"According to the Saint Petersburg Times of February 12, 1978 two former Straight counselors (in sworn statements) said they had seen Straight program director Helen R. Petermann repeatedly slap a small youth and yank him by his hair in an apparent outburst of temper. "I saw maybe five good smacks," one ex-counselor had said."
http://www.thestraights.com/articles200 ... raight.htmThis is exactly what she did to me, years later. And at the time, I was doing nothing but sitting quietly, in a room by myself.
As far as other abuse... I guess there's nothing abusive about holding people against their will, with no contact with the outside world, and getting other kids to put them in painful restraint holds for hours at a time if they try to leave. Nothing abusive about 10 hours a day of forced confessions in front of maybe 100 other kids, being coerced to admit to "being a druggie", to reaveal embarrasing details of sexual experiences, never being able to go outside (except when being led by the beltloop to a car that would take you to "foster homes"). No, nothing abusive about being made to strip down to your underwear, and having to place all of your clothes outside of the bedroom when sleeping at night, and having a burgler alarm on the door. There's certainly nothing abusive about having to be watched closely while you take a shit, is there?
Aren't you people tired of repeating yourselves? I sure as hell am.
