Neglect and abuse: Inside the US ‘troubled teen’ industry
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The Trauma of Secure Transportation
In Utah alone, there are 23 companies which specialize purely in secure transportation. They take care of a process, which is akin really to an authorized kidnapping. Often burly men come into teenagers' bedrooms in the middle of the night and drag them from their beds. Then bundle them into the back of vans and drive them, sometimes fly them to these camps that are thousands of miles from their homes.
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