight with a 15 year old in the school area. The student left Dale with a shattered eye socket and a broken Jaw. We got to stand there and watch him bleed and then got punished because we didn't try to stop it. Rather than therapy for the trauma we had been through. Anyway, please contact me if you have any questions. 561-350-1147
456	Mike	(Withheld)	Human Rights Advocate	(W)	US			I read the story. this needs to close. Dr Phil is an asshole.
457	Ruthanne	McCoy	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CO	US
458	Kendra	Connors	Provo Heritage School Survivor	CA	US
459	Louise	Wilson	(Withheld)	Singapore				I am not associated with PCS in anyway, neither am I a human rights advocate, but I learned of Angela Smith's story in an article featured in the "ENQUIRER". Wanting to know more I read up on Provo Canyon School and other similar facilities for children with behavioral and depression problems. I was shocked to find that there were schools doing such inhuman things to children and teens around today and that they are not being closed down! What they are doing is obviously illegal and justice should be made. I just hope that parents will stop sending their children to these living hells just because they cannot and most probably did not parent a child in the proper way and can't cope with having a child in the first place. Also, that these schools would stop spreading false propaganda about themselves and masking their "therapeutic programs" and making it look like they are doing good.
460	Layla	(Withheld)	Human Rights Advocate	(W)	US			I've never been anywhere near this school, and I don't know of anyone who has, and from what I've heard about it I'm glad. This place has no business to be operating in this day and age of human rights for minors. So I'm signing this and I'm sending it to everyone I know and have them sign and send it to people they know. I can instinctively tell about a person just by seeing them and hearing them. Anyone who knows me well enough will tell you that when I say I don't like a person that there's going to be a reason, and for as long as I've heard of him, I've always told my grandmother, who seems to think Dr. Phil is the greatest person to walk the earth, that there is something seriously wrong with him.
461	Theresa	Miles	Human Rights Advocate	MI	US			Watching some of these disturbing footage of Provo Camp, has really sicken my stomach. The treatment that these kids are receiving is inhumane. Please email me to let me know the outcome of the closure of this facility and others facilities that practice distasteful rehabilitation for troubled people.
462	Lillian	(Withheld)	Human Rights Advocate	PA	US			The fact anyone even allowed this place to open in the first place is really creepy. No one should have to stand that place, NO ONE! I just hope that that horrid place closes down...and soon. No one should have to suffer in such a place.
463	Ryan	McLeo	(Withheld)	OH	US			From what I've heard this school deserves to be shut down.
464	Spencer	Gray	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			simply; "fuck pcs"
465	Lucas	Jacoby	(Withheld)	VA	US			All I have to say, is this treatment is horrible.
466	Thomas	Rodgers	Human Rights Advocate	(w)	US
467	Spencer	Bechtel	PCS Survivor 1981-82	SC	US			I was there from late 1981 thru 1982. i was at one time or another, at every level in the school, including senior level 4. i suffered beatings, and witnessed some of the other "students" get beatings. some included broken bones, dislodged teeth, sprains and contusions. i was involved in an accident there and sustained a serious head injury. i was taken to the hospital via ambulance, but was removed from the hospital prematurely. the reason for this was that since i grew up in orem utah i was considered a big escape risk. once back at pcs i was put in my rack, and be it not for some friends sneaking me food, i would have most likely died there. my parents finally checked in on me, i was released to their care for several weeks after they threatened a lawsuit. once back in the hospital i was told that i had suffered a life threatening contusion of the frontal lobe. i would imagine that utah valley hospital would still have these records. from what i remember it was called provo canyon boys school at the time, and the owner's last name was williams? there were no girls there at that time, and the school consisted of "intake" "investment" units 1-6 made up the "outs”. Is this the same place? (yes)
468	Jerica	Hutchison	Provo Canyon School Survivor	AK	US
469	Karen	Bowman	(Withheld)	Caribbean				I read the article in a paper (NE). This place is disgusting. A made for TV movie should be considered so that it would expose the story even more. Someone should contact one of the networks so that you can tell your story on one of the investigative program's like 60 minutes or 48 hours...... I am sickened to the core that Dr.Phil arranged for a troubled teen to be enrolled for treatment at this school (as stated in the article). If he does indeed know the truth about what happens at PCS he should be investigated.
470	Richard	Richter	Friend to victims of the war on drugs	NV	US			These abuses cannot be tolerated any longer.
471	Celeste	(Withheld)	Provo Canyon School Survivor	WA	US			I was at PCS for only three months before my dad pulled me out after seeing the place THANK GOD!
472	Brian	Fitzgerald	Brother of PCS Survivor	IL	US			My Brother John Fitzgerald went to that school he calls it a living hell.
473	Erin	(Withheld)	Human Rights Advocate	Canada				The article I'm reading right now has to do with people that have been there and been even more abused then they were at home. "One girl had her nose broken after staff smashed her face into a wall for not obeying an order". This school should be closed down right away.
474	Tony	Dolgoff	Loved One of PCS Survivor	MD	US
475	Helen	Kjellburg	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CA	US
476	Jonathan	DeLong	PCS Survivor 1986-1988	CA	US			I will carry my memories of Provo with me forever. They are always close at hand. Even today; almost 17 years later... There are better ways out there to help our children. It is all of our responsibilities to discover what they are. Please.
477	David	Lara	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
478	Christina	Oliver	Human Rights Advocate	MI	US
479	Samantha	Rosales	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US			after reading an article of this school i was very shocked i never thought that this was possible in the us. especially to young children!!! THEY MUST SHUT ALL SCHOOLS SIMILAR TO THIS ONE DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
480	Scott	Davidson	Human Rights Advocate	NY	US			http://www.isaccorp.org/ http://www.emancipationproject.org/ http://www.kidsincaptivity.com/ http://www.youthrights.org/
481	Jason	Payne	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			provo canyon school was a never-ending game played within the gates of hell. I spent 2 years of my life getting abused physically and mentally by staff that worked there. many simple rights were taken there like being able to use the restroom when you need to. i underwent severe punishment in a constant mind-trap. i recall one night at about 1:00 in the morning i was forced to sit indian style and stare directly at a wall in the snow while it was snowing in my boxers for 2 and a half hours. another time i laughed once when everybody had just gotten into bed and i was grabbed from behind from a staff by the neck and arm where my face was smashed into the wall and then dragged 15 feet to a confinement cell. my friend tried to stop them but they "P.I." him which stands for a physical intervention. they dragged me into the back holding cell and through me into the wall. i sat in that sell from 10:00 that night until 9:30 the next morning in my boxers with the confinement door shut with the cold air-conditioning turned up all the way. i sat on the cold cement floor until 9:30 in the morning until i was given a small paper cup with water to take a muscle control pill that doesn’t allow you to move your body, and if you do move your body you got really bad cramps and spasms. Around 4:00 that day i was finally given food but it was hard to eat because i had extreme rib cramps from being slammed into the wall. the nurse came to inspect my ribs and said that there was nothing wrong and i was just complaining to get attention. my ribs were bruised pretty bad because the next day my ribs had a big bruise mark going across them. i asked to see the nurse but they refused to look at my ribs so i asked the "senior-on" which is pretty much the person that is in control of the entire facility that day. the nurse told him not to worry about my complaint because i was just trying to get attention. i went through hundreds of mental trapping mind games that fled my mind with constant depression. it got so bad at ! points that a level of insanity was closely reached. one of my friends got pushed to the limit and one day they found him, they kicked down the bathroom door where they found him in a large thick puddle of blood. he had locked himself in the bathroom, broke the mirror and slit his wrists going with the vain. he then stuck the piece of glass up into his neck in two places. i guess evidently he was trying to slit his own throat. they found him spasing and shaking because he had lost so much blood. he had spent nearly 3 and a half years in this place before he decided that he couldn't take it anymore and he needed to escape. stuff like this happens everyday in this place where it is just ignored as if nothing has happened. some cases are even worse then what i have mentioned today. a girl about 6 years before i went there was found in the shower where she hung herself. she died and no justice was done nothing was even looked into they just told her parents that she was severely mentally unstable and nothing was ever done about it to this day. this place doesn't help you it just creates so many problems and instabilities once you get out that you are set up for instant failure. i have ran into several people on the streets that i knew when i was in there and they where just there for talking back to their parents, minor school absences, and occasionally smoking pot they turned into crackheads and severally emotionally disturbed. the question is how long is a place like this going to go on for until something is done about it?.... where is this society taking us?....do we really want are children and loved ones heading in this direction?....u choose which direction you want your child to go in...but this is just the spoken words of truth from someone that has gone through this experience and wants to let you know what really goes on behind those never-ending locked doors....
482	Charles	Hannasch	Human Rights Advocate	FL	US			Many of the individual histories I have read on this site are reminiscent of the patient abuse (and fraud) that took place in psychiatric facilities owned by the Psychiatric Institutes of America (PIA), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the now-defunct National Medical Enterprises (Now re0oragnized as Tenet Healthcare), Charter, and HCA in the early 1990s are revealed in a 110-story, 15-month investigative series - "Profitable Addictions" - published in the Houston Chronicle. As a result of the Chronicle's investigative series, the then-Director of the FBI, William Sessions, created a healthcare fraud section within the FBI. As a result of the FBI investigation into patient abuse and fraud, PIA settled for fraudulent billings to federal healthcare insurance programs for $325 million and with private insurance companies for an estimated $200 million more. I think it would be truly beneficial to obtain whatever individual medical records are available, as well as health insurance payment information (through either state and/or federal healthcare insurance programs, or payments made by private insurance carriers) and present them to the local office of the Health Care Fraud Unit (HCFU) of the FBI in your area. If, in fact, there have been these reported abuses, these are things that the FBI's HCFU should be made aware of, and provided with whatever supporting documentation may available to allow them to gear up an investigation into Provo Canyon School for potential federal violations. I am an independent investigative journalist who worked on the Chronicle's "Profitable Addictions" series, and would like to hear from any survivors or families of survivors from 1990 to date. I can be contacted at charleshannasch@justice.com.
483	Jamie	(withheld)	Provo Canyon School Survivor	(w)	US			I’ve been reading through all of the other sites connected to this one and I am appalled that with everyone coming out and explaining all that has happened to them and nothing has been done to shut this place down and the more I read the more I remember about earning points and punishment for insignificant things like military beds and folding of clothes and having to stand for an hour and passing out and having to start all over again. I hate that place and everything that came along with it.
484	Gay Lynn	Tivis	Grandparent of Current PCS Prisoner	NM	US			My granddaughter is locked in this facility now. I want her out. Is there anyone who can help?
485	J.	Gonzalez	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			I was tricked into going to Provo when I was 15 I didn't get to graduate from middle school and i think it was 1992. I did suffer from depression and my family I think was the reason why my dad never had a kind positive thing to say about me and my mom and dad were always not happy and my parents didn’t really know how to take care of teenagers and showed no interest in my life. I am a parent of a great young boy and now I see that they really didn’t involve themselves at all in my life and really didn’t supervise me at all. Well my dad tricked me into going to Utah to visit my sister who was in B Y U at the time and when we got there I was put in Provo. I couldn’t believe my parents did this to me they still don’t even ask about what happened in there for fear that they have to bring up the guilt they put on themselves. My brother moved out of the house and lived in his car because he was so upset at my parents and my sister called them every day to remind them what a mistake it was to send me there. When I got there they took all my stuff away from me took all my clothes off and put me in pink sweats. I was very upset but did not see my therapist for three days. I’ve looked at the online brochure for Provo and there were no outside facilities on the girls campus when i was there just a patch of grass in the backyard that i went in once. I remember we weren’t allowed to look out the window or they would consider it run plans. I remember some girls were in there because parents didn’t want to deal with there kids any more. One of the problems I had was we all needed counseling and barley ever got it and my parents were the ones that needed the counseling and they were 2 states away just hoping to fix me and send me back home. My brother used to write me but i only got 4 of the 15 letters he wrote. I took all the classes for the 9th grade year but had to take them all over again when I got home and everyone at that high school already heard all these rumors about where I went and why so my chance of survival in an already socially harsh high school environment was diminished to nothing. When I was there i got homesick for my brother and they wouldn’t let him visit or let me have his letters and one day I got sad and started crying and was really sad and I hadn’t been outside in 3 months and because I was crying they didn’t talk to me they didn’t get my therapist they stuck me in a small empty room with tile floors and painted white brick walls and told me they would let me out when I wasn’t sad anymore. Now at 27 I see how there methods would never work. Having to stand military style for 1 or two hours without moving and one time I passed out and did not receive medical attention I was told to get up and start my time all over again. At dinner we would like jail have a certain time and a certain way to eat and afterwords go strait into exercise I remember it making a lot of us sick but we wouldn’t say anything or we would have more punishment. All of the punishment would be from not folding our clothes right or washing the bathroom. One of my friends had asthma bad and she had an attack at night and just left her in the hallway and it got worse and worse and all she needed was her meds and nobody got it i don’t remember why but she almost died and ended up going to the hospital. There is so much more but I have moved on but will never forget and think somebody needs to do something that place makes life lots worse than better for every one.
486	Nicole	Hutchison	Provo Canyon School Survivor	TX	US			I wish someone fought for me when I was there...here's my help to those who fought through the hell there and hope that it ends for those still in need...
487	Chris	Viau	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			No due process, nothing good at this place- I was lucky and moved on, but a bad place!!!!!
488	Melanie	McMeltin	(withheld)	Canada				I think we should without a doubt shut down Provo Canyon School. These are children we are dealing with! They just need to be straightened out not injured. This is a terrible way to punish a child!
489	Mary Caye	Martin	(withheld)	KY	US			Shut it down. I almost made the biggest mistake of my life by sending a loved one there. Thank God I found the truth before it was too late.
490	Daniel	Goetz	PCS Survivor 1984-85	CA	US			As a student attending Provo in the mid-eighties I witnessed many acts by the staff that were in violation of ones human and civil rights. I should have filed suit myself but did not have the support from family and friends at that age. I have since moved on. It took me many years to get over the miserable experience of attending Provo. AT the time Provo was an all boys school and the mistreatment of children was widespread!!!
491	Duane A.	Webb	Human Rights Advocate	SC	US
492	Kevin	Yetman	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US			I spent four months at another residential treatment facility in Utah called Red Rock Canyon School. I was lucky enough to get out early. I'm also lucky my treatment was not as bad as what people have experienced at Provo Canyon School, but after my experience with Red Rock I am disgusted with these facilities. They falsely advertise themselves to the public. You think you're being sent to a place that will help you, but it ends up being the worst experience of your life. I hope to see every last one of them closed down for good. It sickens me to know that human beings are treated this way. What did the kids do to deserve it? Because they had problems? Any parent who sends their child to any of these programs should be ashamed. I'm in awe of the evils that exist in this world. It's unbelievable.
493	Cynthia	Cooper	Mother of PCS Captive	CA	US			CLOSE THE SCHOOL DOWN!!! MY SON CURRENTLY THERE.HE IS LATINO AND IS SUFFERING RACIAL ABUSE BY STAFF AND PEERS.
494	Mary	Espinoza	Friend of PCS Survivors	CA	US			WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS WRONG AND SOMEONE NEEDS TO STOP THEM. EXSPECIALLY DR. PHIL HE SENDS KIDS THERE ALL THE TIME. KIDS GO THE TO GET HELP AND ALL PCS IS DOING IS MAKING MATTERS WORSE. THEY HAVE TO BE STOPPED....
495	Kathleen	Richardson	Human Rights Advocate	(W)	US
496	Nancy	Cooper	Grandmother of PCS Survivor	CA	US			MY GRANDSON WAS MISTREATED AT PCS BY STAFF AND WITNESSED MANY OF THE OTHER BOYS BEING MIS-TREATED.
497	Thuy-Nhien	Vuong	Loved One Of PCS Survivor	CA	US
498	Alisha	Barton	Provo Canyon School Survivor	WA	US
499	Julia	Hanson	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
500	Teonia	Clark	(Withheld)	IN	US
501	Aaron	Pagniano	PCS Survivor—1990	MT	US			Hello and good day to you. My name is Aaron. I was at PCS from February 9, 1990 to December 23, 1990. I was "escorted" to PCS via three men coming to my home, waking me up in my bed, packing my clothes for me, putting me in a car and taking me to the airport. I was handcuffed, and we flew on a private Provo Canyon School airplane. I won't go into PCS itself. Nightmare.
502	Kyle	Gush	PCS Survivor—1999	NY	US			I was a resident at PCS in 1999. This school should be shut down for the abuse and torture of the future of tomorrow. I was involved in an incident, which resulted in a staff member being fired. Kyle Gush
503	Susan	Schacherer	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US			MY GRANDDAUGHTER ATTENDED WHITMORE ACADEMY IN UTAH. ALL OF THESE SCHOOLS SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN.
504	Gregory J.	Beiter	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US			It's disgusting what lengths businesses will go to make a buck. Capitalism needs to be overthrown and replaced with a more humane alternative. There would be no need for institutions like this under socialism, where there would be well paying jobs, free childcare, free higher education and a shorter workweek. However, under capitalism, we have monstrosities such as Provo Canyon School because the owners of the corporations are too greedy to pay their workers enough and give back to society for human needs.
505	Russ	Hamlen	Provo Canyon School Survivor	AK	US			I was in pcs for about 2 years.
506	Mike	May	Provo Canyon School Survivor	AK	US			pcs fucked my life with that wak persin so called doctor fag and why because i smoked weed once fuck that I’m going to smoke every day cause of that bitch.
507	Elizabeth	Phemister	Human Rights Advocate	VT	US
508	Kevin Jean	McKinley	Human Rights Advocate	FL	US			SEED Survivor
509	Julie	Hanson	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US			Survivor of: Spring Ridge Academy SUWS Dancing Moon Ranch
510	Karen	Blackman	Human Rights Advocate	NC	US			A friend of the family was recently sent to Darrington Academy, a WWASPS school. Anything to shut down those schools and any other school like it and I will be a willing participant. These schools do a HUGE injustice to our youth.
511	Joshua	Chiappelli	Human Rights Advocate	PA	US			As a medical student preparing to begin a career as a psychiatrist, this issue concerns me as a debauchery of 'therapy' for individuals who, from the sound of it, may often require legitimate medical treatment. The continued use of severe discipline based approaches to dealing with troubled teens can only increase the severity of their problems and make later treatment more difficult. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
512	Nadia	Stanton	PCS Survivor 2000-2001	CA	US			I attended Provo Canyon School between the years of 2000 and 2001. The emotional, mental and physical torture I experienced there has haunted me since the day my father finally came to the campus, saw the truth for himself and took me out immediately. That was 4 years ago and still to this day I have nightmares of screaming girls being drug into the cold concrete rooms they called "observations". They would be drugged against their will with a shot in the butt and put to sleep. I remember being told to "get on a chair" where I sat for about 2 hours straight before any staff acknowledged me. Finally, one of the staff came over to speak to me. The first words out of her mouth were "You are a disease and anyone you speak to...anyone you look at...anyone that gets near you is bound to catch your disease." After that she put me on a "no talk" standing order where I was unable to speak whatsoever for 2 months straight. Today I am 19 years old and have been out of Provo Canyon School for 4 years. I live 10 minutes outside of Hollywood and am working with a Miramax producer who is very much interested in my story. Right now we are almost finished writing the screenplay and will be working on a film within the next year or two. If that doesn't open up the eyes of parents across America I don't know what will.
513	Lesley	Clark	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CA	US			would like to get involved in anyway of helping you. Let me know
514	Mike	Allen	Provo Canyon School Survivor	(W)	US			fuck that school
515	Amanda	Fry	PCS Survivor 1999-2000	TX	US			I was sent to Provo in 1999. It's 2005 and I am still haunted by that place. I had just turned 13 years old. I felt as though i was being held prisoner. What had I done to deserve this? Everything I did there was considered to be "wrong". Nothing was ever good enough. The floor was never clean enough. The sheets were never tight enough. The toilet was never shiny enough. There was still dust on the window sill after having cleaned it 3+ times. I remember one time a peer (who has also signed this petition) and I cleaned the isolation rooms, both on our knees scrubbing the hard concrete floor. I was not allowed to talk to my parents and the 10 minute phone calls that I did have every other week were monitored. The staff and therapists made me carry around a coin and with every statement that I said I was made to flip the coin; the side of the coin determined whether I was lying or not. I had to do this for at least a week. What they had done is a very high level form of cult abuse. Their whole program is inhumane. I'm sorry, but being stripped down of your clothes, tranquilized, and strapped to a bed then told by one of the staff members that you are "ruining her night because she was supposed to meet up with her friends to go somewhere" is not what I think of as humane. We were punished for everything. I kept quiet for a very long time. There is so much more shit that went on that i struggle to talk about today. I was looking through this petition and found at least 4 names of girls that were at Provo Canyon School with me. That, in itself is helping me to realize that everything that I remember is true and did happen and that Provo Canyon School should be shut down. I am in shock that it is still running today. I do not understand how the United States of America can overlook such a place and just let it stand as though it is doing no harm. Provo Canyon School should be done away with.
516	Kathryn	Whitehead	Loved One of PCS Survivor	NY	US
517	Jessica	Miller	Human Rights Advocate	PA	US			The fact that this school has been allowed to operate the way it has for as long as it has is shameful. Please close it and protect children from abuse!
518	Todd	Soelter	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US			these kind of facilities should be outlawed...they are cruel and in-humane.
519	Brandon	Solomon	Human Rights Advocate	MA	US			I am a survivor of The Desisto School another abusive treatment center in Mass.
520	Seth	Pegues	PCS Survivor 1998-2000	WA	US			i am in total support of having pcs shutdown. i was a "guest" there from june 1998 thru oct 2000 and witnessed and was subject to all types of abuse, physical, mental, verbal and spiritual. the first 20 minutes there i witnessed a measly 120 pound kid get his face smashed repeatedly into the bench in investment resulting in 37 stitches to his chin and continuous beatings even after he had passed out. i was denied medical attention after having surgery and denied my meds. SHUT THIS PLACE DOWN!!!! i am a soldier and it astonishes me that everyday i risk my life for a country that supports these types of places. it hurts me. sincerely, stewart s. pegues, PFC u.s army
521	Brad	Beshears	Human Rights Advocate	TX	US
522	Jeff	Zoccoli	Human Rights Advocate	NJ	US			This abuse against children is unjustified and inhumane! It must be stopped immediately.
523	Larry Paul	Holdaway	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			The time I spent in this facility changed me in ways that I am still struggling with, fourteen years later.
524	Bruno	Mickadeit	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US
525	Jonah	Smeds	PCS Survivor—1984	CA	US			I am a survivor of PCS,1984. I believe that the treatment that this establishment employs should not be condoned or tolerated. Any and all who facilitated or participated in their "process" should be prosecuted. Let us work to see that this establishment and others like it are not allowed to do business, fool parents and harm children. Jonah Smeds,inmate 1984
526	Royce	Higbee	Provo Canyon School Survivor	UT	US			This was the worst 8 months of my life, i was doped up, beaten, and abused physically, and mentally. when i hear "dial 9" i freak and still have issues about asking to do everything that drives my wife nuts. worst experience ever and will do whatever i can to close the atrocity.
527	Jeremiah	Fowler	Friend of PCS Survivor	IL	US			My good friend Royce was both physically and mentally abused here. He calls me many nights upset and unable to sleep. This will plague him for the rest of his life, something needs to be done to help him and others that these horrible things happened to.
528	Steve	Vurnakes	(withheld)	ME	US			Someone I know was sent to PCS before. After hearing his story and reading about numerous others, I think this so called "school" is equivalent to, if not far worse than a concentration camp. In my honest opinion, the founders, owners, and employees involved with PCS should have to endure what countless others went through, only tenfold. However, since torture of this kind is ILLEGAL in our country, anyone affiliated or employed by PCS should be sentenced to death.
529	Jessica	Gonzalez	Loved One of PCS Survivor	TX	US			I am the girlfriend of a PCS survivor and at first I never really took to heart any sarcastic comments from my boyfriend about his experience at this "institution". When he called this place a prison I brushed it off thinking he was being over zealous and dramatic. After reading some of these stories I now know why he is the way he is. He is constantly on guard, paranoid of someone coming to take him away from his family, or hurt/attack him for no reason. He has problems socially interacting with others and with looking people in the eyes. I now know why his confidence and self-esteem is so incredibly low when in fact he is truly a beautiful, amazingly compassionate person with so much potential to give to the world. I can only pray that facilities like this, that demean individuals and completely strip them of theeir human rights are not only shut down, but for those individuals who run them pay the price for what they have done to their victims.
530	Gennady	Lager	Human Rights Advocate	NY	US
531	Susan	(Withheld)	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US
532	Kenneth	Walters	Human Rights Advocate	KS	US
533	Hilary	Delaney	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US			i have met people who went to provo and knew some good people who got kicked out of cascade and sent to that hell hole.
534	Jason	McEleney	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US
535	Ashley	Kerrick	Friend of PCS Survivor	NY	US			the stories i heard are RIDICULOUS the place should be shut down no doubt!
536	Jake	(Withheld)	Human Rights Advocate	NY	US
537	Matthew	Kern	Human Rights Advocate	GA	US			This is one of the worst things a person could do. These people were trusted and loved and they abused our youth, they must pay, and pay dearly, prison is to good for them, people like them took and broke a friend of mine, they need to be brought to justice.
538	Rhonda	Taylor	Mother of PCS Survivor	AL	US			Provo canyon is NOT a school. My child was not only restricted of his civil rights but fell behind one whole school year in Academics because he was not taught on his school level. My son was in fact drugged and locked in most of the time watching videotapes or climbing rocks all day. Most of the things he did learn was how to curse and how to survive the system.
539	Ryan	Doolin	Provo Canyon School Survivor	TX	US			The road to hell is paved with good intentions. How 'bout some action.
540	Anastasia	Smith	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			Still, over 15 years later, I suffer from the torture I underwent at this supposed "treatment" facility.
