TortureCanyonSchool

A year ago From Today (May-15-2010)
I was sent to a Place by the name of Provo Canyon School
My parents of-course were GREATLY misinformed of his Place.
The Website, giving them a false impression that it was a 'fix-all' for their ''troubled teen''
That it could magically transform their 'rebellious' teenager into the 'perfect' teenager they wanted overnight.
http://www.provocanyon.com/ Filled with false pictures, And other false propaganda, to trick parents into sending their teens there
''Our caring professionals operate in a unique environment which helps make a positive difference in a teenager’s life.''
Theres a Bullshit Video --->
 
Here's the full one , if you ever feel the need to watch it--->  http://www.provocanyon.com/Welcomevideo.html 
 That literally makes me want to vomit it is so full of lies. Besides the fact that it was probably made sometime in the late 70's. No wonder my parents were so set on sending me to this place, They were pumped so full of this BULLSHIT. They believed this? But what they didn't know, was what actually took place behind the walls of what was supposedly ''the largest and most experienced treatment facility for youth''
http://www.torturecanyonschool.com/ <-------- This site contains only a few of the many testimonials of What happened weekly, daily, 24/7 at PCS.
That place was a ''Mormon Concentration Camp'' to say the least.
Residents were stripped away of their identities and were given a number to be adressed by.
For the entire extent of my stay, I was only adressed by #396
They wrote and engraved the number onto all of my personal belongings, and even now, when I find something with that number, e.g sock etc, I'm overwhelmed with flashbacks of that place.

It was the worst experience of my life.

My First Night There. May-15th-2010.
I was Restrained and Sedated. What kind of 1st impression is that?
Every day, every hour  there was always a girl being ''Dial 9-ed" (PCS Code for-'All the staff in the area jump on the nearest girl that may look like shes in emotional distress)

"We offer students the opportunity to work toward
their full potential through a supportive academic environment that includes positive
incentives for good grades"
That was impossible With girls always trying to shank each-other during class. And having adults, not even licensed as teachers, teaching the classes.
"the subjects taught include Ceramics, Sculpture, Drawing, Painting, Art Foundations 1 and 2, Commercial Art and Design, and Interior Design. "
...............Since When?
"The youth are Provo Canyon Schools greatest asset"
Don't Make Me Laugh
"Provo Canyon School operates independent boys and girls programs on separate campuses with opportunities for supervised interaction"
I got to see Male Humans maybe once in my lifetime???
OHHHHH and then this is the best part
The photo gallery :D
The fake photos they have of the Campus on the website. Sure, the outside is the real thing, but the inside, They show a completely DIFFERENT BUILDING. like WTF WHERES OUR POOL?

Girls Campus X( (notice how they have the mountains in the background, to give the impression that we receive plenty of fresh mountain air)

Not Included

Also not included....rip off

A picture to show the 'diversity' in our classrooms, and our love for learning, i mean, look how eagerly they're raising their hands :D

WTF....THERE ARE NO COMPUTERS

also not accurate, we all have conformist hideous orange bedspreads :l

OKAY, FOR ONCE the ugly cafeteria is ACCURATE we did have those terrible blue plastic tables

ok. so yeah, i don't really know the point of this post, other to inform? or rant? Maybe it's just a sentimental thing, it being a year since I was sent to this godforsaken place, and I want someway to celebrate my freedom. I mean, a year ago from now, I was spending the night in a small cement cell-type-thing. Half naked, drugged out of my mind. And now here I am. On face-book, eating ramen, in my house.
I'm happy where I'm at.
My life may not be perfect, but it's much better here, then it was there.
I spent seven months in that hell hole.
And I'm glad to say that the specific campus i was at, has been shut down (or so I've heard through contact with residents still in the program)
But programs like that still exists. And no ones doing anything about It.
There is a foundation called HEAL, that was in the process of suing PCS, but, then they just went right back and sued them.
So there's really noone out there helping these kids that are stuck in these terrible situations.
Not even their own parents.
Heck, When i tried telling my parents what were going on (I wasn't allowed to contact them for two weeks until after it happened) they just said, "that's a really nice story, maybe you can write your own book when you get out." THANKS FOR HELPING MOM AND DAD :D XO
so There  really isn't anything [we] can do, but to inform potential victims, and their parents, to NOT send their teens here. it will not help your dire family's troubles. Just give the kid some cash, an ipod, and he/she will be good until they turn 18 and out of your life. 
There is no need to resort to sending them to a place where they will be scarred for possibly THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.