c/news · by QuantumSpecter@lemmy.world · 116d

Takeaways from AP investigation: Adopted kids confined in for-profit institutions

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/takeaways-american-experts-family-wellness-b2966332.html

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Today, public and private equity companies drawn to the promise of significant profits and an endless supply of struggling kids have been acquiring centers and commercializing treatment.

PE scamming the system and abusing kids for profit.

Say it ain't so.

KelvarCherry@piefed.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 115d (1 reply)

ohhhh fuuuuck the "troubled teen industry". This is a nightmare of a can to crack open and the more you learn about it, the more you'll hate the medical and legal systems in this country. Reader beware.

chuckleslord@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 115d

https://elan.school/

If'n you want a first-hand account of the horrors. Cult mechanics weaponized to give the impression that they're reforming or saving kids for the least amount of money possible.

clockwork_octopus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 115d

This article makes me angry