541	Deborah	Bergman	Friend of PCS Survivor	CA	US			One of my best friends was sent there when she was a teenager.
542	Caroline	McKay	Human Rights Advocate	TX	US
543	Matthew	P.	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			I was over-drugged at their facility. I saw counselors pit individuals against each other and only stop it once blood was shed. I received very little 'therapy' what so ever and was kept in urine filled rooms, underground and did not see the light of day for 6 months of the year I was there.
544	Justin	Bird	Human Rights Advocate	UT	US			I am ashamed to have a institution like this in the state in which I live. It needs to be fully investigated by the state of Utah and if needs be arrests made followed by convictions and long prison sentences. Shame on the state of Utah for letting this inhumane institution go unchecked for so many years. Step up Mark Shurtlef and do you job as Attorney General.
545	Laura Lea	Nalle	Human Rights Advocate	TX	US			(I am a) RMA survivor.
546	Richard	Meehan	Human Rights Advocate	NY	US			I went to three other programs, one of which was very near to PCS. Coming from programs and knowing people who have attended PCS I would like to put a stop to them.
547	Michelle	Rucker	Human Rights Advocate	OR	US			I went to two different schools on your list as confirmed abusive and I am disgusted by the way that I and others were treated. I will do anything within my power to help anybody else in the same situation.
548	Emilina	Dissette	Provo Canyon School Survivor	OR	US			i hope that provo canyon school, and others like it, close down. being sent to provo canyon school was one of the worst mistakes my parents made. i can truly say that being there, at provo, was the most horrific experience of my life. i hope all that were tortured can live peaceful, positive lives and move on from the negativity that surrounds that place.
549	Tanis	Pallagi	Human Rights Advocate	Canada				Close this horrible, abusive place right now. This is something you'd see in a horror movie in which there are crazy, sadistic people torturing children who (for the most part) can hardly defend themselves. However it's not a movie, it is real. I can't believe these places still exist!
550	Richard	Cumming	Human Rights Advocate	OR	US			My daughter (step) was just abducted and enrolled in Cross Creek Manor.
551	Charles L.	Krugman	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US
552	Alexis	Reichman	PCS Survivor 2002-2004	CA	US			From age 13-15, i was held in this horrid place. So many things are seen but not heard. Many of the torture that had occurred to me and multiple other patients there cannot be put into words because of how painful it was. They really need to actually start helping kids rather than making things worse. I convinced my parents to transfer me to another facility because of the horrible treatment i was receiving. For two years i was belittled because i spoke negatively about the program. Finally i broke down and was brutally honest to my wretched therapist and brainwashed parents. This insanity needs to end! I 100% agree with closing down this facility. I was confined in the place for 22 months beginning on November 13, 2002 and recently ending on September 4, 2004. Therapy was more like discipline session. Therapists had all the power. How are you supposed to trust someone with helping you when they are constantly placed in the role to discipline you? For approximately 15 months of my stay, I was residing on investment, the disciplinary unit. I endured numerous amounts of hours sitting in isolation in sweats with no communication to anyone because I was very fed up with not being taken seriously with how i felt about the program to anyone. Because I happened to be very impulsive as well, i was placed on a standing order in which i was forced to write down every single word, sound, and non-verbal expression down on paper before i did it. That was a part of my program for four months straight! Not once was i taken off of that. Then because i didn't work on certain specific issues that i had, i was put on another standing order that was to carry a box with all my issues written on the outside. That is breaking confidentiality and very cruel because i was never allowed to put it down unless asleep. I really think that they falsely advertise Provo Canyon School because by manipulating desperate parents to get their kids help. In the video they show numerous things that do not even exists at the school. I have no more to say on this but i thank you for giving me the time to express myself on this issue. It is quite crazy because i never thought that anyone would feel the same as i do and actually want to do something about it.
553	Jennifer	Pearlstein	Provo Canyon School Survivor	LA	US			burn in hell mother fuckers.
554	Walter	Coffin	Provo Canyon School Survivor	NV	US			I personally have witnessed the horrors of children enduring great amounts of abuse that were unable to inform anybody. Once you enter the program all forms of communication are cut off, so when there is a form of abuse inflicted the patient has no way to be rescued. I was abused there, and I will always advocate for the teens in Provo Canyon School, and other abusive programs. Thank you for listening to a muzzled voice. Walter
555	Bridget N.	Sutphin	Mother of PCS Survivor	TX	US			Is there a class action lawsuit against the school?
556	Melissa	Matheson	Human Rights Advocate	OR	US			all schools like this one need to be shut down for the safety of our kids.
557	Irene	Ventura	Human Rights Advocate	NY	US			Isn't this the group Molly Ivins details in her book, "Bushwacked"? I was horrified when I saw the ad for Brat Camp tonight because I don't think torturing and beating children does anything, but sexually excite the perpetrators. Sick people who enjoy dominating and destroying helpless kids.
558	Fallon	Benito	Niece of PCS Survivor	AZ	US
559	Suzanne	Puckett	Human Rights Advocate	OH	US			If abuse happens in "normal like businesses" then "normally" they get shut down and then fined , and "normally" the parties responsible for the abuse is "normally" imprisoned. Correct? or NOT? I think that we all know that "normally" this is true. So, the question is ...What is not "normal" about this situation with this school? If their are known cases of Abuse ...SHUT IT DOWN! BE NORMAL! Here is another couple of "NORMAL petitions to sign, support, and stand behind: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/890145940?ltl=1121799627 http://www.petitiononline.com/hr1738/petition.html
560	Audra	Massman	PCS Survivor 2003-2005	AK	US			I attended provo canyon school from June 17th of 2003 to January 20th of 2005. During that time I begged my parents to bring me home and they finally chose to. While I was there I saw my friend Hannah beat up by one of the senior-on staff and all that happened was that he was fired. Then my friend Belinda had her head bashed on the floor of the obs room. Luckily nothing happened to me but I want to save other children out there and I am yes I am only 15 years old but I have seen enough to know that Provo Canyon School is nothing but a shitty school and those fuckers who work there are shitheads and that school needs to be closed down FOREVER!
561	Lissette	(Withheld)	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US			I was in a similar place... Casa by the Sea in Ensenada Mexico. Worst experience of my life. All of those schools need to be shut down... its a waste of time and money... they don’t do anything but make your child depressed.
562	Elyse	Hormuth	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			provo canyon school helped me in a way they could of treated the kids a lot better i did what i was told and was not bothered although some of the kids who misbehaved were abused mentally instead of trying to figure out a way to help people. a lot of the staff were mean and talked down to you and acted like the students there were crazy, the website showing all the activities the kids supposedly do is bullshit because that’s like once every couple of months it led my parents to believe that we got to do all this stuff like go canoeing and ride horses when its pretty much hardly even happened they don’t even have horses that is how i feel about it and i think it should be shut down or be modified with more empathetic staff
563	Richard C.	Atkinson	Human Rights Advocate	FL	US			The people(and I use that term loosely) need to be put through the procedures they are using.
564	Keith	Hedger	Human Rights Advocate	GA	US			From the documentation and lawsuits I discovered before deciding to sign this petition, I am of the conclusion that PCS must be shut down. Somebody get Amnesty International in here where some good might be done.
565	Sarah	Loch	(Withheld)	AR	US
566	Nicole	Laughlin	Human Rights Advocate	GA	US			i went to another school called Discovery Academy in Provo Utah. And I say shut all these schools down.
567	Erik	Mrdak	(Withheld)	TX	US			I am a survivor of 3 programs of the same caliber of abuse. Three Springs, SUWS, and Cascade. I have first hand knowledge of such torment and abuse that so-called assistance treatment facilities offer. There true offer are lies, complete and utter lies.
568	Marisa	Chewning	Loved One of PCS Survivors	MI	US			I had loved ones who were sent to Provo Canyon and helped them recover from the abuse that they endured there. I am a practicing psychologist and believe that this school needs to be shut down.
569	Alex	Cook	Friend of a PCS Survivor	CA	US			Something has to be done!!! Funny humm Utah?????? Close That Dump Down!!!!
570	Brian	Smith	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CO	US
571	Irene	Ventura	Human Rights Advocate	NY	US			How do you suggest we frame personal letters to politicians, which pols are most effective to send them to and and how do you best approach people to inform them? Do you have petitions to copy, get signed and return to you for best use in this effort? Thank you...Irene
572	Chelsea	(withheld)	Provo Canyon School Survivor	AK	US			all it does is lock you up to hide you from the real world while they try and brainwash you into being a fucking mormon.
573	Evelyn	Horne	Human Rights Advocate	NY	US			How can we allow our children to be tortured and at the same time be so up in arms about animals? I don't advocate abuse of either but surely one can see the problem here. I suppose since children don't vote often they are seen as disposable. We the adults have got to do better!
574	Christine	Flannery	Human Rights Advocate	OH	US			I am a Straight, Inc. survivor. Please help stop "troubled teen" treatment program child abuse! Please permanently close Provo Canyon School!
575	Steven	Bennett	(withheld)	GA	US			I do not approve of Provo Canyon School and demand that their accreditation and licensing be removed at once.
576	Stacey	Staples	Provo Canyon School Survivor	OK	US
577	Lynda	Self	Provo Canyon School Survivor	TX	US
578	Jef	Rouner	(withheld)	TX	US
579	Carolee	Stevens	Friend of PCS Survivor	TX	US			My good friend spent 8 months in that dump when she was 17 and still has nightmares about it. She is now 34. Enough said.
580	Guillermo	Rios II	Friend of PCS Survivor	TX	US			Close this place down please....
581	Erin	Diaz	Friend of PCS Survivor	TX	US			Any place that is cruel towards children shouldn't be allowed to stay open. Close it down permanently!
582	Alicia	Degen	Friend of PCS Survivor	WA	US			My sister-in-law was traumatized and deals with post-traumatic stress to this day (17 years later) from when she was forced to attend this school.
583	Joann	(withheld)	(withheld)	TX	US
584	Amanda	Crow	Friend of PCS Survivor	TX	US			My friend still suffers from post traumatic stress disorder because of the cruel treatment she received at Provo Canyon School. She is now a grown adult, but still has nightmares about her time spent at Provo Canyon. Provo Canyon should be shut down IMMEDIATELY and their licensing and accreditation revoked. It is astonishing and bewildering to realize that this horrible facility is still in operation.
585	Jennifer	Mathews	(withheld)	MO	US			I am a survivor of one of the Roloff homes and would like to help get these place closed down for good.
586	Geoff	Birky	Human Rights Advocate	MD	US			I am researching widespread abuses at "juvenile sex offender" treatment programs. Many of these children and teenagers have been labeled as "offenders" for willing sex play or sexual/romantic relationships with each other. See www33.brinkster.com/ethical
587	Lynne	Pozzuto	Human Rights Advocate	FL	US			keep sending letters to the President, The Attorney General, Senators and State Reps to stop abusing children and jail those who are responsible. These schools (WWASPS) should be closed immediately and those owners and directors should be jailed for child endangerment and abuse. One of the largest contributors to the Republican Party is none other than the founder and owner of the WWASP Program ROBERT LITCHFELD. How disgusting. I am enraged about how our nations children placed in these gulags are treated. Not being allowed to call your family for months on end? Convicts are treated better than these kids. I guess it all comes down to money and to hell with these children. How sad..something has to be done to shut down these concentration camps such as Provo, Tranquility Bay, Ivy Ridge and the rest of them. Dundee in Costa Rica has been closed for child abuse and the director jailed. Come on America lets do something together about this. Lets get petitions to shut them all down contact the President of the United States, congress, all the representatives from each state, prosecute these abusers...high rollers to the Republican Party? Well as far as I am concerned its blood money.
588	Mark	Welch	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CO	US			shut ‘em down
589	Andrew	Pinkowitz	Provo Canyon School Survivor	NY	US			I was once at this hellish facility, and can not come to terms with have the horrors I witnessed there, I am thankful that people are working to shut these places down, I have horrible emotional stability and am bordering on suicide, if not for PCS I would not have to face these new far more dangerous emotions.
590	Sean S.	McCarthy	Provo Canyon School Survivor	IL	US			i spent most of my time in lockdown because i would talk about my religious beliefs at the time.
591	Lesley	Clark	Parent of PCS Survivor	CA	US			Let me know if there is anything I can do. We should not let this go dead. We should try and get some media attention regarding Provo.
592	Romy	(withheld)	Human Rights Advocate	TX	US			Abuse, is abuse, is abuse, no matter how it is sugar coded. 99% of the time abuse is mention, there is abuse happening. Close them down. (Survivor of another school/program)
593	Debra	Jimenez	WITHHELD	NY	US			I myself have been in abusive foster homes and a particularly abusive residential treatment center where i was sexually abused and mentally abused. I was only 12 yrs old and scared. I want to be the voice for those 12 year olds that have no one there for them.
594	Amanda	Clayton	WITHHELD	MD	US			I went to a school/home like this, named New Beginnings Girls Academy. I know what this kind of treatment to children and teenagers will do and how it will scar them for life. I'm going through reconciling right now and have only been out of the home for 1 and a half. I want to see all places that treat and abuse children this way get closed and closed for good.
595	Richard	Ostrow	PCS Survivor 1975-76	CA	US			I was there from '75 to '76, and Jack Williams is one lucky SOB that he hasn't crossed paths with me since. RJO
596	Kelsey	Gibbs	Loved One of PCS Survivor	TN	US			I am not a PCS survivor but i am a survivor of LRA and i think we need to start shutting down a large majority of UTAH behavioral mod programs and this is a great start.
597	Starr	Pfleger	Provo Canyon School Survivor	AK	US			i want to say that yes. pcs did give me something of my life...but in realitity they only have me a space of time to still feel as shitty if not worse then i did before I went in. if anyone knows me from then, i would love them to give me a call pre. sharr hunt, castillo, franz, rachel, and the many good friends that i talked to when i lived there...208-755-9396. i dont live in alaska anymore and i would love to see you guys. i know that pcs was bullshit. they locked you from the real world, letting you out with no one to turn. i cant say that i hated that place so much, cuz you girls were the only ppl that every really understood me, and i miss you. please give me a call. i think aboutcha a lot. and california:)love starr.
598	Shaun	Aronov	WITHHELD	CA	US			i attended bethel boys academy/ eagle point christian academy, and have heard other stories.
599	Michele	DuRand	WITHHELD	CA	US			I was at Cedu Foundation and Know what goes on at these rehabs. They followed a lot of the same regulations as Provo, I find it very disturbing that places such as Provo are allowed to even exist. This place needs to be closed down just like Cedu Foundation. Lets close them NOW!!! Keep our children Safe!!
600	Miranda	Taylor	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US			I was at a school for 3 years down the street from Provo Canyon by the name of Heritage School. We heard stories. Then when I got shipped to Cross Creek for almost 1 year, it was run by a man who was a director of PCS for many years. I have a pretty good idea how bad things must be there.
601	Todd	Day	Human Rights Advocate	NC	US			Someone I care a lot about (even though she may not know it) was/is scarred by her experience at this and other behavior mod schools. I wish I knew that won't happen to anymore people.
602	Scarlet	Then	PCS Survivor 2004-2005	AK	US			My name is Scarlet and i am sixteen years old and I attended provo canyon school from the dates of 3/13/04-4/30/05 and i can tell you that my experience was not as bad as others that attended PCS years back, but i can tell you that it was inhumane. My situation was a lot different than others while i was there for the fact that none of my family was able to come and visit me due to finacial problems and because my mother was diabled. My therapist at pcs only allowed me one phone call for 30 minutes even less than that sometimes and often i did not get my phone call because my therapist did not inform me or my parent that they were going to be leaving for a vaction or a meeting or whatever the reason the circumstance may have been. I had two different therapist's when i was at pcs and the first one left to get a better job in the program and i would say that therapist was not responsible at all as well as with my other therapist that i had gotten. There were more than multiple times that both my therapist's did not come and get me for my phone call and my therapy. They would also always monitor my phone calls so that i could never even talk to my family alone, it was bad enough that i did not see my family for the fisrt 10 months that i was there. When christmas came around that is when i bought myself a plane ticket so that i could see my family. i then tried to explain things to my family and it was not that they did not believe me my mother was more concerned about my getting my education but my mother as well as my family did not know all the things that were going considering they were not there and in my shoes. There were many situations that i experienced and that i saw others experience. Three of my friends have died since they left provo canyon school two of the friends killed themselves and the other girl overdosed. Some of the things that i experienced were not being able to sleep at night because of the staff being to loud talking and playing the television to loud. Also when i would go on an activity and bring back food to the school so that i could eat it later i would put it in the refrigerator and by morning it was gone because the night staff ate it as well as the other students that would leave food in there. That also goes for the food and the candy that my parents and other people's parents would send to us for the holidays that would also get eaten by night staff.i was always left on chairs for a long time and one time i was left on a chair for 2 and a half hours. One time when i was put on investment they did not give me my mail that my family was sending me and they took all of my family pictures along with my letters that my family wrote me and put them in lock up. When i was there the staff would always talk about inappropriate things in front of students like partying and sex and they would give the students attitudes and tell the students to go away that were annoying them i know that i was told many of times to go away. The staff would also hide their faces behind their clipboards and talk about the students.there were plenty of times that i needed to go to the bathroom and they told me that i couldn't because it was quiet time i would have to sneek to the bathroom so that i would not get a infraction and i have to spend hours in short term.Te staf there would highly enforce their religion on us which was morman and expext me to follow the rules as they were taught in their lifetime.There were many times that i was not payed for the work that i did and that would be hours of laundry mostly.Not all the staff were bad people there were two staff that helped me get through that place and if it wasn't for then then i do not think that i woyuld of made it and those staff were Tim Morgan and Chelsea Mc Whorter the staff chelsea left when i was there and Tim stayed ther until i left but left shorty after i discharged. I was accused of the most random things all the time and got infracted for nothing and that included spending time in short term. There is a lot more to be known and i am glad to go into more detail about that if someone is willing to get back to me. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Scarlet Then
603	Dolores	Salcido	Aunt of PCS Survivor	NV	US			My niece was in this school and still there and I have heard horror stories from her.
604	Jane	Hipp	Loved One of PCS Survivor	TX	US			"Sleepers" was written to teach people a lesson.
605	Jennifer	Evans	(withheld)	UT	US
606	Danny	Heaney	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			i was sent there twice. it didn't help even though the whole time i was there i thought it would. I watched one kid get punched in the back of the head with his face in the snow 6 times just for throwing a snowball at a staff. I know what goes on there i want to expose it. The staff's name was Koli Palu. When my dad called Allen Springer he didn't even know about the incident (or at least to have claimed not to) Fuck that place.
607	Jemma	Richmond	(withheld)	England				I think thats what is happening and has happened in this school is completely disgusting. It needs to be closed down and the people who run it punished for what they have done to these children.
608	Aldo	(withheld)	(withheld)	CT	US			I have nothing to do with this school nor have I ever been a part or seen a school like this in my life. I am a concerned citizen who is absolutely stunned by the accounts that I heard of. This school is sick. These people running it are nuts and disgusting individuals. I live in CT and believe me I will make sure everyone around me knows what is going on.
609	Susanna	Klein Amira	(withheld)	CA	US
610	Ryan	(withheld)	Provo Canyon School Survivor	IL	US			Provo Canyon School needs to be shut down, the staff were abusive, fowl, inapproriate, there is no recovery or care, it was rare to talk to someone who liked PCS, the first words i hered when i got there were "Welcome to hell", said a patient. Shut it down and save time and lives that dont need to be subject to such harsh conditions, and let the kids get the care they need and deserve.
611	Callie	Falacy	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
612	Jennie	Schouten	(withheld)	WA	US
613	Tom	Hamilton	PCS Survivor--1985-1986	CA	US			Something DEMONIC "created" those Bastrd that ran & run that "Pit of Torture & Manipulation" YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE ! I can only wish upon you hell-like "unforgiving" agony, Pain & Suffering. "AN EYE FOR AN EYE" I'd gladly meet any of you that worked there while I was at the "concentration Camp" (PCS), at ANY TIME for a long-awaited "REVENGE-RUN" ! Don't underestimate me, I'm not 16 yrs old anymore & I have a VICIOUS HATRED for all of you! B U R N !!!
614	Conan	Schein	(withheld)	MI	US
615	Mike	OMalley	PCS Survivor 1982-1983	WA	US			23 years later this school still haunts me. PCS fucked my whole life up. "Investment" - what a joke. I was never the same after that place. I left such an angry man, I never really recovered.
616	Zack	West	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US
617	Kip M.	Yost	Provo Canyon School Survivor	UT	US			I once planned an escape from the PCS 'orientation' unit, for which I was beaten, stripped and locked in the 'prescription room' for 3 days. This was a closet painted bright white with huge sunlamps in a cage in the ceiling. I eventually turned red all over my body and my eyes swelled shut, after which I began suffering agonizing hallucinations which torture me to this day. 4 months after my experience a riot took place in the orientation unit and some boys escaped, the ACLU tried to shut the place down then, but the power of the mormon church kept it alive. During the immediate aftermath of the breakout I was made to shred documents for 8 hours a day for weeks prior to my release. I had no idea until now that this fight continues, but anything I can do to help I certainly will. These people scarred me for life!
618	Jenna	(withheld)	Provo Canyon School Survivor	(W)	US			Survivor? yeah, once before, and now i got sent back
619	Anthony	Carriuolo	Provo Canyon School Survivor	FL	US			I am a perfectly normal kid and what they did to me was sick, conditions are horrible and some staff even assault the kids. I was never a victim to a self motivated PI but was still beaten over nothing. FUCK PCS!
620	Tonya	Porter	Provo Canyon School Survivor	MO	US			no one deserves the treatment they give at pcs. this is obviously not the place for healing.I was there for 27 months there was never a good day.I was always looking for a way to "beat the system". I think you come out of that place more messed up then befor you went in. Please contact me if there is anything i can do to help.
621	John	Wright	(withheld)	CA	US			I read an article on the internet about Dr. Phil and his recommendation about sending troubled teens to programs such as Provo. After reading such horrors experienced at Provo, I wonder how a person so highly regarded, would suggest to send your child to a concentration camp. It just goes to show how some parents do not wish to deal with the responsibility of raising their children.
622	Jeff	Rowl	Provo Canyon School Survivor	AZ	US			all i can say is shut'em down..this "institution" is clearly criminal, but yet is still running..time for the plug to be pulled...i wish i knew then what i know now...i would've sued before statue of limitations was up
623	Natalie	St Clair	Human Rights Advocate	OR	US			(CEDU Survivor) I have experienced, first-hand, the sort of physical , mental, and emotional abuse perpetrated these such organizations, under the guise of 'helping' troubled teens. I have had more than one person in my life exposed to the almost intolerable cruelty and harsh conditions of Provo Canyon, and I can assure you that them finding 'help' or 'healing' was [i]not[/i] the end result.
624	Juli D.	Cox	Provo Canyon School Survivor	TX	US			I spent 8 mos., 2 days, and 17 hours in that hell hole. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy........
625	Laura	Bleak	Mother of PCS Survivor	CA	US			I recently rescued my daughter from PCS on October 29, 2005. My daughter is having difficulty adjusting to being home. I pray the damage is not permanent.
626	Nicole	(withheld)	Provo Canyon School Survivor	ID	US			I was in PCS from 1986-1988. I went there when I had just turned 14 years old. I stayed there for 2 years, by the time I left I had become so accustomed to being abused, pinned dowm, drugged up and locked up in the time-out room in my bra and underwear that I actually became institutionalized. The abuse that occurred there was on a daily basis. They make the school seem as if it will be fun for the children once they are there after a few weeks. However, there was no fun involved. After I left Utah I was much worse than when I went there. I also never lived at home again with my parents. I survived a terrible childhood and am amazed I am even alive today. PCS caused great emotional scars for me. I also developed claustrophobia and panic attacks after I was there from so frequently being locked in the time-out room, standing all day or being mistreated by the staff members there. If we (the kids there) looked at them wrong, walked wrong, or talked wrong they dialed a code 911 which was real fun to have huge men come in your unit and tackle you often times causing extreme physical harm to your body. It has been 18 years since I was there and I still have bad nightmares to this day. I now have children of my own and I now understand that my parents sent me there in desperation trying to protect/help me, they were truly afraid that I would otherwise die. However, in retrospect PCS damaged me more than ever and destroyed our family for years since I was sent there. Each day my heart breaks at the thought that PCS is still open and for every person that is there. It should be shut down. The school lies, manipulates and convinces parents that their children will "say" all these bad things about PCS to get out of there and that it is not true but it is. Parents please believe that it is a living hell for each child there. I was so drugged up on Thorazine and many other drugs by the time I left I was incoherent daily and locked in the time out room for 3 weeks straight when my parent's finally came and pulled me out of PCS. The school decided to highly medicate me instead of deal with any emotional outbursts, feelings, or thoughts of my own. PLEASE SHUT IT DOWN!
627	Angi	G.	Provo Canyon School Survivor	IL	US			PCS is ridiculous..
628	Hayley	Eberhardt	(withheld)	CA	US			I am however, an Aspen Achievment Academy Survivor. The two programs are a lot alike
629	Steven	Levinson	PCS Survivor --1981	CA	US			I am a Provo Canyon School survivor and I have learned more about the abuses I suffered at Provo Canyon School. I recently asked my mother if she received any letters I wrote to her telling her to get me out of the school. She said that she never received them at all. I found this out 2 years ago when I was curious about it. I also have heard about the current physical and verbal abuse at the school. I agree that the school is in violation of human rights and to protect children from abuse. I am now 42 and graduated from Provo Canyon School in 1981. I would be glad to help in any way possible to get this school shut down
630	Paula	Bryant	(withheld)	MA	US			(Mother of Discovery Academy Victim) good work-these programs have no safeguards to protect children ,they are profit organizations and the government (federal) need to take more concern .Maybe the gov. should impose monetary fines and stiffer penalties-as the schools teaches THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES FOR BAD DECISIONS, and should be held to the same ;if not higher standards
631	Alison	Faiella	PCS Survivor--1997	FL	US			I entered PCS after my second suicide attempt. My parents didn't know what to do with me, and I don't blame them for shipping me off to PCS, but I do blame PCS for how I was treated, or should I say mistreated. I was raped at 13 and suffered from depression, suicidal thoughts, cutting, etc. When I was told that I was going to PCS they made it sound like it would make my life so much better. It sounded like a warm place, where I would be able to work things out with people that understood me, and I would leave Provo happy. I was immediatly strip searched upon entering Provo. I was naked in a room with 2 women, as they made snide comments about every article of clothing I had to take off, or worse about my body. They then made me squat. After I was finished being ridiculed I had to wear pink sweats, and the same underwear for 3 consecutive days. It wasn't the last time I would be strip searched at PCS... I had already survived being raped, this only made it worse. About a month into my stay at PCS I dislocated my knee walking up the stairs. I was told by the counselor that I was lying, and when I demanded to talk with my parents I was put into observation. I spent I don't know how long in observation, crying, praying, watching my knee swell. The same woman that ridiculed me while my strip search told me that "your God isn't going to help you now so I don't know why you continue to pray". I had knee surgery shortly thereafter. Per my doctor I was supposed to take things easy after my surgery. I wasn't supposed to be standing for long periods, let alone doing anything physical. I ended up having to vacuum a few days after my surgery, they wouldn't let me sit on the bed and stretch out my knee, and taking a nap was out of the question. I was repeatedly told that I wouldn't be able to leave PCS until I signed myself out... My eighteenth birthday was over a year away and I was devastated. I didn't know how I was going to get through it. I ended up pushing through school and skipping my senior year just so that I could get out of Provo. Almost 10 years later I still have nightmares about PCS. I am finally starting to move on with my life, but PCS did so much damage it's hard to heal. My biggest wish is that no one else has to go through what I went through. I've been to hell, and I have seen Satan herself. No one else should have to be put through that... especially a child that only needs someone to love them.
632	Audra	Massman	Provo Canyon School Survivor	AK	US			PCS has ruined my life I am not the same as I used to be. No one deserves to be treated the way that they had treated me and my friends. Please help close this place, I don't want anyone else to go through what I went through.
633	Sarah	(withheld)	Loved One of PCS Survivor	AK	US
634	Nicol	(withheld)	Human Rights Advocate	NC	US			I am a "Survivor" of Bethesda Home for Girls, Hattiesburg, MS in 1985. Bob & Betty Wills were forced to move from Mississippi and later opened Mt. Park in Missouri.
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636	Christina	(withheld)	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US
637	Crane	Carter	PCS Survivor--1975-1977	CA	US			I was a student from 1975 thru 1977 at Provo Canyon School. If you need specific information I may be contacted at: -----. I have information that may be quite disturbing! C.C.
638	Lisa	Reese	Human Rights Advocate	NV	US			A child who is very close to me was "escorted" out of Nevada last Monday. I'm still in shock that this happens in this country and even more stunned that no laws have been passed to protect these kids or regulate the activity. My immediate concern is getting her out of the place she is in in Utah. Secondary to this, anything I can do to help pass laws or bring attention to this matter. I will gladly do. Thank you for speaking out. Sincerely, Lisa Reese
639	Petey Orozco	Earle	Human Rights Advocate	WI	US			I went to my fair share of placements. It harmed me. I am an ASCENT survivor, a Cedars Academy survivor, as well as other ones that are not as bad as the two I mentioned. Don't let more kids get hurt.
640	Dawn	Robertson	Human Rights Advocate	IN	US			I have had the unfortunate experience in dealing with these types of facilities. My son was forced to undergo the abusive, barbaric treatment in three different RTC's. I was also employed at a residential treatment facility so I know first hand how they operate. Please include me in your efforts. I look forward to closing all the warehouses. thanks, Dawn Robertson
641	Janet	Boeldt	Human Rights Advocate	IN	US
642	Brandon	(withheld)	Human Rights Advocate	UT	US			Had a friend who attended PCS. Ruined his life...
643	Elizabeth	Huey	(withheld)	NY	US			(Straight, Inc. Survivor) please close provo canyon and any other facility employing tough love tactics!!!!! all teenagers acting out with alcohol, drugs, sex, withdrawal, violence, etc are doing so out of fear and a cry for help. they should not be punished but cared for and given loving and understanding treatment. Adequate education of tools to facilitate a more skillful way of handling emotion with proper trained teaching is fundamental!
644	Katie	Clifford	Human Rights Advocate	TX	US
645	Melissa	Villabona	Human Rights Advocate	IL	US			We need to stop organized child abuse NOW!
646	Shannon Ward	Vosney	Provo Canyon School Survivor	FL	US			i went there in 88-89... i was almost 18 yrs. old so the school said if i graduated form there i could go home, i said uhhhh...okay, so they sent my therapist, larry, home with me.the day after i got home, my parents, larry, and i went to go shopping...i met my husband that day and never looked back at that hellhole!!! 16 yrs. later i am with the same man and have a beautiful daughter, 14yrs. old. that bootcamp was hell. fuck you pcs!!!
647	Rory	Rudy	(withheld)	(W)	US			i had horrible experiences in both cedu and ascent which started my way towards prison.
648	David	Piccirilli	Parent of PCS Survivor	CA	US			i try to talk to my son,they didnt let me, he send me letter and said he wants to talk to me.he is 17, is this a jail or what where is my son and my human and civil rights.
649	Jen	Leland	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US			Threatened with this school many times and know people who survived it and terrible tales to tell. As a licensed psychotherapist, I believe in regulated mental health treatment as well as regulated behavior modification practices and all that I have read about this institution subverts that basic principle.
650	Patricia	Guerrero	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US			My daughter suffered greatly at CEDU (thankfully closed down) after her father in a fit of rage had her kidnapped from my custody and placed in an abusive "program"; "pogram" is more like it. Even though I was able to have her released after three weeks the damage was done. She was robbed of her innocence and adolescence. She was only 13 with NO history or drugs, alcohol, running away etc. It was one more of many acts of cruelty. Being unable to overcome the damage done she hanged herself at the age of 24. The damage these programs do is outrageous. And all for profit.
651	Amber	(withheld)	(withheld)	CA	US			As someone who suffered ten days of torture at a mental health facility as a teenager I am very concerned about programs like these. When I can contribute in some way to close these places down I do whatever I can.
652	Amanda	Hughes	Provo Canyon School Survivor	FL	US			I WAS SENT TO PCS FROM SAN DIEGO, CA. I WAS 12 I AM 28 NOW AND I STILL WAKE UP FROM NIGHTMARES WHERE I'M TRAPPED THERE AND CAN'T GET OUT. THEY BROKE A BOY'S ARM WHILE I WAS THERE DURING A "TAKEDOWN". I WAS PERSONALLY RESTRAINED FORCED FACE DOWN ON A COUCH ON THE "DOWN UNIT" I COULDN'T BREATH WHILE 3 MEN SAT ON ME AND THEN I WAS DRAGGED TO SECLUSION. SOMEBODY HAS GOT TO STOP THESE PEOPLE. I NEEDED HELP AND SUPPORT NOT FORCE AND DEGRADATION. BY THE WAY MY THERAPIST WAS LARRY WINN, DOES THAT SOUND FAMILIAR ANYONE? PLEASE DON'T LET THEM TORMENT ANY MORE LIVES OR ANYMORE DREAMS.
653	Jonah S.	Smeds	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US
654	Josef	(withheld)	(withheld)	(w)	US			Hi, we had to do research for one of my classes in college and I found your site. It rocks! Wow, how did you do all of it? My secret code 67UUhYtg39 :)
655	Damian	Quinones	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			I can whole heartily say, the years I spent in Provo Canyon School had to be the worst years of my life!!!!!!!!!!!
656	Michael	Jason	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			absolutely abusive. received no help, and now my problems have heightened.
657	Sarah	Karron	Loved One of PCS Survivor	NY	US
658	Cherylann	Temple	Loved One of PCS Survivor	MT	US
659	Taylor	Neuman	Human Rights Advocate	AZ	US
660	Jennifer	Western	PCS Survivor --1995	AZ	US			Was there in 1995.
661	Chris	Rosenhauer	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US
662	Matt	(withheld)	Human Rights Advocate	OH	US
663	Chip	Sinton	Human Rights Advocate	FL	US			Get this monstrous institution shut down. These facilities are an affront to American Society
664	Lyndsay E.	Bains	Provo Canyon School Survivor	AK	US			My brother and I both went to PCS in our teens, I was 13 and turned 14 there, I believe my brother was 16. I remember voices coming across the radio channels for help in restraining my brother and vice versa. Neither one of discuss the issue because the memories are still so painful. I want nothing more than to see that place closed down.
665	Katharine	Kinkead	(withheld)	(w)	(w)
666	Kim	Lewis	Provo Canyon School Survivor	(w)	(w)
667	Karol	Stiles	Human Rights Advocate	NC	US
668	Lara	Hughes	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			My mail was read without permission, my packages thrown away, I and many others were put down and more then rather bluntly called stupid on numerous occasions. Today I suffer from over pararnoid behaviors, (due to everything I ever did there was "wrong") I was embarassed in front of other present staff while undergoing strip searches. I was overdrugged to the point i drooled. hated it.
669	Raymond	Vindiola	Grandfather of PCS Survivor	CA	US
670	Christopher	Campagnolo	Provo Canyon School Survivor	AZ	US			I always thought that the capital punishment was legal at PCS. I remember the restraints, the quiet rooms and all the ips and standing in front of paneled walls for months at a time. I remember having to work for the Holiday Inn in Orem Utah only if you were level 3 or 4. I also remember never getting paid for it. I was put in that place twice, the first time my parents took me there and the second time I was kidnapped and beat and then flown to the school on a private jet, restrained while these muscle heads slapped you around. I can still remember some of the counselers names. I thought that place was shut down?
671	Kelly	Covello	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US
672	Jeff	Mathews	Loved One of PCS Survivor	AL	US			F pcs
673	John	Rothschild	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			The physical and mental abuse that my Self and other young teens went through at this prison..was something that has scared me for life..I truly hope that no more children have to experience this horrific and brutal abuse
674	Steven	Brown	PCS Survivor--2001-2002	CA	US			i was at pcs from 2001 to 2002 the place is totally fucked up there are some staff there that are trying to do the right thing but for the most part its all abuse, i got my ass kicked by the staff daily, yes i wes fucking up and doing bad but that is no reason to beat kids, one of the worst things i saw was a kid get his nose broke when he was hit in the face with a walkie talkie in the gym for pushing another kid that staff was suspended for one day that's bullshit. i want pcs to get shut down too…there was a lot of ass kickings and mental torture, and there was solitary confinement and that was also fucked up when u were left in there for days…
675	Jason	Finizza	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US
676	Reed	Phillips	PCS Survivor 1975-78	UT	US			i was there from march '75 to march '76 and from jan.'77 to aug. 78. it took me years of healing. watched kids literally commit suicide from the damage incurred. much pain has come out of the place. i remember that any staff with compassion didnt stay long. there were sick staff like ron garrett who needed to abuse because of his own lack of self worth. he seemed to take a perverse pleasure in the power he wielded over damaged kids. went to be a cop after that. then back into controlling kids. i wonderhow his own children feel about him. same with alot of the staff. small hearted damaged humans with the need to control.
677	Marissa	Dubrofsky	Human Rights Advocate	Canada				Please get this place closed now. As a survivor of a "therapeutic wilderness program", I know of the atrocities that occur at these residential schools. I don't care if they're accredited or not, licensed or not, they need to be CLOSED!!
678	Carol	Groothuis	PCS Survivor --1986	CA	US
679	Renee	Hudson	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			i would love to talk to someone about this school i am 30 now it has traumatized my life still to this day.
680	Thomas	Halleran	Loved One of PCS Survivor	FL	US			My girlfriend was illegally taken from her home and dragged to Provo Canyon "school". The cruel and unjust treatment she received their permanently scarred her. From everything i have heard first hand as well as the letters etc. I have read from other pcs survivors, I strongly believe that PCS MUST be shut down. For everyone who was forced to endure this horrible "school" and also to prevent potential future unsuspecting mothers and fathers, aunts and uncles, etc. from sending their loved ones to Provo, and in turn setting their child up for a world of pain and anguish. I strongly advise anyone who may happen to read this to further research Provo Canyon School and to sign this petition. thank you very much for your time, and good luck to all of you who working hard to shut down PCS and other facilities like it.
681	Celeste	Goakey	Provo Canyon School Survivor	FL	US			I was sent to PCS when I was sixteen. I soon realized that the only way to get through the program was to 'fake it til you make it' I was so scared of doing anything wrong because of the punishments. My therapist told my parents confidential things that we had talked about. He also told another patient what i thought about her He would try to make me mad to see my reactions... wouldn't allow me to go on "outings" I was there for three months and never got to go anywhere... funny how the website and video shows kids outside and rockclimbing. The staff are a bunch of 20-30 year old women who are uneducated and abuse their power. They would ridicule us and make fun of us and you had to sit there and take it or else you'd get into trouble. They try to brainwash you as well as your family by telling everyone that there is something wrong with you. They forced me to take "vitamins" everyday but wouldn't tell me why i needed them or let me look at the bottle. This place needs to be shut down. It only made things worse for me and when I got home I felt alienated and alone. No one could understand what i went through. Parents please do not send your kids here!! and please get this place shut down!
682	Shannon	Ward	Provo Canyon School Survivor	(w)	US			FUCK YOU PCS!!!!!!!
683	Linda	Curley	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CA	US			Close the house of horrors down.
684	Kate	McBride	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CO	US
685	Jennifer	McBride	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CO	US
686	Eileen	Jones	(withheld)	IA	US
687	Stephanie	Staron	Human Rights Advocate	UT	US
688	Irene	Ventura	Human Rights Advocate	NY	US			I want you to cancel Provo Canyon School's licensing for good and remove all accreditation of Provo Canyon School. They are child predators with a long history of extremely cruel and sick abuse. They belong in prison, which I also want you to pursue. You are already aware of all the cases against them. In all of them, the Provo Canyon School has been proven guilty..DO IT!!! Get them out of the business of harming kids.
689	Kristin	Marteney	Loved One of PCS Survivor	TX	US
690	Bob	Mokk	(withheld)	Hungary				Best wishes. Halamadak!
691	Susan	Varner	Human Rights Advocate	NC	US			Please help us get him out!
692	Cory	Eubanks	Provo Canyon School Survivor	AZ	US			Survived 2 18 month stints in the late 80's /early nineties. The place ruined my life and I still live with the memories...
693	Mark-Jonathon	Glowski	Friend of PCS Survivor	UT	US			One of my best friends Royce was sent to this hell hole! Honestly, to me it is so ironic that this is in Provo! After living in Utah for a little over a year now, getting the true understanding of a town called Provo, full of mormons EVERYWHERE, yet hell is there too! ha ha. I have heard enough stories about my friend being abused, treated like dirt, doped up on unnecessary medications, privacy revoked, free thought revoked! basically a mind washing facility. If people want that for themselves then they can choose to go to the military on their own. They don't need parents and fascist nazi muscle men to do that for them. Did we not learn anything from Stalin, Hitler, and the Roman empire? USA "STATES" that this is a free country.... Where is freedom in a place like "Provo Canyon School?" This place makes me SICK! I am a european from Sweden and after hearing about this place from a survivor and reading about this place just makes me realize that whoever it is that is funding this and is a supporter of this place is just as bad as anyone who supports world hunger and terrorism and control of the human mind! Seriously this is outrageous. I have never in my life heard of a place like this existing. I truly feel bad for the simple narrow minded parents that ship these kids to this horrible horrible establishment. Also for those who are the ones enforcing this... probably have the whole "it's for a better reason" ideology going for them. more like idiocy rather than ideology. I truly hope that this place gets shut down and any other place this is in any way similar. It is NOT humane, it is INSANE! I send my best wishes to all those who have had to endure such a torture. I hope that this does not continue anymore....PEACE
694	John M.	Giesler	Human Rights Advocate	MS	US			i am a survivor of bethel baptist childrens home.when i tell my story only people who have been in one of these places can understand what i have to say
695	Tristan	Hamady	PCS Survivor 1986-87	CA	US			was there 86 - 87 should never have happened
696	Ben	Mainwaring	Human Rights Advocate	IN	US
697	Briana	Barg	Loved One of PCS Survivor	MN	US
698	Christina	(withheld)	Human Rights Advocate	TX	US
699	Whitney	Maddox	Provo Canyon School Survivor	GA	US
700	Christina	Silva	Provo Canon School Survivor	NC	US			I was there for only a short time thank god.. But what I saw for the 2 months I was there and what I went through was not right. I would have been alot happier staying in juvenile hall than there. I saw a girl get her arms broken and we were not even allowed to console her. I saw a 12yr old sitting and screaming in her own urine because she was upset about something; again we were not allowed to talk to her. I was not allowed to talk to my parents till I was about to leave because we were not allowed outside phone calls for months. When I left there the "high school credits" that I did have were thrown out at my next school because they were not complete credits. That held me back a year in high school. They would also have us clean the facility for pay that was next to nothing. We did it so we wouldn't be in trouble and to get good points. I know the statue of limitations is up for a lawsuit and I really wouldn't go for it but if I could just talk to another survivor that was there when I was that would be great, cause I really do think about them alot and I pray for them that they made it out alright. When I left and saw the look in everyones eyes and was sad cause I new they wished they were going with me. Sorry for the long comment I just needed to get some of it off my chest, there is alot more though and it is hard to talk to others cause no one understands unless they went there themselves. Thanks Christina
701	Adriana	Gomez	Loved One of PCS Survivor	(w)	(w)
702	Karin	Tainter	Provo Canyon School Survivor	AK	US			We all know the truth about Provo Canyon school and places alike; a page couldn't hold all the atrocities that have been going on there. I was a PCS prisoner for 2 1/2 years and have been to two other horrible institutions as well. No child should undergo the treatment they subject, and it is appalling that it has been allowed for so long. This is not a place, as they fraudulently project, where kids find freedom to grow and experience life the way they could. I have had a vision for years that someday I could help shut this place down. This petition has given me hope, but lets take more action! Join me in the development of a CLASS ACTION SUIT against Provo Canyon School and TOGETHER we can shut this place down. Something needs to be done about what is happening. After reading many of your petition entries, it is clear to me that many of you feel the same way and we CAN do something about it! WHAT THEY DID TO US IS ILLEGAL! If you know lawyers or people who will be willing to help we could use all the help we can get. If anyone who reads this thinks they could help, please write me at stoppcs@gmail.com. It is time we take a stand for what should have been done years ago.
703	Bill	Billington	PCS Survivor--1984-85	CA	US			1984-1985 false imprisonment is a complete understatement, the "school" kidnaps kids, illegally transports them across state lines, handcuffed in flight, denied medical treatment after beating me up during the kidnapping, and kept me in solitary confinement for weeks at a time without allowing me bathroom access or showers. i wasn't allowed any contact with family or friends either by phone or mail, and i was kept in an area without windows or clocks for months at a time.
704	Emily	Adams	(withheld)	WA	US			I was at Bethesda in the mid 80's- I have PTSD from my time there. The abusers must be stopped
705	Erin	Reed	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US
706	Liz	Ahlstrom	(withheld)	(W)	US			I attended a similar school in Utah, and was nearly sent to this so-called 'placement.' I was friends with several children who went to this school, and know of numerous human rights violations. It sickens me that I have to beg for it to be stopped in the United States.
707	Nikki	Reiman	Human Rights Advocate	NV	US			I did not attend PCS, but was "locked up" at Discovery Academy, another institute of Dr. Thorne. I was there from 1993-1996 and am now 27 years old. I suffer from slight scoliosis, brought on from an abundance of standing (DA's form of punishment) as informed to me from my doctor, and am looking into getting my right knee replaced soon as it is difficult to walk. Another result of their punishment. I would LOVE to see these institutions shut down, FOREVER!
708	Amber	(withheld)	(withheld)	(W)	US			Any institution that abuses children should be closed down, and the faculty of these places should be punished to the fullest extent of the law.
709	Cimmerian	Urbanek	Human Rights Advocate	FL	US			Shut these places down. www.mindfreedom.org. Write me if you want to fight the good fight.
710	Roger	Bohon	Provo Canyon School Survivor	NV	US			Was there in 89-90. Parents was fooled by staff and so was i. I decided to go to place but once there could not leave. Was an absolute horrible place and seen many abuses by all levels of staff including my own therapist who was supposedly fired for his abuses. Roger
711	Chris	Brady	Human Rights Advocate	England				Abuse of children is wrong - period. This school MUST be closed.
712	Daniel	McDonald	Provo Canyon School Survivor	ID	US			Hey I was forced to attend this so called therapeutic haven back when I was barely 17. This place was far different than anything my parents had in mind, but if I tried to explain that to them it was considered manipulation. Anyway this place was horrible and should be shut down.
713	Christopher	Treble	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			Greetings, Please accept my apologies. I hope this will be acceptable for providing the necessary information to use my signature. But of course please feel free to contact me again if you need additional documentation of my existence. I consider myself to be a fairly well-adjusted, intelligent, somewhat educated individual with the following accolades to qualify myself to make such a Statement. I am the father of an eight-year-old daughter six-year-old son and a two-year-old baby born.I've been the husband to the woman of the above mentioned children for 10 years. In addition I'm employee taxpayer of voter US citizen a business owner and many others not mentioned here. I state the above qualifications for the purpose of letting everybody understand what I'm about to say is not in my normal belief system code of conduct or otherwise acceptable behavior but needs to be said anyway. The staff at Provo Canyon are rapists criminals Child molesters child abusers ,child abductors and are just downright nasty abusive bad people. Sincerely, Christopher B.Treble discharged in 1990,91,92? PS does anyone know the whereabouts of Nick Ravel? Discharged in 1990 91 92 last known address somewhere near San Jose, California. PPS additional contact information below ChrisBtreble@SBCglobal.net 1400 technology way building #4 unit 411 Petaluma, CA 94954 (ph.) 707.789.9654 FX 707.789.9654
714	Michael	May	Provo Canyon School Survivor	AK	US			man i was there for 4 days short of a year i was in the lowest level there investment for a good 6 months they would tell us when we had to take a chair (cross legged on the ground facing the wall) that were here because are parents didn't love us over and over they would administer thorazine for no reasons but for the sake of amusement for the staff the only reason i'm not still there is because my mom found out the truth that there doctors were prescribing medications not because it was needed but because they where getting paid for there transgressions not to help us but to experiment.
715	Amanda	Hardy	(withheld)	CA	US			My condolences. I had some horrible experiences at new beginnings, which is still running, despite the horrible treatment of their girls.
716	Jacob D.	Pate	(withheld)	CA	US			Considering the notoriety of the particular PCS cases, and the history of this institution, as well as others of its kind, the fact that there still remain enough parents willing to send their children to such facilities is a sad commentary on our society. This needs to stop.
717	Phillip	Santucci	Human Rights Advocate	AZ	US
718	Maarit	Hakala	Human Rights Advocate	Finland				I have seen a documentary about these institutes and was appalled when I saw a show where Dr. Phil sent a troubled girl to the Provo Canyon School in Utah. I suddenly remembered the documentary and wanted to do what ever I can to help these tortured kids return home and see these schools (also in the Bahamas?)shut down. You have my vote!
719	Maria	C.	Provo Canyon School Survivor	AK	US			Still having nightmares. We need to close establishments like this down. I'm still suffering from the trauma I was put through at the school, and have recently found that a lot of the things they had locked me in a small room and drugged me for, which they said they had every right to do, was in fact illegal. PCS not only brainwashes the kids, but ultimately breaks them down and leaves them in more of a twisted state then the one they entered in!
720	Annie	Prest	(withheld)	OR	US			We sent our 16 year old son to SageWalk Wilderness School in Redmond Oregon. I have read about PCS and other "schools". SageWalk was not good for our son, deception to us, his parents, by them and thus our son was subjected to things that were not appropriate.
721	Rick	Potter	Provo Canyon School Survivor	HI	US			I really would like to contact anyone who was at Pcs when I was there. I got the crap beat out of me by Earl Taylor and I still carry the scar on my stomach to this day. Not to mention that any contact with my family is shot to hell as well. Jack Williams should have to pay for what he started. Shut it Down- or make it court order only.-Sincerely, Rick potter
722	David	Cass	Provo Canyon School Survivor	MN	US			this place is cruel and inhumane, their ability to manipulate parents is unbelievable to the point where therapist (Hal Borlan) are able to dictate futures that he/she has no right too, let alone a say, Provo Canyon School is so saturated with bullshit the kids start believing the mormon lies...PCS is designed to prey on the weak adolescent mind by breaking down and ruining an already fragile self esteem and starting anew with "institutionalized" deemed lab rat and rebuilding. as a psychology graduate, undergrad, as well as a former incarceratee i believe for the good of our children's mental well being, this place should be deemed unfit.
723	Susan	Ruhl	Friend of a PCS Survivor	CO	US			I have just spent over 3 hours talking with a "survivor" of Provo Canyon School. He was just released (2007) and yes, that is the term that fits. This place functions as a high cost prison for these youths. PARENTS..DO YOU HOMEWORK AND DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD TO THIS PRISON! His descriptions of what he went through are nothing short of cruel and unusual punishment! Contrary to what was ordered by the courts in only ONE of the MANY LAWSUITS filed against both the directors and facility itself, they continue to use RESTRAINTS, BOTH CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL AND FROM WHAT HE EXPLAINED, WITHOUT CAUSE! That type of treatment is NOT in compliance with the State of Utah guidelines and NOT in compliance with the Department of Justice's guidelines for such a facility! Their own website is incredibly misleading. I did NOT HEAR OF ANY COUNSELING OF ANY TYPE EVER OFFERED to this young man. NEVER! ONLY DRUGS! IF YOU COMPLAIN, THEY UP YOUR DOSE. IF YOU REFUSE, THEY FORCE THEM DOWN YOUR THROAT AND PLACE YOU IN SOLITARY! My young friend, ran, several times.....they didn't notify, as require by law. He was living in another state at 16yrs old and supporting himself by the time they found him and threw him back in. THE LAST TIME, HE GOT OVER 30 DAYS IN SOLITARY, NAKED! YES, STRIPPED OF HIS CLOTHES ON CONCRETE ALL DAY, SURROUNDED BY NOTHING BUT BRICKS. NO WINDOW, EXCEPT FOR THE 4" ONE IN THE DOOR! It is a youth-detention-prison only. It cannot possibly be considered nurturing, supportive, family orientated (unless you count your phone calls being monitored and when you attempt to explain to your family what they are doing to you, you get, unexpectedly, cut off/call dropped or a staff member will immediately phone your family back and tell them that you are only trying to manipulate them, when you are only trying to get OUT of the torture!), or theraputic in any way, shape or form. Again, no counseling is offered. Don't believe otherwise. They are not telling you the entire story. Please do your homework before anyone sends another living soul to this facility! If not, they will try and take yours. Your child, whom you are so desperate to help will hate you for this.
724	Willow	Garcia	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US
725	Brenda	Brown	Loved One of a PCS Survivor	CA	US			Probation for manhandling and making racial slurs. Confidentiality of employees name. Ironically don't we have the right to know who's taking care of our children, their credentials and experience????
726	Lisa	Haas	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US			I have read enough information about PCS to believe it must be shut down. I recently copied off about 25 negative accounts surrounding PCS and gave them to a local Teen Drug and Alcohol program because I know they have referred Kids to PCS. One negative account is enough for me as a parent to be leary. Good luck to all survivors and families.
727	David	Weiser	Human Rights Advocate	(w)	US			I would like to see this program, and others, shut down.
728	Rachel	Wyant	Human Rights Advocate	TX	US			Shut them all down!
729	Robert	Roberts	Provo Canyon School Survivor	MI	US			Where to begin...
730	Kiley	Blackmon	Human Rights Advocate	TX	US
731	Kristin	(withheld)	Human Rights Advocate	NJ	US
732	Samuel	Lewis	Provo Canyon School Survivor	WI	US			its all lies, its hell, don't put your loved one through hell and back, close this place down, i survived but not everyone does.
733	Jessica	Larson	Loved One of a PCS Survivor	CO	US			I have been through similar experiences with treatment programs. I had no voice in what happened. I was accused of manipulating when the truth was only being stated. The survivors of PCS and RTC's need to stand together to be a voice for those who are silenced and who will be silenced in the future by skewed treatment facilities!
734	Heather	Gilker	PCS Survivor 1988-89	CA	US			Provo Canyon School is a horrible place,run by twisted counsellors.and fake therapists. I had a really good therapist that really cared about helping the children, unfortunatly "for the kids " was not there main purpose because she got fired shortly after. I ran away from provo canyon by leaving the plane on the layover that i had in st. louis. My parents had to pay to fly two counselors out to st.louis on a private small jet to grab me up, and after i was flown back,i was condemned to a few weeks in solitary confindment, only to be let out to face the multible thousands of "IP's" ( otherwise known as infraction points).each IP. meant a 25 min. period of time where you were facing the wall (TOTALLY STILL)nose 2in. from wall eyes forward at all times,only allowed to squat down once in that 25 min. but only to the count of 30, quickly.Of course they were gracious enough to allow you a 5 min. break only to stand again.so you figure say 2000 IP's (wich i had way more than that)you only get done with 20 at the most a day.(2000/20=100 /7=14.3/4=3.6) so it would take roughly just short of 4 months, staring at a wall 2 inches from your face for 10 hours a day to finish those IP's. Ok they did have one other alternative. You could sit there and write a 500 or something word essay on these stupid "topics" for 1/3 of an IP makin it take you 1 1/2 hours to finish one IP but they only counted if the counceloer liked what you wrote, if she didn't it didn't count,if you moved too much that 25 minute period of time wouldn't count.and she could choose to discredit a whole days worth of standing if you had 2 or more unworthy standing times. boys and girls were not allowed to speak to each other unless it was on saturday or sunday only for an hour and if the boys passed us in the hall the girls had to stand facing the wall until they passed. if you were caught making eye contact or talking it was a gaurenteed 6 IP's I could go on and on about the torture and insanity there but i will stop now…
735	Margaret	McBride	Grandparent of PCS Survivor	FL	US			IT IS UNBELIEVABLE THAT THIS SCHOOL HAS NOT BEEN SHUT DOWN. I am the grandmother of Ashley DeBoer who remains hospitalized in Salt Lake City because the school failed to take Ashley for medical help when she was so sick. I want all of these Residential Treatment Program Schools shut down. It is my main goal now to close down Provo Canyon School. Thank goodness Ashley survived the medical and physical neglect. She will have physical and emotional scars for the rest of her life. May the school and its employees ROT IN HELL!!
736	Julia	Guthrie	(withheld)	AK	US
737	Emily	Adams	Human Rights Advocate	OR	US			Its way past time to stop the abuse
738	Gerry	Olmstead	Loved One Might Survive PCS	AK	US			I have a close friend who may or may not survive from being denied medical treatment from the administration/nursing staff of Provo Canyon School. She's on life support right now. This is an outrage.
739	Nicol	Prophet	Human Rights Advocate	SC	US			I am a survivor of another home from 1985. My prayers are with Ashley and her family.
740	Patty	Whitesides	Aunt of PCS Survivor	SC	US			It is unbelievable the neglect that was taken.
741	Jennifer	Kelly	Loved One of PCS Survivor	AK	US			I support Ashley!
742	Jessica	Kelly	Loved One of PCS Survivor	AK	US
743	Verna	McKelvy	Friend of PCS Survivor	AK	US
744	Doreen	Kelly	Aunt of PCS Survivor	AK	US			I have heard of all the nightmares of these homes/schools. this is outrageous!! these are children. whose allowing these torture camps to still be open?? close this school immediately. Doreen K. Kelly
745	Nina	Brady	Provo Canyon School Survivor	IL	US
746	Alaina	Marasa	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			I'm not even sure where to begin with PCS. Everything above is true, they abuse and misuse power.
747	Rose	McGregor	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US
748	Joan	Fassler	Human Rights Advocate	(w)	(w)
749	David	Doran	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			I was sent there in 1984. I was 15 with no criminal history whatsoever, yet I was strip searched, relieved of personal possessions, and spent over a month living in a room with no windows and locked steel doors (intake). I spent 19 months there. At one point I became so depressed that I attempted suicide. I received no treatment for my wounds- only a paper towel and an order to stand 20 punishment hours for self-mutilation. After my release, I found that my stay at PCS had violated 46 out of 50 conditions of the United Nation's Declaration of Human Rights, which had the temerity to suggest that I had the right to freedom of movement, association, communication, a decent education and health care. My father manipulated the City of Santa Monica into paying thousands of tax dollars to PCS for my "care" but there were no repercussions for him, only for me. My time there has haunted me for many years and has also poisoned my relationship with my parents so that I have become estranged from them both, even 25 years later. I would ask that PCS be shut down immediately for the sake of future generations of Americans but I know now that will never happen - there is simply too much money at stake. PCS is one of Orem/Provo's largest employers and is a financial asset to the community. Until the people of Provo learn what injustices and abuses are occurring daily under those cute blue roofs PCS will stay open and human filth like Dr. Phil will continue to shill for the place.
750	David B.	Yeisley	Parent of PCS Survivor	AK	US
751	Sharyl	Whitesides-Yeisley	Parent of PCS Survivor	AK	US			I am the mother of Ashley DeBoer. Ashley spent 13 days on life support and has been off of the support for a mere 26 hours and 18 minutes. I thought Ashley was entering a therapeutic living arrangement. I had no idea what kind of horror she would be subjected to. She has spent 20 days fighting for her life and will have a very slow recovery which will leave her scarred for life thanks to PCS. It is my goal to work with Ashley and our family to make sure this doesn't happen again to her or anyone else. I encourage you all to pass this petition around so parents, families and children can become aware of what really has happened and continues to happen in PCS and schools like them.
752	Ashley	DeBoer	PCS Survivor 2006-2007	AK	US			Please protect my friends at PCS from being hurt like me. I almost died and want to stop PCS from doing this to anyone else with my Mom and family.
753	Autumn	Hansen	Sister of PCS Survivor	AK	US			Sister of Ashley DeBoer
754	Savannah	Hansen	Sister of PCS Survivor	AK	US			Sister of Ashley DeBoer
755	W. Craig	DeBoer	Brother of PCS Survivor	AK	US			Brother of Ashley DeBoer
756	Devin	Yeisley	Brother of PCS Survivor	AK	US			Brother of Ashley DeBoer
757	Pearl M.	Nordstrom	Great-Grandmother of PCS Survivor	AK	US			Great Grandmother of Ashley DeBoer
758	Marilyn	Johnson	Grandmother of PCS Survivor	OR	US			Grandmother of Ashley DeBoer
759	Nadine	Beauchamp	Friend of PCS Survivor	NY	US			My friend came home sadder than before.
760	Gillian	Milne	Friend of PCS Survivor	AK	US			Friend of Ashey DeBoer
761	Matthew	Crosson	Provo Canyon School Survivor	MI	US			that place has done nothing for me but,but me thankful i made it through it alive.i was beaten,locked away in investment and seclusion.i will go to court if needed and tell them what they did.20 years later i still remember every detail of that place.horrific please put a stop to them.please
762	Nina	R.	Friend of PCS Survivor	Malaysia				A loved one was there and that hes still having probs because of this place 20 years later. He was beaten,locked away in a cell and wasnt allowed outside or near a window. Schools like such shouldnt be operating at all. Treating kids in a cruel unhumanly manner is not acceptable. I'd say close the school and save more lives to explore the beauty of life. Put an end to Provo Canyon School now!
763	Marsha	Nix	Friend of PCS Survivor	AK	US			Friend of Ashey DeBoer
764	Richard R.	John Jr.	Friend of PCS Survivor	AK	US
765	Joey Jean	Tillson	Friend of PCS Survivor	AK	US			After working in the medical field for close to 5 years, it is my experience that Ashley DeBoer was neglected and refused proper medical care. Provo Canyon's actions were the direct result of Ashley ending up on Life Support. Had they addressed her medically instead of ignoring her both physically and emotionally, she would still be a vibrant happy girl with full use of both of her lungs. I am saddened PCS can and has put the needs of a child last on their list of concerns. I only hope JCAHO can take away their accreditation and run them out of business because of this. JCAHO would be helping the lives of many children who have suffered enough at the hands of PCS.
766	Jeff	Warren	PCS Survivor 1987-89	CA	US			2 yrs as well...seems to be status quo. this is what I remember.. Haldol and Mellowrill at the age of 16....ips of course and the staff hopped up on steriods. The only positive thing I can remember is the relationships with other kids thrown in to an adverse situation. I would love to here from some of you crazy fuckers! RED. jeff_warren11@yahoo.com And yes you have my vote on the closure of that place.
767	Matt	Huhta	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			I was at the boys campus and while I was not subject to any phisical abuse,I was a witness to countless PI's(physical interventions)that involved students being thrown into walls,"accedentally" hitting door frames,headlocks,and twisting of limbs on a daily basis. Every once in a while a staff would get fired or be requested to resign because they were seen excessivly PIing a student by a nurse or high ranking offical.some staff were fired to satisfy an angry parent and to keep them from taking legal action.Because provo canyon school is a closed facility in a rural area little is ever heard about what happens inside behind closed doors.As far as neglect I usually got medical attention if i put up a big enough fuss about seeing a nurse,but when i requested to see a nurse the usual response was wait till the next shift comes or yeah in a while.a short term punishment used at provo canyon school is called "a chair"and when placed on a chair you must sit on the floor facing the wall for 15min-several hours,if you follow "chair structure".If you raise your hand or talk out or shift your gaze from the wall your time starts over.finishing a chair comes before everthing, even medical emergencys and bed time.it is not uncommon to be put on a chair for hours at a time.my peers and I were once on a chair till 2 oclock am because the staff wanted one of us to admit to who threw a bottle of shampoo at the wall and i took the blame so i could go back to bed,but instead spent another hour on a chair. I am sure that every kid who has been inside pcs can testify that what I have said is true.
768	Byron	Whitesides	Grandfather of PCS Survivor	AK	US			My Granddaughter, Ashley DeBoer, was denied treatment by a Doctor when she had a temperature of 104 degrees and had been diagnosed with pneumonia and told the school nurse she couldn't breathe! Her mother had to threaten the school nurse with a lawsuit in order to get them to take Ashley to the emergency room to see a Doctor, and after she was seen she was taken to Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City by ambulance and admitted to intensive care! The nurse's at the school had told Ashley and her mother that she wasn't sick enough to see the doctor, and once she was seen, found out that her oxygen level was so low that if she had been kept at the school she would have died! I find it outrageous that persons with the responsibility of caring for children and responsible for the medical treatment of children, can deny a child their human rights with impunity and not suffer any consequences! Criminals in prison and terrorists confined at Guantanamo have MORE rights that our children who are supposed to be in a facility for medical TREATMENT, and aren't criminals! When a police officer or government official who has authority over a prisoner violates the prisoners civil or human rights, that officer can be criminally prosecuted for these violations! Why is it that these persons in schools like Provo Canyon, who have the authority and responsibility over our children are not held to this same standard? They need to be prosecuted on FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS! We all need to work together to see that this is done. These persons that violated my granddaughter's civil and human rights, ARE STILL AT PROVO CANYON SCHOOL, and are still being allowed to be responsible for caring for children there in spite of showing INCREDIBLY BAD JUDGMENT THAT ALMOST COST THE LIFE OF ASHLEY! How could they say Ashley wasn't sick enough to see the doctor, and a few minutes later when she was seen she had to be rushed to the ICU where she almost died in the THREE weeks she had to spend there! Persons entrusted with the responsibility of caring for our children need to be held to a higher standard than seems to be presently applied to them, and ANY blatant or reckless disregard of the civil and human rights of our children need to be CRIMINALLY prosecutable, where they suffer consequences of not only being put in jail, but losing any licenses to care for our children so they never get a second chance to harm a child!
769	Jeffrey	Whitesides	Loved One of PCS Survivor	SC	US			There has to be a punishment for their lack of medical care.
770	Dorothy	Diamond	Loved One of PCS Survivor	AK	US			Ashley Deboer should of never been denied doctor's treatment after getting sick, until her health was so bad she had to be on life support.
771	Sarah	(withheld)	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			I was previously a student at Provo Canyon School for 3 years.. I consider the treatment that was given to me at PCS inhumane. The staff/therapists convinced my parents to keep me keep me there until I turned 18 and would have to be released. For more than a year, they had me heavily medicated with medication that I should have never taken. They gave me Serquil which is used to treat schizophrenia, when I really was suffering from depression. I was not myself for more than a year and it showed in my every day functions. My parents knew something was wrong, but still did nothing because my therapist convinced them it was the best thing for me.. I think that PCS needs to be SHUT DOWN completely before affecting anymore lives that just need some attention and care from their family. I think that PCS has been a scape goat for the real problem and I think that should have started at home.
772	Wayne	Christiansen	Human Rights Advocate	UT	US
773	Jeffrey P.	Moyes	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			I escaped from PCS 26 years ago, after several months of dealing with their questionable practices. Please contact me I am willing to help. This ordeal has re-surfaced in my life and I would like to put some closure to it. I can't think of a better way then closing them down. ~Jeff
774	Lee	Shool	Human Rights Advocate	CT	US			survivor of Behavior modification program- a torture cult is a more accurate title
775	Sam	Salorio	(withheld)	CT	US			Knew someone that went there, heard stories that would make your hair curl. My parents imprisoned me, but thankfully my prison wasn't NEARLY so bad as Provo.
776	Becky	(withheld)	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
777	Claire	Dietrich	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US			Survivor of another RTC.
778	Kay	Habib	Loved One of PCS Survivors	CA	US			My 21 year old brother commit suicide 2 months ago. he went to pcs for 36 months. We had plenty of good times after his days there, and for the most part he was normal, but I often witnessed him be afraid to go downstairs alone in our house at night because it brought back memories of PCS. I strongly believe that he would still be here if he had never attended this "school." Free those kids and get them the help they need. My sister was also there for a year. She was much more obedient so they let her off easier because she pretended the brainwashing worked. They were each other's comfort when they were both there, but they were rarely allowed to see each other and never for more than a half hour
779	Christen	Habib	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			My brother and I were both sent to pcs and he recently killed himself because of things that happened to him while at pcs.
780	Michael	Holdaway	PCS Survivor--''77-''79	CA	US			I was in PCS from 1977-79. I was physically abused and mentally abused for the two years I was there. My mail was read, telephone conversations listened to and monitored. I had to take polygraph tests to determine if i was lying and put in small 3x5 rooms for days at a time. I was denied medical attention when I was severely beat up by another student and was unable to see for 3 days because my face was so swollen from the beating. I was then stuck in a 3x5 room to heal so none of the other students could see me. stop this school.
781	Bridgette	Procter	Aunt of PCS Survivor	CA	US
782	Elizabeth	Bryson	(withheld)	AZ	US			ALL teen treatment facilities in Utah need to be brought up under federal review, particularly those affiliated with Robert Lichfield et al. Utah needs to step in and regulate these facilities and legislators need to stop taking campaign contributions that might affect thier ability to show impartiality toward these schools/organizations in legislature and in the legal system!!!!!!!
783	Andrew	Domenico	Provo Canyon School Survivor	TX	US			After the abuse that I endured at Provo Canyon School, I cannot believe the School is still open. Please shut it down, and investigate other schools like it.
784	Catherine	Tonns	Friend of PCS Survivors	FL	US			I attended Logan River Academy not to far from Provo Canyon, and I have friends in that program still to this day that went there from LRA.
785	Andrew	Walter	PCS Survivor 2005-2006	CA	US			In A program where kids are coming in with emotional problems, they dont need to constantly be called stupid mother fuckers and told to shut the fuck up, eventually you just learn to fake it till you make it. I was physically as well as mentally abused, not to mention i was stripped of my identity and individuality and it just needs to stop, As long as parents keep sending their kids there is no way to stop PCS. We need to find a way to make this information more readily available to the public.
786	Chase	Preston	Child Right Advocate	CA	US
787	Kyle	Yamashita	Provo Canyon School Survivor	IL	US
788	Brynn	Gross	Provo Canyon School Survivor	FL	US
789	William	Kincaid	Provo Canyon School Survivor	MT	US			If I can offer legal witness to the end of this atrocious institution, please contact me. I was discharged during the summer of 1997 after 14 months of confinement and countless human rights violations. I am willing to offer testimony, although my own statutes of limitations have long since expired. Contact me for a rather long list of violations ranging from psychological coercion to assault to several months of illegal confinement. thank you for your consideration, William Kincaid
790	John	Rocissano	Provo Canyon School Survivor	NY	US
791	David Frank	Piazza	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			3 years of hell
792	Tim	Keller	Provo Canyon School Survivor	ID	US
793	Betty	Floretta	Friend of PCS Survivor	WA	US			We need to closer monitor these places that are suppose to help our kids more closer. How can we help kids get their mind straightened when they are being tortured. Kids are our future, and we wonder why they are out of hand. They need love, love, and more love. NOT TORTURE. Places like this is hurting our kids, they should be shut down immediately.
794	Steven	Levinson	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			I graduated from Provo Canyon School in 1981. I still think about the school to this day. I remember se3nding my mother a letter to get me out of the school. I found out many years later my mother never received it because they ne3gative mail from ever being sent. I believe that this school should be closed because of the abuse I heard and saw at the school when I attended and the things I have read that are still continuing today.
795	Lucy	Rhome	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			The staff were cruel and they really didn't care about the patients. They cussed and they took their anger out on us. They were inhumane and inexperienced! They really didn't want to work there ! The staff were the main problem and my friends who are at PCS are still complaining about the treatment they are receiving! It is ridiculous!
796	Sarah	(withheld)	Loved One of PCS Survivor	IL	US
797	Chris	Clark	PCS Survivor--1975	UT	US
798	Justin	(withheld)	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			I was at PCS for 9 horrible months. I witnessed a incredible amount of physical,emotional,and verbal abuse. This place should be closed for good!! No child should have to endure the amount of abuse that occurs within the walls at PCS!
799	Aaron	Stillians	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			the professional help was our only help. the dorm staff were nightmares. they gave the kids more problems. i will do anything to see that hell hole close.
800	Alexis	Duran	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US			Governor should have an oversight committee,overseeing, all of their juvenile detention centers,in Utah~because if one is contaminated,the rest are also,before,someone dies.
801	Joseph	Duran	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US			The Governor should have an oversight committee,overseeing, all of their juvenile detention centers,in Utah~because if one is contaminated,the rest are also,before,someone dies.Start with closing this one first !! This is a national disgrace~
802	Rebecca	Rock	Provo Canyon School Survivor	(w)	US			I went to PCS at the age of 13 (turned 14 while there). I had never been to a residental treatment facility. I was depressed and and cutter. My partent not knowing what to do, heard of PCS from the therapist I was seeing at the time. I had only been seeing this therapist for about 2 weeks, in my opinion, not enought time to make a ful diagnosis. This therapist suggested PCS to my parents, and the sent me. Now my parents realize what a hugh mistae it was, and are still apologetic. Though the apologies are in some way fufilling, the in no way take away, the night terrors or parinoia. I am 22 years old, and can not function in society for fear I will be taken again ( I was sent using the "Kidnapping" method). I was lucky, and my father realized what was going on after his first visit (after the three month waiting peirod) and he tried to take me out. The only was he was succesfull at this was refusing payment, so they were forced to discharge me. I knew what was going on through him, though I was told to stay quite about it because he did not want them to anticipate the non payment. My therapist raised me two levels, and told me she was amazed at how well I was doing, and that she thought I was ready to go home, and congradulated me. She knowingly lied to my face, and I knew it. I couldn't believe it. I was abused by staff, and watched staff abuse other girls while I was there, habing to quietly stand by in fear for my own safty. I want to save any child that is going to be put through this hell and be subgected to the tourtre I was. After leaving PCS, I became an IV drug user, and a runaway. I was in so much constant fear, that i felt I could not stay in my parents home any longer, and I used the drugs to try and push down the fear and pain. DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD TO PCS. Lets shut it down so this never has to happen again!
803	Simon	Oganesov	Provo Canyon School Survivor	MA	US			I went through hell in that school for a little short of 3 years I spent most my time in the detention center called investment locked in the back rooms force to stay there sleep there fight there get restrained drugged and ignored no contact to anyone outside of the facility
804	Anthony	Connelly	Human Rights Advocate	KY	US			In 1986, at age 14, I was entered into a juvenile behavior and drug rehabilitation facility in Hebron, Kentucky called Kids Helping Kids. I was abused, tortured and brainwashed over a period of 15 months. This facility is still in operation in Milford Ohio. The public was deceived. I was abused due to the lack of any regulation over these types of programs. Shut these damaging programs down. They violate basic human rights. Anthony Connelly
805	Jen	Leland	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US			Brown School Survivor
806	Audra	Massman	PCS Survivor 2003-2005	AK	US
807	Dean	Chambers	Human Rights Advocate	MA	US
808	Linda Tant	Miller	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US			Hypocrisy like the abuse to which these girls are subjected by "God fearing people" is what makes me dislike Mormons. And I can say that, because I USED TO BE ONE - then I grew a brain.
809	Jeremy	Poliner	Human Rights Advocate	NY	US			I can't Believe this kind of thing is happening in the land of the free. Its as if teens have no rights, and if they don't conform to what their parents see as the only good way of life, then they are sent to concentration camps. I am a teen and its hard to deal with the fact that people like me are going through this. so even if you don't know anyone personally who went through this, I encourage you to still sign, because It could happen to you and your friends. WE need to do this together.
810	Jonathan	Ziv	Human Rights Advocate	CANADA				I went to the Elan School and I want people to shut it down to. Every child in need should have a SAFE, POSITIVE and NURTURING environment not places like PCS and Elan. They ruin lives! http://elanishorrible.blogspot.com/
811	Susannah J.	Heller	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CO	US			I went there and was lucky enough to escape in 1 month, on the condition i went to wilderness and another TBS. What i saw, experienced and felt there has given me so much gratitude for not being there. The staff are corrupt and the girls that "successfully" completed where definitely brainwashed. that hell hole needs to be shut down and burned.
812	Gabriella	Fleury-Sheldon	Human Rights Advocate	WI	US			I am a survivor of another teen home, and i know what it is like to go through the abuse!!! stop it now!
813	Laird	Norgeot	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US			When will the hearts and minds of humans fully understand that abuse, neglect, fear, and so called "tough love" cannot bring cooperation, compassion and positive values to troubled teens the same way that violence cannot be used as a means to end violence? Stop the abuse. What the youth need are positive role models not prison guards, love not fear, wisdom not mind-control, freedom to find out who they are in this confusing time.
814	Sam	Congdon	Provo Canyon School Survivor	NH	US			i served 9 months at pcs. they are the closest thing to hell on earth i have ever known. prior to pcs, i was in county jail, and the pcs staff were far more sadistic than any guard i came across during my time. i attempted suicide at pcs and received more punishment then help. i wanted to die simply to avoid living another day in hell. i did not care if i went to a pysch hospital, in fact that was my hope. i cursed my lawyers mentally every day for sending me there instead of jail. had i known what pcs was like, i would have gladly served time in the state prison. i cleaned up on my own, with no help from those creeps at all. i can name names of the people i suffered under. i wish with all my heart, that i could inflict upon them the same misery they did on us. to any parent who is considering sending their child there, i beg you not to. i was a "success", graduated the program, and i still carry the scars and rage of what i went through. your child would be better off in jail then pcs. that is all i have to say for now
815	Destinee	Russell	Provo Canyon School Survivor	FL	US			i am a recent former resident of provo canyon school and i have been through alot with them. that i feel was very out of line and fool.
816	Robert	(withheld)	Provo Canyon School Survivor	MI	US
817	Diana	Hambrook	Provo Canyon School Survivor	Canada				My parents paid to send me to Provo Canyon School at the age of 13. 14 years ago they paid to have me kidnapped by special police to protect their name in the town of White Rock because my dad was a lawyer. My crimes - none. I smoked pot and shop lifted at the age of 13 - a criminal - they found out I had tried on a girl in the institutions contacts then told me 7 girls had HIV in the complex and that although they could not release the names of those girls I would likely die of AIDS due to sharing with others in the complex. I cried for days. I was the first in 25 years to actually be ejected from the institution in less than six months (4 and a half) because the staff after breaking my soul - told my parents I was sane - at first I had to make up problems to get through the system - they said I was in denial - then eventually realized after seeing how I helped the girls in there more than the staff ever did - making skin heads and black panthers and bloods and crips all see that a neutral person could be friends with and help everyone - they told my parent to take me back - I have always been sane - after Provo Canyon School - and even as a highly successfully Event Producer at the age of 27 - I cry often and will never fully recover from the pain and detrimental distress caused to me from my experience at Provo Canyon School. Stop it now before it ruins more lives. I was a 13 year old child standing all waking hours for punishment for considering running away. That place kills the human spirit. Children and teens should not be locked up for no crime committed. I have had issues with betrayal by loved ones ever since and nightmares constantly even as a well adjusted exemption.
818	Lisa	Spears	Loved One of PCS Survivor	UT	US
819	Mary Jane	T.	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CA	US			Provo Canyon was the worst decision I made.
820	Ray	Robinson	Provo Canyon School Survivor	LA	US			This place destroyed my life. I am now 44 and I can honestly say that if it wasn't for PCS, I would have had a much better life. I only wish I would've known there was a chance to sue them for the abuse and torture they put me through because I wouldve done it.
821	Stephen	Karlinsey	PCS Survivor--1979	WA	US			I was there in 1979
822	Katie	Meyers	Human Rights Advocate	IL	US			I didn't go to provo but I understand through my own experiences at three other facilities.
823	Whitney	Kiesler	(withheld)	WA	US			SCL Survivor.
824	David	Donner	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			fry the motherfuckers!
825	Simon	Oganesov	Provo Canyon School Survivor	MA	US			Fuck PCS they made me into what i am i fight every weekend cause that is what they told me was ok they put me in investment in the cells and told us to fight because the "staff" there where betting on dinner to see who would pay its a screwed up school i have done over 4 years in prison since the school is more like a cult i've become a full blown alchoholic just to cope with it i'm not blaming the school for all my problems but it has made me one fucked up kid it showed me a way that was wrong i'm trying to get my life straight but its hard i need help i need advice but what can i do
826	Wendy	Wilcox	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CA	US			this place is terrible! Just like case by the Sea, it needs to be shut down! NOW!
827	James	Sanetti	Provo Canyon School Survivor	(w)	US			I am a survivor. I suffer PTSD and depression. My number was 000134. I was there at it's worst and I too escaped with my friend Willie from Alaska. I won't mention his last name but I think of him and hope he's okay.
828	Patrick	Montgomery	PCS Survivor—1975-76	ID	US			This page is too short to tell you my story. I wish I could get money from what I suffered at PCS, but to see the place closed down and those wo ran it put in jail would be as good as money. CSW MIKE AVERETT , long with many others Earl Taylor, among others should be doing life terms for the abuse. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints should also be help liable since the church condoned the abuse and established a LDS Church ward there. Many who were staff at the place were students at BYU. Someone really ought to close this place and initiate a class action suit for all who attended the place. I'd be hppy to give names and cases of those a long with me who attended the place then I was there from 1975 to early 1976 I spent 8 months there until I got word out via a cb radio to my parents in Idaho who got me out of there.
829	Patrick	Liberg	Friend of PCS Survivor	IL	US
830	Jack	Hendry	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			i hated provo they abused me severely in there mentally physically etc. what this "school" does is HIGHLY illegal... the staff forced me on meds that i didnt want to be on and even raised them against my parents wishes above the limit they had set with the doctor. within the first four days i had been thrown by staff for literally crying on a table... they called it defiance and threw me around and slammed me into walls. it was the worst thing that has EVER happened to me and i actually developed post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of my treatment in this horrible place.
831	Sonny	Boyman	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US			Shut them all down. They are nothing but evil places of lies and crazy adults who have power. As a survivor of an Oregon behavioral institute, I still suffer from mental and emotional trauma from what I witnessed during my stay. My relationship with my parents will forever be tarnished by their choice to lock me away to "help" me. It saddens me to know that there are still so many kids imprisoned and doing anything to try and get them out would just get my locked in there. please sign and get them all closed! There is no need.
832	Sam	Condron	Provo Canyon School Survivor	UT	US			I was shipped under guard to a "therapeutic facility" from Germany and arrived after dark in 1991. Over the course of the next 3 years I spent over a year in their "care" being released (3 times) only when my military insurance (Tricare) ran out. Not having a degree in psychology I don't know for sure, but I don't think that having a 15 year old build dinosaurs out of play-dough really counts as therapy. I was repeatedly during my time there stripped naked and placed in 5 and 6 point restraints, and subjected to verbal abuse as well as being injected with "calming medications" like Thorazine. If you have never experienced this, it feels rather like having a hand opened from a fist under the muscle tissue of you posterior. On each stay there I was treated with such disdain that I repeatedly attempted suicide in their time-out rooms. It was not unusual to have sleep patterns interrupted by the night nurses playing "soothing music" (screeching whale calls) at volumes too loud to allow for sleep. If I didn't comply implicitly with staff directive in what they viewed as an appropriate amount of time I was physically thrown to the ground and sat on by nurses and security staff using techniques that would have a police officer suspended or military personnel court marshaled. Time-out and quiet rooms where used as threats and punishment areas where beatings could and would occur. The only growth I received while there was a preparation for life behind bars. I was repeatedly called a liar and a thief and required to clean the same areas 4 or more consecutive times over the course of a few hours before they were deemed clean enough. The therapeutic milieu was generally consisting of groups where we were told about our flaws and that we were incapable of improving. I was placed first on the children's dorm (I was 12 and 13 while others on the unit were 10 or under) where I was repeatedly left completely unattended. When placed on the teenagers dorm it was not unusual for acts of sexuality between patients to go on unnoticed by staff. When caught for engaging in inappropriate activities the punishments were severe. Swearing resulted in my being placed on a talking restriction for days and weeks at a time. Physically acting out (which ranged from being out of my room at the wrong time to fighting) resulted in my being taken down and restrained for multiple hours regardless of the infraction. Group punishment was encouraged by therapists. Any phone calls, inbound or out, were monitored, and for saying things the staff didn't like, I found myself berated, called a liar, at times beaten, and restrained without access to toilet facilities. THIS AND ALL LIKE FACILITIES NEED TO BE SHUT DOWN FOR VIOLATIONS OF BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS. My Therapist, Dr. Dave Dodgin, needs to have his license revoked, if it hasn't been already, for encouraging inhuman treatment.
833	Alex	Sommerauer	Friend of PCS Survivor	OR	US
834	Private**	Private**	PCS Survivor 1995-1996	OR	US			I was at PCS for 3 months in 1995-1996 and was subjected to mental and physical abuse. If i knew about the 4 year law suit earlier, i would have filed one myself. Please close it down to save children who need care and do not get it through this organization. Sincerely, (Private)
835	Matty	B.	Provo Canyon School Survivor	England				at first i would have just said that its not that bad, but i was there with Ashley DeBoer, and she didnt deserve to be treated like that, and one of my best friends tried to hang herself, and all staff did was tell her to take a chair. they dont treat us with respect, the few staff that do, are eventually fired, because they dont conform
836	Courtney	Konopasek	Provo Canyon School Survivor	IL	US			I don't even know where to start..the medical care that they do not give, the abusive restraints, the verbal abuse, I could go on forever about that place.
837	Janessa	Maisonet	Provo Canyon School Survivor	NY	NY
838	Keri	Chidenster	Provo Canyon School Survivor	(withheld)
839	Pat	Williams	(withheld)	USA				Cool site.
840	Jeremy	Poliner	Human Rights Advocate	NY	US			this place is terrible and must be stopped.
841	Frederick	Nelson	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US			Programs like this need to be closely watched and regulated.
842	Ali	Aird	Human Rights Advocate	CO	US			I have been in fourteen programs whose disciplinary tactics have mirrored those of Provo Canyon.
843	Lauren	Roth	Provo Canyon School Survivor	NY	US			It has been 8 years since I left Provo Canyon School and I am haunted to this day by me memories of that place. Close them down.
844	Devin	Baker	Human Rights Advocate	MI	US			I was in a so called drug rehabilitation program in 1983-1984 called "Straight Inc." which was finally closed down after nearly 20 years of torurous "treatment", degradation and abuse to the children and young adults that were incarcerated there or I would say "abandoned there" by their families.....many of who I'm sure did not have a clue as to what they were sending there children into. I saw and experienced horrific abuse there including brutal physical restraint, sleep deprivation, ongoing cruel and psychologically damaging confrontation from phasers to other phasers and from staff to phasers. At 44 years old I still experience intense psycological trauma from my experiences in Straight Inc. including random nightmares. Provo Canyon School seems to have a lot in common with Straight Incorporated and I would like to see them shut down or reformed to an extreme degree if even possible. These so called "behavioral modification programs" are like a virulant metastisizing cancers that seems to continue to spread and destroy young lives and propagandize families while making a large profit doing so. The insurance companies should be informed of the Phasing System put on the clients in some of these facilities and how clients can be started over to 1st. phase of the program with very little justification or documentation which can extend their stay for months or as was the case in Straight Inc. for years. Forcing someone to be "good" does not make them good or moral but simply forces them into compliance. The Nazi's and the communist's had similiar methods but most people who understand the basic tenants of justice, fairness and morality can understand that only through choosing to be moral can we truly be moral....and yes....to make the choice to be moral we must be led down that path which educates us towards moral behavior but with Love and compassion not with brute force and cruelty.
845	Magnus R.	Miklos	Provo Canyon School Survivor	UT	US			I was at Logan river Academy for almost 4 years, LRA is an LLC co-owned by Dr. Robert Crist (same one as Provo Canyon...) I also spent a short time in San Marcos Lockdown, this however is a legitimate-ish program. LRA was complete Bullshit. I know the rules and my way around that place better than anyone in the world, and am living testimony to the atrocities that go-on there.
846	Giuliano	Selna	Provo Canyon School Survivor	AZ	US			Spent two years at this institution and i felt that it was overly aggressive in handling situations and did not pay close enough attention to its charges.
847	Laurie	Zamora	Mother of PCS Survivor ‘08	CA	US			I feel that Provo should be shut down. My son just came home from there. And lets just say that someone is not protecting our kids there.
848	Stacy	Zamora	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CA	US
849	Katelynn	Zamora	Loved One of PCS Survivor	DE	US			I believe that PCS is an unsafe and unfair enviorment and should be closed down due to it's problems, one of them including patient abuse.
850	Megan	Oneschuk	Loved One of PCS Survivor	DE	US			Minors shouldn't be put through this abuse, it just isn't right.
851	Taunya	Smith	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CA	US			I am sickened by the way that my brother was treated the short time that he was there. I hope that this place gets closed down as soon as possible. Nobody should be treated the way he did up there.
852	Tina	Henry	Loved One of PCS Survivor	OR	US			My God son was send there and the stories that he said is unbelievable. The Bruises he had the first day that he had when he got home. I think someone should see what is really going in there. Now he will need MORE help.
853	Jasmine	Cobb	(withheld)	GA	US
854	Rebecca	Ellis	(withheld)	Canada
855	Joseph	Wray	(withheld)	CA	US
856	Dr. Premraj	Pushpakaran	Human Rights Advocate	India
857	Weston	Goad	Human Rights Advocate	WI	US			Remove the license in the interest of America’s youth.
858	Jenny	Peshit	Human Rights Advocate	WI	US			Keep keeping on!
859	Julie	Enslow	Human Rights Advocate	WI	US
860	Michael	Rosen	Human Rights Advocate	WI	US
861	Peter G.	Earle	Human Rights Advocate	WI	US			When a nation turns it’s back on it’s youth, that is a moral crime.
862	Jack	Harris	Human Rights Advocate	WI	US
863	Nick	Katter	Human Rights Advocate	WI	US			Stop the opportunists preying on families!
864	Gio	Vazquez	Human Rights Advocate	WI	US
865	Leweslea	Deerlett	Human Rights Advocate	WI	US			Stop what y’all doing!!
866	Deon	Sallis	Human Rights Advocate	WI	US
867	Daniel	Rodriguez	Human Rights Advocate	WI	US
868	Lauren	Wiese	Human Rights Advocate	WI	US			Stop the abuse, help!
869	Oussama	Elliazidi	Human Rights Advocate	KY	US
870	Aishleen	O’Brien	Human Rights Advocate	WI	US
871	Ansaar	Gandy	Human Rights Advocate	WI	US
872	Mark	Thompson	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			i spent the worst 6 months of my life at this hell hole. my head slammed into walls and betten by staff, for defeneding myself from other kids in this JAIL!!!! please close provo canyon school before they can scar another child.
873	Lisa	Spang	Human Rights Advocate	GA	US			I am a parent of another abusive facility in Bonifay, Fl, Teen Challenge, please SHUT THEM DOWN
874	Adam	Vickman	Loved One of PCS Survivor	GA	US			my girlfriend was in that horrible place. it has really put a strain on her life. she has told me all of the stories when she was in there and it tears me every time i hear her relive it all. she was a drug addict living on the streets working for a pimp when i met her. and i saved her while her FOSTER PARENTS Lyn Michael and Mark Michael of Whittier California. they live on sugargrove dr. put her on psyche meds and put her there, then dropped her off in downtown los angeles in a place called skid row. i think that not only should this place be shut down, but i think there should be a case on all of the foster parents that have sent their foster children to places like this. as well as the heartless, soulless people that work there. i am willing to do whatever it takes to help this stopped for good. oh just to let you know those foster parents have taken her two children that she had before me and vow to never return even with her complete and very healthy recovery that was done by none other than ME. Adam Vickman
875	Susan	Wald	Human Rights Advocate	NY	US			I am extremely troubled and shocked by the deluge of reports of abuse at this facility, and at other such places cut from the same cloth. Such institutions and institutes for troubled teens need to be closely and frequently monitored by outside, independent agencies who are answerable only to the taxpayers and the general public. Such monitoring should include regular and unannounced on-site inspections by state employees with no stake or holdings in the companies that run or own these schools/hospitals/penitentiaries. PCS's "private" status does not give it a free pass to abuse and torture patients/students; nor does its claim of "private" status hold much weight, given the massive funding at both state and federal levels. As children's entertainer and a publisher of a newspaper for young people, it truly upsets me that this is going on at the very places that are supposed to help troubled youths; such outrage is compounded by knowing that my tax dollars are funding such abuse, while helping to support a lavish lifestyle for the PCS's owners. And why aren't these monsters who are committing the abuses behind bars? Someone needs to contact Amnesty International about this. Under the U.N. Charter, children DO have rights not to be subjected to such brutal and negligent treatment.
876	Chris	Palko	Provo Canyon School Survivor	TX	US			I spent a year and a half there starting in 1982. It was my first real understanding of what true evil was, something that prior to this I had never really believed. I spent months -- literally months -- locked up inside without ever seeing daylight even through a window. I watched as kids I knew were drugged with so much chemical poison that they would just stand wherever you placed them, drooling on themselves and going to the bathroom where they stood, their minds completely destroyed. Probably forever. I will never forget the horror of that place. The physical and mental torture. The brainwashing. I know it sounds like I am being melodramatic or exagerating but in truth the inhuman abuse that went on in this place was beyond comprehension. It was so bad that doing hours -- standing frozen with your nose an inch from a wall (and I literally spent MONTHS doing this) -- was a relief. But worse than any physical abuse, worse than any beatings or even the methodical infliction of pain (as just one example of this, being handcuffed, stripped naked, then having a dozen guys devote hours to pealing your skin off by grinding you into the rough carpet in their time out cells) worse by far was the mental abuse and sheer INSANITY of this place. It was like some crazy mind control experiment administered by maniacs. Obviously just telling someone what happened doesn't begin to get the depth of the horror these monsters inflicted across. The horror rose not only from what they DID, but from the sure knowlege that they might litterally do anything. They were capable of anything at all, and you watched them do it. And when it was your turn that terror was always there. Picture yourself sitting in a chair. You are given a pad and pencil and told to write a confession. You are not told what you supposedly did, and it really doesn't matter. So you write something to make them happy, and an hour later they show up screaming and beating you for lying to them. But one guard is there (thankfully, right? Sure) to calm the other down. He is the good cop. He is your "friend." He wants to help you, but you have to help him to do that. Just tell him what you did. Write a real confession. After an entire day of this -- hour after hour after hour - with nothing to do or think about except to wonder, you start to believe that you must have done something. But every time they return its the same thing, the beatings, the screaming, the fear. By the end of the first day you are confessing to swearing, confessing to the dirty thoughts you had seeing an actress, confessing to having a bazooka hidden away, whatever. But the beatings go on, each time accompanied by "We know about THAT, your friends have already confessed, now tell us what we want to know.". By the end of day two with no sleep and constant abuse you are are beyond trying to invent things. No, now you BELIEVE them. But the beatings and screaming and torture continue. They switch out, you don't. By the end of day three you not only believe the imaginary things they beat into your head, but you pretty much believe anything at all, you exist in an insane world, a world that might as well have been imagined by Stephen King, a world where right is wrong or right or whatever the fark they tell you. And your friend cop... well long before this he has been beating you to, but always with that "I wish you wouldn't make me do this" insanity. And then one day it ends and the next installment of fun begins. Maybe it is a month or two staring at a wall, maybe a lie detector thrown in. Certainly more beatings and the excitement of watching as other kids are destroyed. I spent a year and a half there. I went in a shy kid and came out a wreck. But at least I came out as a human with his mind badly bruised but fully functioning. Too many others were not so lucky. I said it was evil and I was not stretching the truth at all. If the public understood a hundredth of what I saw those monsters would spend the rest of their lives in prison. If anyone would like to talk to me about this place, feel free to email me. chris1861@hotmail.com
877	Amanda	(withheld)	Provo Canyon School Survivor	AL	US			almost 20 years l8tr & i still get the chills when i think of this place. it shoulda been closed years ago. the physical a& emotional abuse was horrible. when i was there they said i was a hypochondriac so when i was terminated i ended up having to have surgery because i had to wait so long for medical attention.
878	James	Smith	Provo Canyon School Survivor	TX	US
879	Alexander	Hovey	Human Rights Advocate	MT	US			Quaesite Imperium!
880	Cassie	(withheld)	Provo Canyon School Survivor	IL	US			shut it down
881	Leif	Aho	(withheld)	FL	US			Shut them down!!!
882	Mathew	Falaniko	Provo Canyon School Survivor	HI	US			No time to leave a long statement now but, basically , I had to leave the program when I was on supervised release from jail to TC. Needless to say , it didn't help my legal situation. I got arrested and bailed out this time instead of going into a false anger and alcohol treatment center.
883	Jennifer	Walker	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			I was one of the girls who staff members perceived as a threat to the order of the facility. I was isolated for two months, spent much of that time confined in the small, cement "Observation Room." I was shot up against my will with Haldol on many occasions for speaking out, and sometimes it was more than once in a day. I was restrained to a bed, pulled off of the top bed bunk and dragged down a hallway because I said I no longer wanted to get up. I went into that place with PTSD and major depression, and left with more traumatic memories than I had accumulated in my lifetime. I witnessed a girl restrained brutaly who ended up with burns and bruises all over her face. I was sexually harassed by a male staff member. Provo Canyon NEEDS to be shut down.
884	Alexandria	(withheld)	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CA	US			I never attended PCS, I was sent to Heritage. There were alot of kids who came to Heritage from PCS as a "step down" & they were always afraid they were gonna do something wrong & be punished more so in the sense of a child with an abusive parent. PCS is obviously NOT a good place to send children! Hopefully this petition finally does some good for our world!
885	Mark	Welch	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CO	US			I was there during the first gulf war.
886	Christina	Hammersley-Yang	Loved One of PCS Survivor	NC	US			The Provo Canyon School and many other "schools" like it should have their accreditation and licensing removed at once. I am a survivor of HLA. I would like to do any thing I can to prevent other people from experiencing the same abuse I endured at HLA.
887	Candace	Breed	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			All this place provided for me was sobriety. I understand that I was on my way to death, but I didnt deserve this. There has to be something else than treating people like this. In california minors have rights, no wonder this is in Utah. This is just all so horrible. I am glad I am alive but not that I had to go to this school. I am just very fortunate that I didnt have things done to me that I had seen done to others. :(
888	Bill	Billington	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US			i think that it is one of the biggest mistakes in the US today that places like this can stay in business. with all the complaints, how these miserable excuses for human beings which use the cover of religion to justify their actions can stay out of prison is beyond me. it has been over 20 years since i was there and i still remember the solitary confinement for a week at a time and the druggings with thorazine. the forced standing in corners for days and not seeing a clock or daylight for months at a time. we made homemade calanders to try and track the time, but they were considered contraband and could get you thrown back into solitary again. this according to these pathetic excuses for responsible adults, is supposed to make you "better". they all should be arrested and thrown in prison for the rest of thier lives. all this because they convinced our parents that they were doing the right thing. they lied to everyone and i'll NEVER forgive them.
889	John	Eckert	Provo Canyon School Survivor	MN	US			when i was younger i did need help, but PCS did not help only made my problems worse i hope this place gets shutdown so these children can get the help they need.
890	Danielle	Farr	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CT	US
891	Sarah	Kimbrough	PCS Survivor ’04-‘06	WA	US			I was in provo canyon school from november 15th of 2004 to april 20th of 2006- through my hole 17 months of being in provo canyon I was incapable of succeeding in the program because of there completely inacurate methods of curing my symptoms... I was violated not only emotionally but physically while being locked up at pcs... I of course do have to take responsibility for the tid bit of childish and completely rebelious acting out that I did and deserved punishment for but I really dont think it's necissarily considered apropriate to regularly give haldol to a 15-16 year old girl just because I told someone to fuck off!!!! I never graduated, and I was not pulled AMA... for the last 6-8 months of my stay I refused to eat and durring that 6 month period I was force fed, contained in the observation room and there were numerous times that I was not alowed to wear clothing while in the observation room... That place is fucking sick and I hope dr. crist and his assistants all burn in the fate of there own fucked up wrong doings... I'm still very much affected by what I went throuh there and I dont my life will ever be the same as before iwent to pcs always scarling Sarah Kimbrough
892	Frances	Pfohl	PCS Survivor ’86-‘87	CO	US
893	Kristin	D.	Parent of PCS Survivor ‘08	CA	US			My daughter (17 year old) survived 20 days at pcs, otherwise known as a prison hell hole. She was drugged one night with roomates in her room. She was in a sleep induced coma while she was raped! She was injected with a drug in her arm before the attack occured. she is very traumatized. The school is curently under an investigation. Ther should be NO MALE attendants working in a facility which houses girls!!!! This place needs to be Shut down and this man needs to be punished. We are still trying to find out who did this to our precious girl.
894	Jeremy	Whittemore	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
895	Matthew	Brood	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
896	June	Devery	Human Rights Advocate	NY	US			Shut down/unethical!
897	Taylor	McMillen	Human Rights Advocate	TX	US			Shut down/unethical!
898	Brandi	Wallace	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US			Shut down!
899	Alicia	Donnelly	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US
900	Laura	Langer	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US			Shut them down!
901	Dom	Hightower	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US			Prosecute!
902	Alfredo	Tovvelles	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US			Shut down and have an independent citizens group check up on it!
903	Brandi	Newsome	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US			Shut them down!
904	Karl	Vocke	Human Rights Advocate	WI	US
905	Jesse	Guten	Human Rights Advocate	WI	US			Love
906	Andrew	Matter	Human Rights Advocate	NJ	US			This is a bad school.
907	Peter G.	Earle	Human Rights Advocate	PA	US			I’ve heard complaints about PCS
908	Tessa	Cohen	Human Rights Advocate	WA	US			Protect the children.
909	Rebeca	Earle	Human Rights Advocate	PA	US			Bad school.
910	Katerina	Grossman	Human Rights Advocate	WI	US
911	Randy	Shapaker	Human Rights Advocate	WI	US
912	Jacob	Hey	Human Rights Advocate	WI	US			Please shut it down.
913	Peter	Ahrens	Human Rights Advocate	WI	US
914	Blake	Goolsey	Human Rights Advocate	SC	US			This is not fair to children, fight for their rights.
915	Peter	Holzberger	Human Rights Advocate	WI	US			So much corruption.
916	Tom	Earl	Human Rights Advocate	WI	US
917	Trinisa	Johnson	Human Rights Advocate	WI	US
918	Anna	Lemberger	Human Rights Advocate	WI	US
919	Kevin	Kane	Human Rights Advocate	WI	US
920	Paul	Corder	Provo Canyon School Survivor	IL	US			ok so this school is a joke right, i was there for about 13 months, dec 10th 2006-dec 22nd 2007, ok so i have wittnessed alot of abuse when i was an inpatient here,, i was on the boys campus, and well first of all the website for provo canyon school is a compleate lie, tottal bull shit, like they say you see the girls on the girls campus on orem once a week, usualy on a sunday morning, but in my 13 months of being there the girls only visited the campus of a tottal of 3 times!!!!! what happened to the other 40 some other times they were suppost to come? anyway also they claim they do fun activitys,,,,that is true buttttttt you have to be a certain "status" which depends on how u do, like it took me 7 months to go off campus for my first time,, and if ur not status you rott in the unit doing nothing but getting in more trouble,,,alright so in my opinion it is nowhere theriputic, it is only corectional,, they phisically abuse you{ i have wittnessed manny of times, they lock you up in a concrete room if u do bad, and at times they degrate you by makeing you naked in the room,,its wrong, the staff have no experience, but i will say out of the 70+ staff working on the boys campus, only 4 of them seem to be coool,, ahh soo much has happend when i was there,, i will save you some time by saying if your going to send your kid here,save your money and throw him in juvie,, its alott cheeper, and simmilar,,,actually give the kid a break,, both suck,, iv been there,,lol, but i have encounterd staff breaking kids bones, and fucking up there faced badddd!! they have no respect for the kids there,, well a numerous amout of them, if you take a tour in the building dont listen to what kate has to say, shes in charge of giving tours right, so they only show you what is sanitary while leaving all the fucked up shit outt, like behind the scenes,,ok im done,, fuck this place…and alos to add,, yeah they do abuse the kids badd,, but you know what,, ok so they only except kids 13-17 yrs old right,, the reason is bc if a kid was 18 or older he can sue there asss,, so they know theer doing wrong.
921	Deja	Hanson	Loved One of PCS Survivor	WA	US			One of my best friends spent time at CEDU when he was an adolescent, and his memories of his experiences there are just now starting to come back, over 20 years later. The kinds of things that go on in these places are incredible, I can't believe such things happened in this day and age. These people should be punished for the Hell they've put these poor kids through!
922	Micheal	Thompson	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CA	US			I very young boy in 1980 was sent to Provo his name was Palmer. He was a very active kid and did get into a little trouble nothing that his parents or family couldnt help him with. However the School system along with the PD recommend to his parents PCS. After 2 years the young boy didnt exsist anymore. He looked more like some of my buddies form the 7th eng USMC div that were from a POW camp in vietnam. 6 months after Palmer left the school he died. there were so many excuse why however I later found out from my own investigation that what they were doing there was just outside the lines of Geneva Convention rules and regulations. Palmer was a great young kid that needed a chance in life but was given death. May his heart be at peace and for those whom treated him the way they did at PCS may you burn in hell.
923	Dana	(withheld)	PCS Survivor 1991-1992	(w)	US			I moved on from this many years ago. I endured the torture of this school for 18 months (91-92). What I've read here is true (I have my own war stories). I even realized tonight while going over some of these stories, how much abuse I blocked. I am shocked they are still in business. Please shut them down.
924	Jennifer	Browning	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CA	US			My sister was in there for 1 year and when I found out, I did research on PCS and found out that it was a prison. My sister and I are 13 years apart, but were the best of friends before this mental and physical abuse. I was afraid for her well being. I hope this place and other so called teen help places will shut down.
925	Maggie	(withheld)	Loved One of PCS Survivor	TX	US			A close friend of mine experienced physical and emotional abuse while at the Provo Canyon School. This program should not be allowed to continue and I am amazed and shocked that it is still running.
926	Aubrey	Martinez	Provo Canyon School Survivor	UT	US			I think it's good that you're trying to close this place down...I've seen girls get slammed into cement walls because they didn't listen to the staff...and I was also one of those girls. I know we were in that facility for a reason but you should never punish someone by hurting them.
927	Donovan Scot	Mcconnell	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CA	US			I was incarcerated for over 5 years at shithole places in and in the likeness of provo canyon school. my fiencee is currently in PCS and she has been beaten many times. i was raped beaten and locked away at over 6 places deemed safe and want to join the revolt against them....
928	Tynes	Sevier	Provo Canyon School Survivor	AL	US			i will say that i feel like pcs is bad. there is no love in pcs. my experiance is that it is brainwashing, inhumane, abusive, and not theraputic. dr delbert pearson is by far the worst psychiatrist i have ever seen. he forced me to take anti psychotic drugs, and when i refused the i was locked in a cold cement cell with no matress, "restrained" and then given antipsychotic medication on several differnt occasions. once after refusing to "take a chair" and then after taking "not having proper chair structure" meaning not facing or sitting close enough to the wall indian style, i got hurt bad by several staff members. my face was rubbed into a carpet and had many rug burns. please burn this school.
929	Michael	Maul	Provo Canyon School Survivor	NY	US			I attended Provo Canyon School between the years of 1987 and 1989. During my stay I witnessed staff utilize excessive physical force to punish non-threatening children. One 100 lb minor was suffocated by the weight of a 400 lb staff member. Another small minor was rammed into the wall, knocked completely off his feet, by a 250 lb BYU football player who was a staff member at Provo Canyon School. This school needs some serious outside regulation.
930	Lisa Amy	Cummins	Provo Canyon School Survivor	IN	US			I was court ordered to placement at Provo Canyon School from May 1990 - December 1991. It was the worst experience of my life. My parents petitioned the court to send me there paid for by the state because I was truant to school and they wanted to help me over come my problems. While I was there I endured neglect, emotional abuse from staff and students, and sexual harassment from my therapist Larry Winn. While at Therapy Without Walls, for 6 days other girls and I were forced to sleep in freezing conditions in the mountains with barely any food and no resources for medical treatment! I was stung by a nest of killer bees while on that outing. I was forced to carry my 30 pound gear after the incident and was not given any medical treatment. I was not allowed to go back to the facility. I had been stung all over my head, neck, and back. I had to sleep outside with no pillow or anything for the pain. I was not allowed to even tell my parents or I would have to go to "Investment" which in reality is a torture chamber. They forced us to work off IP's AKA Investment Points. You would work off 2 points in a 25 minute period by standing. Then we could sit and "rest" for 5 minutes. This went on ALL day every day until out points had been worked off. I saw many girls locked in isolation and tortured by the staff who got enjoyment out of our suffering. When I was finally released I felt so badly for the girls that were still in there. This "facility" desperately needs to be shut down permanently! There are many other more effective ways of helping our troubled youth than torturing them. People can not really wonder why the world is how it is today when places like this still exist! Stop the ignorance and torture! This is the right of every human! Basic respect and compassion! Do the right thing and shut down this disgrace of "facility"!
931	Rachel	Terry	Human Rights Advocate	Wash., DC	US			I worked at PCS from February 2005 until August of 2005, when I was fired for standing up to an abusive employee (K.S.) who was terrible to myself and the girls "incarcerated" at PCS. I never did fit at the school - I did not agree with its tactics, and would in small ways fight back by showing leniency - and heaven forbid, love - on the girls when I could. They knew they had greater flexibility with me, and would come to me with problems more than other staff. At PCS, I saw injustices happen often, and I will never work at such an establishment again.
932	J.	Gorman	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CA	US
933	Crystal	Loutzenhiser	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CA	US			The counselours and staff at provo should be the ones locked away, not the misunderstood children.
934	Dean	Chambers	Human Rights Advocate	MA	US			close all the teen gulags including PCS, Peninsula Village, WWASP programs, etc.
935	Misty	Jones	Provo Canyon School Survivor	AK	US			i still have nightmares
936	Thomas	Oser	(withheld)	IL	US
937	Megan	Kane	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CO	US			this place was absolutely awful. it made me worse than i originally was.
938	Danielle M.	Garten	Provo Canyon School Survivor	FL	US			I went to Provo Canyon school with less problems than I left the school with. I totally support the closing of that school. It has given me some of the worst memories that I now have to live with for the rest of my life.
939	Carly	(withheld)	Loved One of PCS Survivor	KY	US			Close them all
940	Bridger	Deimen	Human Rights Advocate	IN	US
941	Chris	Madero	PCS Survivor 2002-2003	CA	US			i was there for 8 months in 2002-2003...i cant sleep or eat..my stress is killing me.. i still have nightmares and lawyers just told me i am out of statute..oh well life goes on i didnt want their blood money anyways...if you feel the same as me contact me...if you remember me contact me...if you need help contact me chris maddog madero
942	Laina	Gossman	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CA	US			My best friend/ boyfriend of 5 years was sent to this place. He's told me some of the most unbelievable stories of horrible abuse that he witnessed and experience. He has trouble sleeping he really is traumatized from that terrible school. SHUT IT DOWN
943	Cimarron	Katz	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CA	US
944	Jeff	McCollough	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CA	US
945	Colter	Jensen	Friend of PCS Survivor	CA	US
946	William	Banks	Friend of PCS Survivor	CA	US			From all I've heard, this must stop, and stop immediately. The things that happen here are atrocious, and cannot go on.
947	Davey	Miramontes	(withheld)	CA	US			this should not be allowed and no person deserves this.
948	Caitlin	Xirinachs	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA	US
949	Tom	Keliinoi	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CA	US			My business partner was forced to attend this facility many years ago and he was severely mistreated.
950	Callie	Rovella	Human Rights Advocate	AZ	US			I am appalled and greatly disturbed by what i have read and the stories that I've heard about this "school". This "school" needs to, has to be SHUT DOWN!!!!
951	David	Marelius	Human Rights Advocate	CA	US
952	Tressie	Baker	Human Rights Advocate	MO	US			This is by far one of the worst case of abuse physically and mentally i have heard,I can not belive this is or was allowed to cont.We are looking for my husbands birth mother who was sent to the girls home in hattiesburg mississippi,Her name is sue dye please contact us if you can help.fierytazz24@hotmail.com.thank you.happy holidays
953	Jen	(withheld)	Provo Canyon School Survivor	Canada				THAT PLACE RUINED MY WHOLE LIFE I CANT SLEEP AT NIGHT AND LIFE IS JUST SO BAD NOW
954	Janice	Jama	Friend of PCS Survivor	IL		US
955	Linda	Pittaway	Loved One of PCS Survivor	Canada
956	Alex	D.	Loved One of PCS Survivor	Canada				It's disgusting that a "school" could stay opened after doing these horrible things to children. The world has seen the dark side of the USA in a number of ways. This is another thing that is tarnishing the country's once good standing.
957	Erica	M.	Loved One of PCS Survivor	Canada				My best friend for life went to PCS for a few years. She left just short of a week of my birthday. I had no idea she'd gone anywhere, she just dissapeared. I echanged letters with her, albeit infrequently--I take it they were witheld/censored to some degree--but it's evident the experience has her shaken. Out of respect I can't try to quantify how much or how little but she's still affected by the trauma to this day. It's been at least 4 years since. Every last sick SOB who'd ill willed my friend ought to be fucking spanked.
958	John	Sigler	Human Rights Advocate	VA		US		cruelty to a imprisoned young is a cruelness only the sickest humans can contrive
959	Laureen	Carcerano	Friend of PCS Survivor	CO		US
960	Kyle	Wood	Loved One of PCS Survivor	Canada				ok these creepazoids need to be shut down. they sound like a lot of the shit that went on in those consentration camps in ww2 tht ive read about. they need to be stopped cause they are messin up
961	Tia	Tucker	Friend of PCS Survivor	Canada				this is all wrong these schools need to be stopped from inflicting these tortures.
962	Pamela	Hucke	Provo Canyon School Survivor	OH		US
963	Alex	(withheld)	(withheld)	Romania				THAT IS SICK!
964	Joshua	G.	Friend of PCS Survivor	MA		US		A friend from Canada was put in PCS from 02 till 04. While she was there she was beat and placed on no talk standing orders and was looked at naked in the shower. She was kept in rooms for hours on end. This place should be shut down and those bitches killed that work at PCS.
965	Tonya	(withheld)	Loved One of PCS Survivor	PA		US		It needs to be shut down, places liek that do more harm than good
966	Tex	Kincaid	Friend of PCS Survivor	TX		US		I believe this intervention is not something any HUMAN should go through I had a Canadian friend that was forced into this in 2002-2004 I knew her before and after... this is NOT anything any human should have to endure
967	Katie	Johnson	(withheld)	IA		US		Shut the place down!!!!
968	Zach	Johnson	(withheld)	IA		US		I am a friend of a loved one who was in the facility from 2002-2004....
969	Joe	Rodriguez	Friend of PCS Survivor	AZ		US		im a friend of a pcs survivor, that went thru some terrible things
970	Heather	(withheld)	Provo Canyon School Survivor	NC		US		shut them down
971	Dan	Carrube	Loved One of PCS Survivor	UT		US		its a shame these kids had to go through what they did. something should be done now dan carrube
972	Pattie	H.	Loved One of PCS Survivor	UT		US		i saw first hand the cruelty of this pcs...terrible
973	Leah	(withheld)	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CA		US		I am friend of a PCS survivor and was so shocked to hear her story when she opened up to me. These types of places should be shut down immediately before there is more victims! It's so hard to put into words how I feel about these places besides they should all be burned down and the people that work there and put kids through torture need to be brought to justice cause it's so wrong in so many ways!
974	Ketev	Meriri	Loved One of PCS Survivor	Netherlands				I'm amazed this place is still not shut down ... what they do is totally unacceptable and outrageous ... i don't really any words to express my feelings towards places like this ... i guess no word can be strong enough. It's high time we put an end to all this and brought the crazy people involved to justice.
975	Russ	Corwin	Human Rights Advocate	CO		US
976	Teresa	Rosenthal	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
977	Natalie	D.	Loved One of PCS Survivor	Canada				I personally know a kid who is a survivor of PCS from 02-04 these schools should not torture kids.
978	Anna	Luv	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CA		US
979	Michael	Crawford	Human Rights Advocate	VA		US
980	Tim	Brown	Human Rights Advocate	KY		US
981	Ginger	McNulty	Human Rights Advocate	PA		US		This would be a step in the right direction but won't do the whole job. Just as when CEDU/Brown went under, the rats will scurry from the sinking ship and turn up in other similar programs. We need to criminally prosecute the people who continue to perpetrated these crimes.
982	Leslie	(Withheld)	Human Rights Advocate	MI		US
983	Ginger	(withheld)	Human Rights Advocate	(withheld)				I DON'T LIKE KIDS TO GET HURT, THEY ARE REAL PRECIOUS. KIDS MAKE YOUR WORLD. THAT IS THE WAY I FEEL, KIDS ARE PRECIOUS ................. nutmeg19612002@yahoo.com
984	T.	Buckmiller	Loved One of PCS Survivor	(w)		US		I have a girl that I've pretty much adopted as a little sister-I knew when i met her she'd been through something horrific!! I wanted somehow to help her and rid some of the pain she has!I've known her for a few yrs. and theres not a day that goes by that her HELL isnt brought up-her going to Provo Canyons School and the TORTURE that she went through!!This PLACE(a living HELL)has to be closed!! I can't believe a place like this would be allowed to stay open this long! Not only that but how sad that this many kids have told their parents about it and nothing has been done so far!! I will do whatever has to be done to help close this HELL-HOLE! Just to see my sister find some kind of peace with-in herself!
985	Alessia	M.	Loved One of PCS Survivor	Canada				My best friend went there in 2002. I met her when she was back from PCS for only 4 months she was doing hardcore drugs, she wasnt getting along with people.She has told me so many scary stories about PCS. I dont think any person schould go through this.
986	Carly	Nichols	Loved One of PCS Survivor	KY		US		Close these places NOW!
987	Jay	Rama	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US		i'm signing this on behalf of a cool person i met and I believe her story
988	Carrie Lily Faith	Mackin	(withheld)	NY		US
989	Erika	(withheld)	(withheld)	IL		US
990	John	Oiler	(withheld)	GA		US
991	Andrea	(withheld)	(withheld)	AZ		US
992	Grace	(withheld)	(withheld)	CA		US		This sounds terrible. I am all for closing this awful place!
993	Cherie	Haas	Human Rights Advocate	KY		US
994	Tricia	Jennings	(withheld)	IL		US
995	Caitlyn	Little	Human Rights Advocate	WA		US
996	Amy	Weber	Human Rights Advocate	OH		US		I'm a Kids Helping Kids (Hebron) survivor.
997	Andy	Price	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US		This is such a disgrace to our country, please support its abolishment.
998	Joseph	D.	Loved One of PCS Survivor	Canada				Please treat people with the dignity they deserve.
999	Anne	D.	Loved One of PCS Survivor	MN		US
1000	Isabella	A.	Loved One of PCS Survivor	MN		US		BE NICE
1001	Sandra	Connelly	Human Rights Advocate	KY		US		Had a son and a daughter in Kids Helping Kids, (first in No. Ky., later in Milford, Ohio.) It haunts me every day that I was so fooled into believing it would help them and our family. It actually tore us apart. My son is now helping to shut down as many of these types of programs as possible and I am very proud of him. The problem is they just start up in another city or state. These programs are all over the United States....unbelievable! They fool the rich and powerful in the city, then move in and start a program. They label anyone who tries to stop them as drug-approving radicals. Then, it is almost impossible to get them shut down, because they use "confidentiality" laws to keep anyone with authority from seeing what goes on inside closed doors. I don't know what this petition will accomplish, but I hope it shuts them down.
1002	Lisa	Anger	Human Rights Advocate	UT		US		Please shut down all these horrific and abusive torture camps in our state.
1003	A.	Goldman	Parent of PCS Survivor	Canada
1004	Charlie	(withheld)	Loved One of PCS Survivor	UT		US		pcs need to be stopped it is not safe for kids
1005	Gabrielle	Geiselman	Human Rights Advocate	(w)		US		As an ex-CEDU student...provo was the other school my family was looking into for me. I remember the stories of horror and abuse. Shut this nightmare down.
1006	Jeremiah	Anger	Human Rights Advocate	UT		US
1007	Kirsten	Tumminia	Human Rights Advocate	NJ		US
1008	Kira	Lamb	Provo Canyon School Survivor	AK		US		TO WHOM THIS MAY CONCERN: My name is Kira Lamb and I am a PCS SURVIVOR OF 7 MONTHS OF THE MORMAN BASED CAMP GROUNDS OF PCS. I was 16 years old when my mom sent me there IN 2003. My mom like many sent me there because she was tired of my teenage attitude that every parent will have to face with teenage daughters eventually. I was not doing drugs, sexually active, or of any harm to my self or others at the time. It was mostly a "LESSON" to show me who was boss! (my mom) I was a military dependent at the time so when my mom saw that TRI CARE COVERED THE SERVICES 100% SHE JUMPED ON THE OPPORTUNITY. To make a long story short. I am a black or african american woman and at the time 1 of 4 out of the 200 girls housed there. So you can imagine how differently we were treated. Angie Davis was the worst staff member this treatment center therapist and Staff loved having control of who advanced and who didn't . Since 99% of their treatment is based on staff member and counselor decisions and evaluations the staff thrived off of the fact that they knew insurance companies wouldnt pay for a child to discharge (plane ticket home) unless the counselor recommended that they we're at the right stage or status that the program required the patients to be to go home. As a black girl in the little Mormon Prodominatley caucasion world of theirs I was called Niggers by staff memebers ANGIE DAVIS. I was held back many months and not allowed to advance to any of the normal developing stages such as those a normal human being should be allowed . such as talk time with peers verbal communication with others or how a bout normal physical activity such as work outs. This program is horrible, Not to mention when you make a "HOTEL STATUS" you live in a hotel basically working under the table as a housekeeper in the hotel rooms. I finally made it out when i was allowed a visit out since the therapist realized i wasn't legally supposed to be staying there and the military demanded a phsyc report to be done by MILITARY PERSONELL since they couldn't understand their funding for my "so called need to be there" I left for a home visit and refused to come back that was the only time i recall being rebellious is when i told my mom she could kill me before i EVER GET BACK ON A PLANE TO PROVO UTAH AKA HELL THANKS KIRA LAMB THE OTHER BLACK SURVIVOR
1009	David	Schultz	Friend of PCS Survivor	CA		US		Shut it down. The last thing this country wants is more child abuse. My babysitter maddog madero was sent to this place w while back and he was torchered. This place needs to be bombed and castrated.
1010	Sheena	Garrett	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA		US		Inhumane treatment!
1011	Mike	(withheld)	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CO		US		I survived 90-91 was labeled a thief and a lair. Witnessed a rape and several beatings "restraints" of children (the reason they were beatings was because when a 200+ man tackles a 75 or 80 lb child and breaks his jaw that is excessive amongst other reasons) I am still being treated for PTSD related to the things I went through there.
1012	Kelly	(withheld)	Provo Canyon School Survivor	NV		US		I don't tell people about my teenage years so much. This abomination is why.
1013	Adam	Steudle	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA		US		I left 12 years ago and still have nightmares to this day.
1014	Alexander John	Hendry	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA		US		I was abused in so many ways for a year 3 months 11 days. I was put in there not for any mental problems or drug/criminal activity rather I had and still have family problems (which were made so severe by pcs that to this day I don't trust or really want to be around my parents). After I left I was diagnosed with PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) as a direct result of Provos torture. It was by far the worst experiance of my life (I was part of a money scheme in which I was made to look crazy for my own parents in order to give reason to hold me there while they tortured me to the point of trying to kill myself twice in order to escape from that place one way or another.this inhumane abuse needs to stop now please sign this so others like myself won't have to go through the same torture like myself and the rest of the survivors.
1015	Constance	Adams	Friend of a PCS Survivor	(w)		US		I don't think that anyone no matter who they are should suffer this type of abuse. Why is this even going on? I hope they get their just reward!
1016	Phillip	Kopanuk	Provo Canyon School Survivor	AK		US		I know all to well what goes on in there and was there 18 months...I am now 19 and in the military, parents dont let this place fool you, It really is a bad place and what these people say are true...I am from Alaska and if you want to get ahold of me to let me know your story my email is phillipkopanuk@yahoo.com so let me know what the verdict is in the end....
1017	Anastasia	Martins	(withheld)	Canada				SHUT IT DOWN. SEND THE COORDINATOR/OWNER/MANAGER OF THIS PLACE TO MY HOUSE .... I RUN A TIGHT SHIP TOO, AND I THINK THEY NEED TO ALL BE PUNISHED, MY STYLE.
1018	Ashley	Hannah	Provo Canyon School Survivor	AK		US		PCS was horrible! I am truly traumatized by that and I don't think I can ever get over it.
1019	Demi	(withheld)	Provo Canyon School Survivor	(w)		US		shut that shit down! if u aint crazy when you go in you are when you leave
1020	VOID	VOID	VOID	VOID		VOID		VOID
1021	Ernie	Mitts	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CA		US		Close them down Now!
1022	Linda	(w)	Friend of PCS Survivor	CA		US		This abuse has to be stopped! The people there should be arrested!
1023	Dana	Barks	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CA		US		I worked in mental health at a time in California when these practises were common even in the state hospital system. I left my job after trying for years to implement changes in the way patients were treated. I ask that this place be fully investigated and held accountable for these inhumane acts against people who are usually in need of love and theraputic treatment. The legacy of these types of places is the perpetuation of violence and dysfunction. Please deal with this problem now.
1024	Ann	McCandless	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US		Change your ways.
1025	Steven	Tyner	Human Rights Advocate	IL		US
1026	David	Weisman	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CA		US		A good friend of mine was a victim of Provo Canyon School from 1991-1993. Her experience was horrifying.
1027	Becky	Wells	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US		A society is only as healthy as how it treats its children and animals. This being said, by the example of Provo Canyon School we are worse than the ignorant barbarians of the medieval era. There is a special hell for the people who abused and tortured children. This must be stopped! The school must be closed and all the staff be prohibited from association with children on a professional basis of any kind!!!!
1028	Michelle	Hickman	(withheld)	TX		US		I'm a private citizen with a friend in need. I agree children should be schooled and disiplined, but not abused, reason should always be used and love should be the biggest servant to caring for those in our care.
1029	Bryan	Pitts	PCS Survivor 1981-'82	OK		US		cant believe this place is still up and running. how can i get in contact with other students?
1030	Kierra	KwanHull	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA		US		Many Horrid things happened to me at PCS. Some i'm not willing to put down on here. Not only did I leave there a Robot, I had no idea how to live in the real world. The staff was power hungry, unreasonable and rediculous.
1031	Matthew	VanAlstine	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA		US		If helping people means drugging them into oblivion, threats of physical violence, usually carried out, and mentally warping and toying with people's heads, and the heads of their family and friends into accepting it, then PCS helps a lot of kids. As is, shut the fucking place down, save future kids from that hell.
1032	Janet	Crane	(withheld)	UT		US		My child is currently at Cinnamon Hills Youth Crisis Center (for 7 months) and now they (DCFS) want to send him to PCS because PCS is suppose to have a neuro-feed-back program, which has been court ordered for my child because he has brain damage from a near drowning. My parental rights have NOT been in question or terminated but they might as well be since I have no say so in any major decision; like medications, seeing a cardiologist for his heart condition (he has weekly EKGs and all have been abnormal), being treated by a neuropsychologist and so on. I feel so helpless and hopeless.
1033	Gary	Hillman	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US		True education with great results require, patience and love and equal respect of space.
1034	John	VanDosen	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1035	B.H.	Davey	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1036	Daniel	Connolly	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1037	Mike	Suhellin	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1038	Nikki	Jones	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1039	Gary	Hillman	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1040	Carry	Gregory	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1041	Gregory	Geiger	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1042	Cristal	Bogard	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1043	David	Sexton	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1044	James	Moore	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1045	Samba	Gannavarapu	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1046	Kristen	Gannavarapu	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1047	Thomas	Johnson	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1048	Jose	Reyes	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1049	Matthew	Davey	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US		CLOSE IT
1050	A.R.	Cox	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1051	David	Martinez	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US		More eyes on these places.
1052	Stephanie	Ludke	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US		Close it!
1053	Jeremie	Wharton	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US		No abusive programs.
1054	Felice	Angeli	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1055	Danielle	Patterson	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US		Close it.
1056	Hannah	Hall	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US		Close it. No federal or state support!
1057	Lynne	Fairchild	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US		Close it. No federal or state support!
1058	Walter	Rhoads	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US		Close it. This sounds like a major violation of civil liberties.
1059	Elijah	Jenkins	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US		Close it.
1060	Ben	Russell	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1061	Joseph	Garcia	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US		Close it.
1062	Zvonko	Yugovich	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US		Close it right now!!!
1063	Dwayne	Vanderberg	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US		Agree to all (comments).
1064	Dana	Berry	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1065	Sherene	Sasser	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1066	Leo	Younger	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US		Good luck
1067	Michelle	Butler	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1068	Naysha	Lopez	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1069	Michele	Rivers	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1070	Andy	Harris	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1071	Annette	Repe	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US		Good luck
1072	Ruben	Gonzalez	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1073	Justin	Cook	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1074	Jason	Triano	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US		Yeah!
1075	Davina	Moreno	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1076	Peggy	Lanza	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US		Free will
1077	Skye	Austin	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US		Don't abuse other humans!
1078	Rachael	Brown	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1079	Katherine	Grant	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1080	Josh	Brown	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1081	Shirley	Jones	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1082	Mike	Terrpish	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1083	Michael	Kramer	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US		Good luck
1084	Tom	Downs	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1085	Mark	Dreier	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1086	Anna	Olisi	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1087	Zoey	Walton	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1088	Ben	Caputo	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1089	Leslie	Rand	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1090	Judy	Staneart	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CA		US
1091	Dave	B.	Loved One of PCS Survivor	Canada				all schools that abuse children should be looked into and closed along with the abusers charged n never allowed to work around kids again banned
1092	K.	Thompson	Human Rights Advocate	Australia
1093	John	Mueller	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1094	Brenda	Cook	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA		US		I was a patient at provo canyon school for 2 years. I was admited during december 2006 and released in December of 2008. I was stripped of my rights and made me feel as though i was a robot and needed to tell on people to survive there. The center in un fair to their punishments and their don't believe many of the patients and play faveorites. When i was released to a level 12 i felt as though i was going hot to cold but let go of what i knew and felt as thought i had hatched from an egg and now feel myself and much stronger and realize what pcs had done to that was not right.
1095	Alexandra	Wallace	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA		US		I was at Provo Canyon school from March of 2001-september 2003. and from the moment i entered there dores and the slammed shut from behing me magnetically locked so that it could keep childred locked in from the inside.. Many times thoughout my stay there I was put on the top level unit called investment where i lived most of my stay... I remember recieving a love note from another girl and night staff caught me with it and asked me to take a chair and confess to who the note was from and after 8 hours of keeping my silence in that chair facing the wall, i was thrown into obsorvation or the seven walled room the door was shut in my face and there was no door knob on my side so i was trapped and somtimes the nurses would look through the window but i was alone so i began to cry and beg to be let out, and to use the bathroom but instead of opening the door and letting me go to the bathroom, a nurse came in with about 5-7 staff all wearing latex gloves held me down and injected me with a sedetive.... insane!!!
1096	Mona	Monfared	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1097	Evan	Goldman	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1098	Josh	Jones	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1099	Karen	Nunez	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1100	Nancy	McIntyre	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1101	Michael	May	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1102	April	Cummins	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1103	Tracy	Cooke	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1104	Enoch	Baldwin	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1105	Jennifer	Slack	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1106	Dennis	Dover	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1107	Pamela J.	O'Leary	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1108	Nancy	King	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1109	Carl	Solomon	Human Rights Advocate	NV		US
1110	Doug	Fairchild	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1111	Lynn	Gatti	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1112	Douglas	Fuller	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1113	Cheri	Sparks	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1114	James	Greer	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1115	Faith	Sabatine	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1116	Andrew	Cardova	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1117	Mark	Davis	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1118	Frank	Pinto	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1119	Jeff	Wooten	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1120	Joy	Korstjens	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1121	Robert	Amory	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1122	Scot	Albert	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1123	Erik	Tootell	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1124	Wayne	Hagen	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1125	Rita	Johnson	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1126	Michael	Washington	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1127	Charlie	Franco	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1128	Ethan	Ireland	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1129	Serena	Durand	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1130	Michael	Caiazzo	Provo Canyon School Survivor	NY		US		It was honestly scary being in investment. The lack of humanity was astonishing. Cruel punishment dominated the facility.
1131	Justine	Maghakian	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA		US
1132	Kayla	Valentine	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA		US		I have nightmares about this place, dreaming that I was sent back!! The young, under experienced staff seem to get a rise over having so much authority when you can see that they have problems of their own!! ALL of my medical conditions were ignored and i was blamed for them instead of them helping me! I went home and had MAJOR facial surgeries because they would not let me get the attention i needed from a doctor!!! There are a lot of things that go on there that shouldn't be! This place is horrible, it does not help you. They blame you and make you believe your a horrible person and that you need help. I can personally say after 28 months of HELL there... i HATE provo canyon school and it should be SHUTDOWN, save some lives!!! There are other LEGIT treatment centers that work!!!! Not a place like this though!
1133	Kathryn	Hanifin	Provo Canyon School Survivor	(w)		US		WOW...like kayla above i hated the place. the staff were no more then 5 yrs older then sum of us an it was like most of them were there because they enjoyed telling us what to do...when you were sent there frm the moment you come threw the doors they look at you as just another one...id have 2 say sum of the therapist were okay an enjoyable to talk to. but my therapist adriana ottinelli or however you spell it. she was the worst,i would have to say out of the 18month stay she wasnt even there half the time. she was always on vacation an while being here she would forget about ur session for the week an if you were brave enough to remind her she usually would make some lame excuse up an say you can talk to your parents for 15 min an give you the phone an go in her office an sit...i hated it there an if i ever went back id have to say id rather beat up sum kid an be sent to jail instead of being in that lame place. not saying every staff member was bad cus we would get the good one every now an then.but one situation i remember is when we were all eating an a girl came into the lunch from from just being in therapy an the staff member ANGIE (fat an ugly as fuck...dumb bitch) was bein rude right as she came in the room. so she yells at her to get her food. we are supposed to be given 30 min to eat an if you come in late you sign on with a diff unit till ur done eating. well this girl gets to sit down an before she can even get to drink her water an take more then 5 bites her unit is told to line up. well ANGIE starts yelling at the girl to throw her food away an line up,as shes trying to shove a lil more food in her mouth ANGIE jumps over a chair to grab the girls tray for her an took her damn fork out of her hand as shes trying to get one last bite. its all bullshyt in this school an if i could write about my whole stay i would. SHUT THIS PLACE OF HELL DOWN WHICH I CALL IT.!
1134	Kristina	Fong	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA		US		I also attended PCS for 13 months. Like everyone else said it was a terrible experience. I liked my therapist (who was hired a little after i got there) but soon after i left she did too because she did not agree with their "ways." Without her i would've been a lost cause...I belive PCS should definately be shut down.
1135	Roxie	Jacob	Provo Canyon School Survivor	SC		US		I attended PCS from March-December 2004. I was never locked in room with no walls, although we all saw it, and often heard other girls screaming for help. I saw the nurses frequently give girls tranquilizers for "acting out," when all the girl's would do is simply talk. I stayed on investment a few times, but I tried to keep my head up and be as good as I could so I could get out of the hell hole as quickly as I could. The staff were a joke. There were maybe 4 staff that actually cared about the children there. Angie Davis was a joke, and should be arrested and locked away herself. They would sit around and joke, talk about all of us like we were trash. Everyone there was on some kind of psych med even if they didn't have a condition other than being an unruly teenager without any huge problem. The "school system" was good. Not as good as a regular public/private school, but it was better than the therapeutic part of the school. I enjoyed group therapy. Most therapists were good at what they did, but none of them ever lasted long. The medical part of PCS might as well be ran by a retard. They ignored all of my medical problems. I ended up having a cyst on my eye because I was told I had pink eye about 8 times before I was allowed to go to the doctor to find out that it wasn't. And I came out with a rash all over my body because of an allergic reaction to their laundry detergent. Long story short, PCS needs to go about their ways differently. A LOT of girls were mistreated in a very bad way while I was there. That is not the way to learn and make children grow up. It's a way to scar them for life. There are other treatment facilities out there that will help children grow and obey, PCS is not one of them.
1136	Alaina	Marasa	Provo Canyon School Survivor	WA		US		Send troubled teenagers to jail if they've done something wrong. Otherwise parents need to leave them alone.
1137	Sasha	Streeter	Provo Canyon School Survivor 2007	CA		US
1138	Jamie	Bates	Provo Canyon School Survivor	AK		US		I was at provo for a year and they really need to be shut down. They drug you and treat you like your inhuman. I was pulled from there by my dad because they kept telling him to lie to me about things. I fractured my ankle and was put in a brace foer 6 months and a week aftert the incident they were making me run again during out gym time and if I didn't finish my mile in our scheduled time they would make us stay after.
1139	Catherine	Greydanus	Human Rights Advocate	WA		US		I had a very dear friend of mine named nate metcalf who passed away in july of 2007. He died of a heroin and coke overdose formally known as speedballin. He attended provo and just told me about all the horrible stuff that happened and that his drug use was never the central issue of him recieving help. Thats why he still contiuned down that path after going home.
1140	Megan	Kane	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA		US		provo canyon was awful, and very abusive. it really needs to be shut down.
1141	Jill	Boyer	(withheld)	CA		US		Although I never went to this particular facility, I've been to many others where I have met people who have gone to Provo Canyon. The stories I heard were terrible, the kind of stories you hear about prison inmate mistreatment. This facility NEEDS to be shut down immediately. I know for a fact that abuse occurs here on a regular basis and sadly, most of the victims never speak up. So I feel it is our responsibility to get our heads out of our asses and realize just what really is going on here. It's times these United States of Amnesia wakes the fuck up!!
1142	Damon	Cashun	Human Rights Advocate	NY		NY		when I was 12 years old I was abducted and tortured at a similar 'snakepit'. I'm a professional artist and a writer and since the experience i've always wanted to to something about it, using my own experience but I was never able to because the experience has carried so much anger and disgust that I was sure the project would come out upside down. For years I just tried to put it behind me and move on. But it's been 20 years now and I can look back on it more objectivley. It disgusts me when I do research like this online or elsewhere. these people are truly inept and vicious predators and they need to be stopped. There is not anything cathartic about their work. They must be stopped and it hasn't got anything to do with Barbara Walters. Fuck her too.
1143	Teytey	(withheld)	Friend of PCS Survivor	SC		US		Places like these need to be shut down. My prayers go out to anyone who has been to these schools and gone through this abuse.
1144	Robert	Odom	(withheld)	GA		US		I spent 14 months in Carolina Springs Academy, I was physically abused, shut off from the outside world and refused basic rights. After leaving I called Department of Social Services and reported the facility for numerous violations in hopes they would shut it down, they were merely fined and continue to operate today. The time I spent in the program was extremely stressful and has been a cause of documented anxiety, I still have trust issues because of the manner in which I was forced into the program and after years of overcoming the effects of brainwashing I have finally been able to let go of some of the anger I have towards the people who imprisoned me, abused me, starved me, and humiliated me for their own personal gain.
1145	Leah	Dermody	Provo Canyon School Survivor	(w)		(w)		I was really lucky. I wasn't abused physically. I was talked down to, told it was my fault I was depressed, and i witnessed some horrible things I wish I didn't see. The staff need to chill out. There were times when a staff member would act as if the kid killed their puppy..they would get extremely angry. A lot of the 'patients' there had emotional issues they were dealing with. It did not help for staff to tell them "You have five minutes to cry, and then if you continue to cry, you will get detention". Or something like that. Crying? Isn't that supposed to be somewhat healthy? But NO...at PCS, it was only allowed for a certain time (for some people). My therapist was alright. The thing I hated most was, I was there to get better. I did fake the program, but I also was just trying to follow the rules and get my butt out of there. Well my therapist did not like how I was a "rule follower" and how i tried hard to not get so many infractions. He told me "I might make you a standing order where you have to get an infraction everyday." Three infractions in one week was a sentence to short term (like 8 hours of detention?) And this guy wanted me to get at least on IR (Infraction) every day? No. I understand that he wanted me to be somewhat of a 'rebel' (I don't understand why, but i understand that's clearly what he wanted). I asked him "So what do I do? Pick a fight with anyone I want everyday? Start swearing and throwing things everyday just to obide by your standing order?" And he said 'sure'. Yah, any teenager would love to be allowed to do this. But my team coach even agreed that his idea was not the best idea. Breaking rules is not 'working the program'. So he was telling me to do it, but my team coach was telling me that was not a good idea. The other thing I hated most about this place, was if you said ANYTHING even a tiny bit negative about the place, your phone call privileges would be taken away, you'd have monitored phone calls, your outgoing mail would be read, all to make sure that you weren't trying to 'manipulate' your parents to come get you. ABUSE did happen there. Not to me though. I'm not going to lie and say "I was treated fine". Because i had to see stuff that wasn't pleasant. That's not 'fine treatment' to be seeing other girls get hurt. However there were a few staff members there who DID care about the kids. I see that one staff, (Rachel), wrote on this petition. I remember her. She cared about us. I'm glad she posted on this. Thanks.
1146	Alexandra	Bourgeois	Provo Canyon School Survivor	TX		US		that place was horrible, i was there in 2003 i spent 10 months there, its been years and i still struggle with that place, i want justice. that place was fucking crazy and they treated the kids horrible. i felt guilty when i got out leaving some of the other kids id become close to behind. i hope the petition is serious.
1147	Brandi	Moyer	Provo Canyon School Survivor	MN		US		pcs is pure hell
1148	Amiee	Yelinek	Provo Canyon School Survivor	WA		US		Close it. It is evil.
1149	Sean	Hellinger	Human Rights Advocate	(w)		US		I doubt that this petition will have any effect, seeing as child abuse seems to be ingrained into American culture, but here's my signature. I think the sadists running this country need to consider the long term consequences of their decisions (what do you suppose is going to happen as the number of psychologically anguished citizens continues to increase?), but then our politicians aren't particularly known for their intelligence or decency...
1150	Jacqueline	Guerrero	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US		I do what I can to stop abuse when I see it occuring, because I realize that despite the fact I'm a kid, these are situations we should take into our hands and try to change for the better. I will not be a victim of the bystander effect.
1151	Kelley	Sipos	Provo Canyon School Survivor	UT		US		I was a patient in the girls facility for 19 months. I never went through anything physically with the staff but a lot of verbal stuff was said. Staff members would crack a lot of jokes about me when i was there, and make fun of the reasons why and some would abuse their powers over me and some of the other girls that were also there.
1152	J.	Mann	Provo Canyon School Survivor	PA		US		I was there about a year and a half. Can't tell you how many times I got dial 9'd. Had to get stictches after one go around. After they got you penned to the floor the nurse would come in and shoot you up with Haldol to knock you out.
1153	John	Eckert	Provo Canyon School Survivor	OH		US
1154	Benjamin	Donahue	Human Rights Advocate	WA		US		There shouldnt be ANY programs. especially ones in utah.
1155	Joshua	C.	Provo Canyon School Survivor	AK		US		I would never wish that place apon anyone.
1156	Angela	Johnson	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA		US		This place is horrible. I got restrained for no reason half the time I was there. And verbally abused by one of my therapists. I felt I was discriminated against because just because I had no religeon, staff looked at me weird and tried to force the LDS religeon upon me. LDS is still being pushed among students.
1157	John	Norton	Provo Canyon School Survivor '82-'83	CA		US		The people who run this school should be in prison I am Appalled that they have prospered.
1158	Parker	Matherly	Provo Canyon School Survivor	AK		US		PCS fucked with me physically and emotionally. no child should be exposed to this unethical treatment.
1159	Linda	(withheld)	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US		I have looked at different documents regarding PCS and am appalled that this sort of thing is not handled with the first reported event.
1160	Kaitlyn	Nevans	Provo Canyon School Survivor '05-'07	AZ		US		i was at provo from around sept 05- feb 07. Iv been out of for two years and i still constantly have flashbacks of the everyday abuse i was given there. Being locked in the cold tile room for hours and a time for "acting out." Getting multiple shots or "booty juice" as we knew it by. i tore my ACL and wasnt aloud to go to the doctor till weeks after the accident because they thought i was faking it, shortly after i ended up getting knee surgery. The whole time i was there i was told i was bipolar, depressed etc. getting put on crazy amounts of medications at one time, medications i found out later should not have been mixed together. sence iv been out of provo iv been doing amazing, on no medication. it still took me a while to get over the pain and abuse of provo out of my life...
1161	Jamie L	(Tomlinson) Kane	Provo Canyon School Survivor	AK		US		I was sent to provo when i was only 12 years old left when i was 14 and was sent back when i was almost 15 and was discharged when i was about 16. while in pcs i was sexually harassed by a male staff tim morgen as well with many other of my peers. being a survior of sexual abuse of 10 years and going there to 'fix' me didnt help. there was so much many mental abuse and the staff degrading me for what had happened i feel very strongly about shuting Provo Canyon School down!!!!
1162	Terry	(withheld)	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CA		US		have a loving friend who is still affected emotional by her experiences at that school
1163	Javan	(withheld)	(withheld)	Bahamas				i hate people who abuse kids. i think those people should be shot in the head point blank
1164	Heather	Wilson	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US		My younger brother's friend went to PCS. He is afraid to speak out. I want these people exposed, and am willing to commit my time to do so. I am a college student in Santa Barbara and involved with the local university community. Please advise me on ways that my time might be valuable. Good luck. Heather Wilson
1165	Janet	Crane	Parent of Current (2009) PCS Victim	UT		US		We must shut them all down and truly address their problems with humanity and compassion. Even the killer pit bulls of DogTown were treated better than our troubled youth-love and positive reinforcement transformed those dogs! What about our kids.
1166	Daniel	Livingston	Human Rights Advocate	UT		US		I was at the Utah Boys Ranch from 2002-2003 and had experiences similar to those of the PCS survivors I have met. Human rights violations occuring in behavior modification facilities need to be exposed and stopped immediately!
1167	Brian	Epstein	Provo Canyon School Survivor -1989	NV		US		I want to thank Provo Cyn. School from teaching me to be a better criminal and for exposing me to the world of street drugs! 20 years after my "termination" or release date, not a day goes by that I don't think of the attrocities committed by Charter treatment centers. BURN PCS TO THE GROUND!
1168	Ursela	(withheld)	Friend of PCS Survivor	MI		US
1169	Gurpreet	Singh	Friend of PCS Survivor	England				This is sick! something should be done about it!
1170	Dana	Seiler	Human Rights Advocate	GA		US		I am a survivor of New Bethany Home for Girls, Arcadia, LA (1985). I was sent taken there on my 14th birthday by my mom and dad (a Baptist preacher) for listening to rock music. I cannot begin to explain the atrocities endured there in the name of God, no less. There was forced public nudity upon arrival (bathing in front of staff) and there was no privacy for any toilet visits. We were deprived of sleep, contact with family, fed a poor diet, and constantly bombarded with fanatical religious doctrine. Bro. Mack Ford (who still is the pastor of New Bethany Baptist Church in Arcadia) regularly beat girls with a wooden paddle in front of the entire church. Thank god the state finally shut the facility down. For the 20+ years this facility was open the windows and doors were locked and there were no sprinklers, smoke detectors, or fire extinguishers (no inspections from fire marshals, either). These so-called programs for "wayward" teenagers MUST be closed for good! My life was horribly altered due to my stay and I am a sufferer of PTSD. And I was a straight A student with no history of trouble. Parents are too trusting. They wouldn't put our kids in a car with a stranger, yet mine gave up power of attorney to a man they new nothing about, except from what they saw in a brief brochure with a P.O. Box. Unfortunately if "Jesus, God, or Christianity" is mentioned, this absolves the threat of danger to their children. I believe most of these facilities are cover-ups for abusive adults who would never be able to work in a truly caring place that provides help for teenagers.
1171	Chad	Williams	Human Rights Advocate	MO		US		All people need to be treated will respect and dignity. These place harm more that help. The system need to be changed. I a Psych major and I know that these school may seem to be the best option for at risk team but, the side effects of this treatment are horrible.....its time to make a real difference in the lives of these children
1172	Kris	Koehler	Human Rights Advocate	Canada				The things I've heard about this place sicken me. the buildings should be demolished with all staff members left inside!
1173	Bobby	Williams	(withheld)	GA		US
1174	Jett	(withheld)	Human Rights Advocate	Canada				No one should be able to use their authority to care for societies most vulnerable as a means to act out malicious and deprecating acts to feed their sick and demented egos.
1175	VOID	VOID	VOID	VOID		VOID		VOID
1176	Carly	Ho	Human Rights Advocate	IL		US
1177	Laura	McDaniel	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA		US
1178	Samuel	Beaumont	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CT		US		STOP ABUSING KIDS. IF YOU WANT A FIGHT PICK ON SOMEONE YOUR OWN SIZE.
1179	Rian	Fletcher	Provo Canyon School Survivor '03-'04	AK		US		I was there for 13 months, from 03-04, it was terrible, they force you to fit into this mold created by a bunch of Mormon's that you either have to conform to or be forced to stay there as long as they want. They don't want anyone to leave because it will lose them money. Straight up.
1180	Briana	Divirgilio	(withheld)	NV		US		i have heard alot of bad things about this school and i think it is cruel to treat people that need help this way, its not fair and it is wrong i have first heard that name provo canyon from ron garret director of cross creek manor for girls and cross creek center for boys, he is said to have opended the school years before he has also been abusive to the kids at cross creek programs i have heard on many accounts from the boys side, and i have seen on the girls side and i have been through the abuse myself i am ready to get provo canyon school shut down!!!!!!!
1181	Val	Sharp	(withheld)	England				ON READING ABOUT THE SCHOOL , HOW COULD THEY DO THE TRAUMATIC THINGS THEY DID. DECEPTION ISNT IT, IT IS PURE EVIL,
1182	Kelli	Jones	Loved One of PCS Survivor	WY		US		this place seems to have upset many people and hurt someone i love.
1183	Richard	(withheld)	Provo Canyon School Survivor	UT		US		I attended for 1 1/2 years from 99-01 and i can attext to every statement on here about how bad this school is. Has permanently made me hateful and i have not speaken with my parents for 8 years for sending me to such a place. Illegal and unlawful in more ways then i can describe. Watched kids beat and abused. One even died. Nick Long RIP died trying to run away from the torture of this school .
1184	Christal	La Fountain-Naylor	Loved One of PCS Survivor	NJ		US
1185	Scott	(withheld)	Logan River Academy Survivor	CO		US		I knew some kids from provo when i went to a similar boarding school called Logan River Academy, in Logan, UT.
1186	Anita	(withheld)	Loved One of PCS Survivor	Canada				A school like this should of never existed. It disgusts me
1187	Laval	(withheld)	Friend of a PCS Survivor	Canada				This school should be closed!
1188	Clara	Tormaschy	(withheld)	CO		US		this should not happen again where can parents turn if they cant turn to gov or private schools for help??
1189	Mark	Browne	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA		US		I was put in the school 06/11/86 and was released 12/20/88. Obviously well past the four year mark but if there is anything you feel I might be able to assist with please let me know.
1190	Cassandra	McCain	Provo Canyon School Survivor '07-'08	CA		US		That school was crazy the staff were power hungry Ashley D. didn't deserve to be treated the way she did, and I was there when Sasha Streeter was tubed for no reason and it was ridiculous the things we would get into trouble for like leaving a hairtye on our dresser and not asking to pick up a pencil off the ground or crying because you miss your parents. When I arrived there I had NO CLOTHES and I had to wear unit clothes for 6 months until I had a visit with my mom. I didn't even get to see my mother for 6 months because my theripast felt I wasn't ready??????? FUCK THAT SCHOOL SHUT IT DOWN!!!!!
1192	Ashleigh	Matherly	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA		US		i typed a whole long comment but it didnt go through but basically i think things could be run a lot differently. if things have been going wrong since this place opened 30 years ago and the same things happen today then theres only one obvious answer : SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE. its simple really. the people who let this school are the insane ones. SHUT IT DOWN.
1193	Carrie	(withheld)	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CA		US		I have known many friends that have been sent there all within the last 10 years and I don't know a single one of them that benefited fully from it. They may have kept them away from whatever it was that got them into whatever got them sent there. But the methods were not what I would expect from such an establishment! I personaly think any child that was sent to such a facility would have been better off locked up in an actual jail or true rehab facility that rather than using scare-tactics and fear to straighten people out they show them that there is good to this world, and you may not have found it yet but it exists!! All of the people I know who have been sent to Provo did not benefit much, if anything it's caused them to turn to a life of drugs, just not till after their juvi records were sealed, and whatever you do, don't tell anyone anything about what your doing they might hurt you or turn you in! The only reason most kids get out is by pretending to fit some mold that is set by someone who just thinks that's how people should be and act. Not by people who have actually been through anything any of these kids have been through!
1194	Troy	Winfree	Human Rights Advocate	NC		US		The things they're doing at this are truly sick. no-one should have to go threw the kind of trama and suffering that gos on there. - Much Clown Love
1195	Shelby	Pass	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA		US		I remember one of my caseload sisters Ashley DeBoer stay at provo canyon... She had it bad she sat in isolation in the sick room for a while wre she almost died because provo canyon didint believe she was sick... I was so mad that i wanted to blow up the place. her story just goes to show how HORRIBLE PCS can be...
1196	Megan	Quantz	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CA		US		i wasnt able to finish HS because i was threatened with being sent here, so i dropped out and ran off. this place is hell, ive seen many go in and come out changed.
1197	Jeffrey Lin	Campbell	Provo canyon School Survivor '76-'77	NV		US		If you think that PCS is bad now, you should have attended when I did. Jan 11th 1976 to may 27th 1977. We had the seclusion room, forced meds, time reduction {standing for hours on end} The "Plan" regular polygraphs,and just alot of getting my butt kicked by all the mormon staff. They forced us to go to the LDS church too. The staff also staged alot of gladiator matches with the smaller children. I want to be part of any suit that is going on. I was never able to tell my parents of the abuse cause they censored the mail, and would find out durring my next polygraph which would lead to punishment.Gerald Barton was my Counsler, Jack williams was the owner, and Karr Farnsworth and a guy named Ron Garret used to go to peoples homes and pull kids out of bed at night and bring them to PCS. I was given a shot of thorazine and woke up on the floor 2 days later wearing orange pajamas. My email is calcat1214@aol.com
1198	Heather	Aldrich	Wife of PCS Survivor	NV		US		My husband has had many years of pain and nightmares from this school. I have been with him 15 years and on a daily basis he is dealing with the punishment he endured. As a result he has had difficult bumps in the road to adulthood. His name is Jeffrey Campbell and was there from Jan. 11 1976 to May 27 1977. I hope they close this school not only for my husbands sake but for all that felt this pain and will feel the pain of emotional, physical, and mental abuse if they don't. I hope all the statf that thought is was ok to treat a human being in this manner get what they deserve. To all that has made it through the torment I am glad you survived and chin up it can only get better from here. Heather (wife and mother of a survivor's two children a boy and girl.) We will all continue to go on taking one day at a time.
1199	Anna	Hayden	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA		US		i was there for 11 months and i knew from the beginning that place was nuts. i never really experienced too much. i mean i was put down, pushed around. but the things i did see where disgusting. little 12 year olds getting thrown into cement walls, coming out of there with gashes on their forheads. the nurses didnt care about anything there answer to everything was drink water. that place is just cruel and in human. i still have nightmares from that place. PLEASE SHUT IT DOWN!!!
1200	Jeanne	Schlagel	Grandmother of PCS Survivor ('06-'07)	CA		US		i as a grandmother/mother of a former pcs "student" believe strongly pcs must be shut down i was taken personally to what is known as the "cold room" to young ladies whom i did not recognize were lying on pads 1/8 in. thick on concrete floor temp. was below 60 degrees. they were lying flat on their stomachs with their arm flat to their sides. two other girls were sitting in straight backed chairs facing the wall not being permitted to speak or turn in either direction. the male consoler no name tag asked me how i got up there a psychiatrist brought me up there. i believe strongly that children were abused, neglected, verbally emotionally, and mentally. my message is this my petition is going straight to president obama. CLOSE PCS FOREVER! never again can we subject our children to this horrible bestial treatment. it is abhorrent that this has been allowed to continue for so long.
1201	Justin	LaFleur	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CO		US		My adopted brother Colton Stawarz went to PCS in October 3rd to April 25th 2009. and during his stay I got to talk to him once on Easter in 2008. After he got out, he came back and told me what it was like there. How he was punished for little things like not folding his socks the way they wanted him to, forcing him to take dangerously high dosages of medication, how the staff physically assaulted him, forced him to go into (Observation) a cold concrete room in nothing but his boxers, forced strip searches on him after he came back from visitation.
1202	Amanda	Kelley	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA		US		I attended PCS for 15 months of my life. I saw things there that I wish I didnt. I was held against my will plenty of times and I have known kids who still used drugs that was given to them by the staff. I went in with only 3 illnesses and over the time and all the meds that they put me on I left with 7. When I returnd home I went right back to the things I was doing before I went there and Im back on the streets. I will end here cuz I could write a book for this and I believe Ive said enough to try to make my point.
1203	D.	Corse	Provo Canyon School Survivor	Canada				There is no excuse, nor way to rationalize what occurs at PCS, people send kids there with the belief they will be "fixed". I promise you, they only come back with more problems.. if indeed they were even "broken" in the first place. Think long and hard before you send someone to any of these kinds of places, especially this one! Think with your heart, people don't deserve this kind of treatment.. even prisons have more rights than we had.
1204	Marissa	Coronado	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA		US		PCS IS HORRIBLE!!! I just got out of there about 2 weeks ago because i was able to just suck it up and ignore the abuse my peers were getting by staying silent! Thats the only way to get out of there! My grandma works there but she's in admissions and she really has NO idea what goes on on the units and DEFINETLEY not what happens on investment. I wouldnt want her to know what i really think about where she works, because it would disturb her too much if she really knew. I write to a lot of my friends who still go there and i will do anything to get them out!!!
1205	Phyllis	von Miller	Loved One of PCS Survivor	WA		US		I appreciate your efforts in wanting to clean and clear up and transform any and all of this misqualified and miscreated energy right here and right now. It will definitely help heal the wounds of the Survivors and the Parents who did NOT want their children to go there. Thank you. A grateful mom.
1206	Verdie	Cook Salas	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CO		US		I attended Provo Heritage School for Girls in Heber City, Utah in 1985. My biggest "problem" was that I had started cutting school. I had no drug, smoking, alcohol issues; however, my parents had sent me to a "therapist", Mr. Rod DenDulk in San Jose, California - who "reported" these issues to my parents, thereby getting me sent to Utah. When I got to the "school", I found SEVERAL of DenDulk's patients there - I still wonder how much he was paid to refer young women to this Hell...
1207	Keegan	Smith	withheld	FL		US		Unfortunately, even if these schools do get closed down, like the bullshit CEDU programs, one of which I suffered through, Ascent. These places seem to have a manual on how to abuse the students entrusted to them and manipulate the parents to gain money, regardless of the fact that they don't help. Oh well, you can't tell your parents that, so they just continue to take your parents money as their reward for abusing you. And, if in the case of CEDU, something actually does get done, ten more programs pop up with the same exact sadistic asshole motherfuckers! The cycle of brainwashing, lying, manipulation, and abuse never seems to end, and it is very disheartening for those of us who want to see these shit holes shut down and the people responsible jailed.
1208	Lee	Nagle	Provo Canyon School Survivor	WA		US		I spent ten months in Provo Canyon School in 2000 (boy's campus). I was fortunate in my stay as I was not subjected to physical abuse, however, I was surrounded by others who endured tremendous pain (beatings and injections). The psychological abuse I experienced, the amount of self-doubt it implanted in my character is motivation enough for me to sign this petition to close Provo Canyon School for eternity. -L.N. #13
1209	Terry	Scoville	Provo Canyon School Survivor '89-'0	LA		US		89-90 Though I had become used to the tortures of these types of programs from being in a wilderness program for 18 months prior to being transfered to PCS, this was a whole new level of mind f$%k. I never spoke to anyone about what happened inside the walls of PCS during my teen years for fear of actually being sent back there. As I got older I blocked out that part of my life aside from the nightmares and it wasn't until recently when I remebered the name of another "student" that my memories of this and a few other places have begun to haunt me and affect my daily life again. I had behavior problems before going into these places due to severe early childhood trauma. The only things PCS and the programs like it did for me was to re-enforce my distrust of people, make me more aggressive (violent), made me paranoid, pushed me towards and taught me how to commit crimes that I never would have been exposed to had I not been in these places. Today I am 33 and find myself stuggling with sleeping issues. When I do I am plagued by reliving the events that happened at PSC, Hope Wilderness Camp and a few others. I was one of those 100 lbs kids that staff enjoyed throwing into walls, beating or having bigger older students beat on for their entertainment was told that I was not to show any type of emotion after hearing of my fathers death and if I did show any emotion about it that I would not be allowed to go to the funeral and was even beaten severely upon return from my fathers funeral in what was explained to me to be just incase I forgot who ran my life now and that my family did not exist and didn't want me. I am not saying that there are not some good people that work or have worked at these places but a few staff from these places owe their lives to a young man that turned me in when he realized my intentions back in the 90's. From what I have read from the other survivors of Provo Canyon School I can see that things have not changed much over the past 20 years. THIS AND ALL OTHER PROGRAMS LIKE IT MUST BE STOPPED!!!! THEY ARE NOT HELPING THEY ARE DESTROYING LIVES OF NOT JUST THE "STUDENT" BUT THE FAMILIES AS WELL!!! THIS DAMAGE IS IRREVERSABLE!!! END IT NOW!!!
1210	Michele	Marino	(withheld)	LA		US
1211	Michelle	Hull	Sister of PCS Survivor	UT		US		My brother was abused there. Response # 1209
1212	Bryan	Hull	Loved One of PCS Survivor	UT		US		I cant believe that children who really need help are being abused and are in turn having to deal with more emotional and psychological problems because of this place. Please shut it down.
1213	Cary	Roussel	Human Rights Advocate	(w)		US
1214	Karl	Bogucki	(withheld)	(w)		US		Shut em down
1215	Elisabeth	Downey	(withheld)	WI		US		(unverified)
1216	Brooke	Ekstrom	Provo Canyon School Survivor	UT		US		(unverified) Don't let PCS break more kids.
1217	Adrianna	Hayden	Provo Canyon School Survivor	UT		US		please shut down provo canyon school. i was there for eleven and a half months and it was straight hell. i was on 2 different units not including investment. the first unit was okay but the therapist did not know what she was talking about yelled at me and my family about how bad i was. then i was on unit four, the staff were rude never called us by our first names sometimes we didnt even know eachothers first names. i have seen them hit people restrain girls who did nothing wrong. i have seen girls sit on a chair for hours at a time. i was on investment 4 months out of the time i was there for passing one note. the told me that i had to be there for that long. they gave me no "points" we had to sit in a chair straight up, facing forwards, and not talking or putting your head down for 14 hours a day (if you wernt allowd to go to school) which i wasnt. i went outside twice the whole time i was there. i got treated like shit, i was ignored, the nurses excuse for everything was "drink water" no matter how sick you were. my friend almost died because of that. they told us things like "dont stretch the truth" and "dont lie about the things that happen here" the therapists lisened in to all of my telephone conversations and if i told my family anything that was going on. i would get into alot of trouble. but it was always for something else. anyways my pont being, i have seen horrible things and i now have alot more problems than i had before i went in there. provo canyon school is not helping any of us. it feels like a consentration camp. PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT PROVO CANYON SCHOOL!!!!
1218	Andimarye	(withheld)	Provo Canyon School Survivor	AL		US		I was brought in on my 12th birthday. I was ok till I started seeing things that were going on there. I was officially on the "down" unit for 6 mths. I was there in total 8 days before a year came. The only way to get out was for my insurance to run out. Oh and did I mention the Dr. Larry Winn was my counselor at the time. So, for there statisistics I was, I believe on the 5th unit when discharged. It was at the time of moving the girls to their own campus. Just one more thing I was sick a lot and it pain they called me a hypocondriac. When I got out my doctor in San Diego discovered I had pelvic inflamatory disease if caught earlier I wouldnt have had to have surgery "twice". At 25 I had to have a complete hysterectomy. I had some abnormal cells. Could this be from the damage that was done from age 12 to 13.
1219	Courtney	Meneses	Provo Canyon School Survivor 2007-2008	AK		US		This place was was my hell. I remember the day i went in, the day i went out, and ever single day inbetween. I have nightmares about dial 9's and comments that haunt me. I used to pray, to beg, to anyone, god, buddha, satan, whoever would save me, to either kill me or make me a deal. The first time i went in to see the " doc" (if you can even call him that) in my diagnosis it was clearly stated that i had an eating disorder and i was told these exact words, "you are beautiful, but you would be even more so if you lost 15 pounds." i was then put on a medication with a weight loss side effect. it didn't work. I had been a vegetarian for many years and failed to recieve a correct diet many times. My father called my therapist 56 times before they returned a call. I recieved procedures for no reason whatsoever, and watched as others did also. I remember when i had to take a chair on investment and i sat there for two hours crying and cutting myself as staff watched and told me to shut up and they came and looked at my wrist and arm and said "they're not deep enough" and walked away. I was given a procedure where i became calm in the timeout room, my door was open and i could see my friend courtney k in the next room. i was sitting in the corner on the cold concrete not even crying, the nurse came in, three male staff came in and one female staff named CAMILLE and they told me i could pull down my pants or they would do it for me, courtney k started screaming "you can't do that!" and they shut her door pulled down my pants and stuck me with "booty juice", i had an allergic reaction to it and they put me in the timeout room multiple times for "faking it" this went on for three days. i had a phone call because it wasn't team yet and i told my mom everything. i learned that before you are given a shot your parents/guardian must be notified FIRST. they didn't tell my mom. my mother called. i happened to be one of the lucky ones, my mother pulled me and placed me in YBGR in MT (the heaven compared to this place ) less than a week later. oh and DREW my therapist then, is the biggest piece of shit liar, manipulator and faggot that i have ever met. I witnessed so many things that make me nauseaus just to think about again. The only thing i learned, is to shut this bitch down.
1220	Erin	(withheld)	Loved One of Provo Canyon School Survivor	IA		US		My brother attended Provo Canyon School after being kicked out of Rocky Mountain Academy (now closed). While I will admit that [he] was a truly troubled teen and extremely difficult for my parents, he describes to me the torture that he endured. To this day, he is still tormented by the memories. Provo Canyon was the wrong school for [him].***
1221	Glenna	Prentice	Friend of Provo Canyon School Survivor	LA		US		I am a mother of a child who has been in and out of behavioral facilities; and a friend of a PCS survivor.
1222	Kainoa	Danbara	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA		US		I was in PCS twice in the early 1980's...I was physically, mentally, and emotionally abused there. Violent gang tackles by staff were common practice, followed by injections with heavy duty psychotropic medications (Thorazine, Haldol.) The carpeted 3x5 "Time Out" rooms are still vivid in my memory....hours spent nodding in and out of sedation. Reading these other former student accouts brings back the feeling of hopelessness as if it were yesterday. It's been 25 years....I'm still dealing with the emotional scars of abandonment and abuse I associate with being left in the hands of this private correctional institution for juveniles... I came home from there an institutionalized, sociopathic, misfit of society....
1223	Erika	(withheld)	Provo Canyon School Survivor	AK		US		This place tortures children, and disregards human rights granted by the constitution. I was physically and emotionally abuse here and often neglected. This place is for no one. This is worse than jail. They treat children like animals here. I reported the abuse and nothing was done about it, in fact I got in trouble for speaking out against the staff.
1224	William	Hopster	Provo Canyon School Survivor	AK		US		pcs abuses children on a daily basis, i was in the usmc and they dont even treat the recruits as bad as pcs treated the "patients", you have more rights if were in jail then if you went there, i would never wish that upon any child.
1225	Lindsey	(withheld)	Provo Canyon School Survivor	AR		US		PCS stripped me of my self-esteem and my dignity. While there i was never physically abused but went through emotional trauma caused by the staff members there. I witnessed several other students go through much worse than i did. I lied to all of the staff and my therapist so that i could be released faster. I made it to advance achievement status by acting like a perfect robot with no feelings. The day i was released and returned home i returned to drugs. Now several months late i am drug free using none of the skills that i PCS told me would work. The world would be a better place without PCS.
1226	Jamie	Kinsman	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US		My daughter is currently incarcerated in Eagle Ranch Academy , another WWASP facility , torture brainwashing prison for teens, and they should ALL be SHUT DOWN IMMEDIATELY!!!!!
1227	Jenni	Gerard	Loved One of PCS Survivor	MO		US		This school needs to be SHUT DOWN! What can we do? The man I love, who recently passed away in a terrible accident, was a PCS survivor. The things he told me and the things I've read make me sick to my stomach. I cannot understand why nobody can do anything to shut it down.
1228	Ashley	Hart	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA		US		i dont understand how these schools still havent been exposed but it proves how cruel people really are. this is the wrong way to go about helping family members with problems and that is a fact. two years of my life were spent loosing the last bit of self confidence and dignity i had left in one of these schools. if my parents didnt take me out of the school i would surely still be in there today.
1229	Ria	Hannon	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US		This place needs to be shut down. These children need help not more abuse and negelct.
1230	Stanley	Goldstein	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US
1231	Pete	Matrafailo	Human Rights Advocate	CA		US		My stepdaughter is unwillingly in a facility just like this one in the same state.THESE TYPES OF SCHOOLS NEED TO BE SHUT DOWN ASAP!!!
1232	Julie	Campbell	Provo Canyon School Survivor	UT		US		I experience some mind altering mental(being thrown into the craziest unbelievable world I had to go to therapy for years after I left just to try and get over my experience.), physical(from standing for 8 hours a day, my longest standing session was when I tried to escape because I couldn't take it anymore, looking back I think I stood everyday for 3 months for eight hours a day), and psychological abuse ( I lost every or pushed down every thread of myself that had been shredded within, I had to reinvent myself and try and put the pieces together, I lost my teenage years, The only thing I learned from this place was how to trust only myself in that kind of situation, It took me years to trust anyone other than myself). I still can't forget the things I experience there. I was only there for 2 years (only because my parents had money and they paid every cent charged to them believing they were helping me.) The others that were paid by the state but had harder issues than I left when the money ran out. So yeah SHUT THE PLACE DOWN, please I remember wanting to for years but I was so scared they would trap me and imprison me forever... The Internet is so awsome to get this out in the open.... I was there 1990-1992. PLEASE GET RID OF THIS GREEDY< POWER TRIPPING SOCIETY...
1233	Taymour	Aghtai	Provo Canyon School Survivor	Canada				Disturbing Place.
1234	Annie	Kerr	Provo Canyon School Survivor	TX		US		I attended this center for 6 months in 2007, the treatment that I and all of my friends received was inhumane and sick. This place needs to be shut down.
1235	Jace	Reading	Provo Canyon School Survivor	UT		US		hurry! close it down!!! I'm still trapped there and nothing is being done! i will hopefully be leaving soon but don't know when... help... please. they just wont stop the abuse!
1236	Jeannine	Hart	Provo Canyon School Survivor	Canada				I was lucky and my family did research on this horrible place and instead sent me to [removed on policy grounds]. Behavior modification doesn't need to be TORTURE. Close this horrible place. My friend who went there is still traumatized a decade later! END IT!
1237	John David	Parham	Provo Canyon School Survivor '84-'85	AR		US		Read Jay's Journal by Beatrice Sparks "Pine Canyon Boys' School" is Provo Canyon Boys School.
1238	Margaret	Landers	Provo Canyon School Survivor	IL		US		I was tortured for over 2 years there. PCS NEEDS TO BE SHUT DOWN!
1239	KM	Yost	Provo Canyon School Survivor '75-'76	UT		US		I was visciously sodomized with a dildo by a staff member and then left in the "Prescription Room" until I was hallucinating, burned from the sunlamps until I was nearly blind. I was frozen in a cold shower while a staff member beat me with towel-wrapped hands if I tried to escape the cold water, taped to a chair and drugged with thorazine. Let's see, I was also stripped and forced to exercise naked in front of Jack, the owner. I was asked on the lie-detector if I believed that Joseph Smith was a true prophet of God, if I masturbated, if I had "unpure thoughts", etc... I was forced to lie to my parents, stand until my hips and knees were damaged for life. Yeah, this place should be burned and it's sadists put behind bars!
1240	Matthew	Reznicek	Fiance' of Provo Canyon School Survivor	TX		US
1241	Rhea	Moore	Human Rights Advocate	TN		US		I've seen talk shows about this place. It should have been closed YEARS AGO.
1242	Kelsey	Gibbs	Loved One of Provo Canyon School Survivor	TN		US		Please, please close this "school."
1243	Sara	Roberts	Provo Canyon School Survivor	UT		US
1244	Skyler	Ford	Loved One of a PCS Survivor	UT		US
1245	Rebecca	Bocian	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA		US		I was at PCS from 02-04, during my stay i made it up and down the levels, going from level 1 pink sweats to hotel status, twice.I had been there for a year and a half and only had one visit with my family, i earned a home visit, i was at Achievement status. When i was at home everything went perfect, except for one thing. prior to being sent away i had covered my room with pictures that i had stapled on in a collage, while visiting with my older brother who i hadn't seen in 2 1/2 years, my mother asked me to stop and take the staples out.I told her i would do it later, and she agreed. When my therapist asked her how the visit went she said fine, and then my therapist kept prodding till my mom gave her that scenario. I was dropped to level 1, and tied to a new girl for 3 months (tied is a standing order that means whatever punishment she gets i get), phone calls and mail were stopped from my family and were not returned until i admitted that i only refused to take the staples out because i was trying to manipulate my mother and all the issues we had resolved were really not.Also staff had started a rumor to the other students that I "lost my bed" due to drugs found on my home visit and conspiring to run.All of that was false, they were just trying to discredit me. I have so many unresolved issues with that place.
1246	Marc	Wilson	Provo Canyon School Survivor	MD		US		I was locked up in pcs twice once from 1986-1987. and then 88-89. I was beaten, abused the whole time I was there. I saw horrible acts of rape take place. I saw brutal acts of violence. .on my last stay the only way I got out was to join the navy straight from there. I join as a non grad and enlisted . I pray for all the kids that are currently there.to this day I still have terrible night mare about being back there. i'm still scared of that place and i'm almost 40 years old
1247	Athena	Madrid	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA		US		pcs sucks!! it ruined my life. i pretty much became worse there. picking up behaviors that i never even thought i would. its soo intense it needs to be shut down.
1248	Jessica	Pivaral	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA		US		"I was a patient at Provo Canyon School for 2 years. I was admitted during october 2006 and released in August of 2008.When i got to PCS i felt as if i wasen't going to manage to change! I am going to admit that i was a rebleious kid but at provo canyon school i learned new and negative habits. I had thoughts of suicidal at times when i was attending Provo, i developed an eating disorder that nobody noticed except for my peers. My expierences at provo were not beneficial to my well being, i feel like provo canyon school's tactis on diseplining were out of line and not beneficial. It would be in Utah's best enterest for the sack of the child and the childrend's parents that are currently invovled at PCS to have it shut down. PCS Success rate is not very high. My peers that i continue to speek to on a regular basis have ALL relapsed and have developed new negative behaviors including myself. Things happen at PCS that will leave u shocked like staff giving residence drugs, down talking them, be littleing them, making residence believe in things they dont necesary dont want to believe in, etc:"
1249	Cat	Nieveen	Provo Canyon School Survivor 2007	CA		US		I went to Provo Canyon in 2007 and it was absolutely terrible. I had a few friends there and the "Hair stylist" said my friends hair was stupid because she had been wearing a wig due to health problems so she shaved her head completely and took away her wig. Another time, i had a friend, whose name will remain anonymous, that was "restrained". She had two black eyes and her cheeks were the size of oranges. This was a 5'0 girl who probably only weighed 105 pounds. And remember the girl i mentioned that had her head shaved? Well she was also restrained and while the restrainment her face was slammed into the concrete floor. By the end of this restrainment both her front teeth were split in half and knocked out of her mouth. They refused to take her to the dentist. It was the worst experience of my life. It doesnt teach you coping skills for life, it teaches you to disconnect from your emotions and everyone around you because you'd rather be numb than feel what's going on around you. Please shut this RTC down. IT'S ABUSIVE!
1250	Lori	Morris	Human Rights Advocate	UT		US
1251	Cassandra	McCain	Provo Canyon School Survivor '06-'07	CA		US		I REALLY DONT KNOW WHY ITS NOT SHUT DOWN YET. :/
1252	Laura	Cohen	Human Rights Advocate	NJ		US
1253	Brandi	(withheld)	Provo Canyon School Survivor	MN		US		i was in pcs for a year an a half it was horrible i had no freedoms it was hell
1254	Stefanie	Michaels (Smith)	Provo Canyon School Survivor	TX		US
1255	Jeremy	Goode	Human Rights Advocate	IL		US		I hate all behavior modification schools!
1256	Mary	Mezzano	Provo Canyon School Survivor	AK		US		This place needs to be shut down! I was not allowed to talk to my father for the entire time I was there, and he tried to file slander and libel civil cases for what my records said about him. Also, when I was 18 I joined the Navy and we had to fight PCS to send me MY records. Either we shut them down now, or I do it myself once I have obtained my degree!
1257	Lani	(withheld)	Sister of PCS Survivor	CA		US		My sister was a patient at provo canyon for one month. My family went to visit her and i have never seen my sis so depressed, drugged up and zombie-like. The OBS room gave me chills. I can't believe they are allowed to treat children that way. My mother immediately took my sister home after that visit.
1258	Elliott	Bowles	(withheld)	FL		US		I attended a similar behavior modification program. Failure to submit to the brainwashing and abuse their resulted in threats of being "escorted" to PCS.
1259	Victoria	Harris	Provo Canyon School Survivor	NY		US		I was at pcs for about two years, and aggree that what these kids are talking about is true... i was constlenty put down and i waz even throughn though a wall on one occassion... these "staff" threaten to punish you if your tell you parents wat is really going on. also when it comes times for inspectoins form the health department they will close down rooms, that are being used by the stundents anyother time, because they are not up to code. it makes me sick to think that this place is still open and kids are still going though this shit...
1260	Weena	Quinlivan/Meyer	Provo Canyon School Survivor	WA		US
1261	Angela	Rubattino	Provo Canyon School Survivor	WA		US
1262	Stephanie	Barnes	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CO		US		Was "set up" by PCS on my last visit home before being discharged saying I had a "dirty Urine Analysis". I never used drugs (why would I knowing I would go home the next month?!?) and believe they just wanted more money from my mother who was paying out of pocket. I was discharged by Sam Hill as he knew I didn't use even though the rest of the staff protested my discharge.
1263	Brett	Sanchez	Provo Canyon School Survivor	CA		US		I was at that school for almost 2 1/2 years. I will never send my kids there no matter what. It was hell. Sign this and shut that places down for good.
1264	Julianna	(withheld)	Friend of Loved One of PCS Survivor	CA		US		I really don't know why they still have this place open. just shut it down already!!!!!!!!!!!! teenagers don't need any kind of help from places like PROVO CANYON SCHOOL SHUT IT DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!! SHUT IT DOWN SHUT IT DOWN SHUT IT DOWN SHUT IT DOWN instead of helping kids with their problems their making them way worse
1265	Caroline	Bodkin	Loved One of PCS Survivor	CA		US		My future husband spent 11 months here in 1981 and it haunts him to this day. I am from SLC originally and it shames me to think my fellow Utahns, people who are known for their family values, treated him this way when he was too young to defend himself.
1266	Leslie	Lamb	Provo Canyon School Survivor	FL		US		Mulitipe suicide attempts after provo, please shut this prison down

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