BREAKING CODE SILENCE: Read more about Lathrop’s experience at www.lathroplybrook.com 

Thankyou for sharing your story. I have a friend who was sent to CEDU in late 90s. She was horrifically traumatized. She had a lawyer and was involved in a group lawsuit but the stress was too much and she couldn’t continue. People need to break the silence so this will stop.

Thank you for breaking the silence. My heart goes out to you. How terrifying! On so many levels.

I was sent to PCS in 84. THIS PLACE MUST BE EXPOSED AND THOSE WORKING THERE PROSECUTED FOR WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

Hey Lathrop! I'm Pete. Ascent (escorted middle of the night) 2001 and Northwest Academy directly after. Almost ran away, left when i turned 18. I to jopin you in celebrating- finally- that all of these "programs" are finally closed. The owners were charged with over 40 felonies. Ascent is no more, and never will return. Northwest Academy is no more and will never return.

I'm so sorry you went through this, it sounds horrendous.

I'm so sorry for everyone who has to go trough this! 😢 This is so horrifying that these kind of places exist. My heart breaks and goes out for you survivors! ❤ America, shut down Provo Canyon School!

I’m sorry this happened to you. You’re so brave and strong! Breaking silence is never easy but I will stand with you to help make the changes needed to NEVER let this happen again. 🙏

love light and healing...

It's truly heartbreaking to hear such story..Especially knowing that there was noone to help you, that feeling that you are abandoned and there is no way out of such hell. I'm glad you survived and you keep being strong, it's all that matters. Your story can help others and hopefully all that school system will be changed. I myself had suffered a lot as well, from my own narcisisstic parents, I had lots of issues, borderline personality disorder, constant shame, guilt and self destruction in every aspect of life. I got through that with help of God, he literally healed my disorder without any medication needed and all the life heaviness, burden was lifted off from my shoulders. I really really wish you to be strong, be willing to fight for what is right, love yourself and know that your life definetely can change for better no matter what happened before, with all the love xx Be blessed

Thanks for speaking out

This is outrageous. I have no words. Thank you so much for speaking out! 💕

I can’t imagine this happening to anyone. I am so sorry this happened to you

I hope You some day find peace, I am very sorry happened to You, You might be saving others. God Bless You .

Parents who do this are malignant narcissist child abusers. narc parents love having someone else do the abuse.

charter pacific hospital would lock me in solitary confinement if I said anything "negative".

This sounds similar to my experience. It was much more strict where I was. I was not allowed to contact any person beside my parents, and that in two mandatory letters a week (which were screened) and one 10 minute phone call a week (also screened). If I said anything they didn’t like the letter would not go out or the call would be disconnected immediately,and I would be given “swats.” Swats were a beating with the wooden arm of a chair. I was directed to “grab my ankles” and if I didn’t four grown men would pin me down from both arms and legs. I was beaten black and blue and bloody more than once. I would have to stand at school. I could write a book on everything I went thru there. I was 14 when I was sent there and 18 when I left. I have nightmares 18 years later more than once a week.

Thank you for sharing your story. My heart aches for you.

Thank you for speaking the truth to bring awareness to programs that abuse and torture children. Someone very close to me was abused in the Straight program. Employees who abuse children should be prosecuted and civil judgments should be awarded to survivors.

Yay Survivor!! I too was paroled to RMA and then ran after 17 months.... you are a warrior my friend! You really do sound like one! I bet we would have been on bans immediately had I met you (I was there from 95-97) I am so thankful for all of you who are sharing their stories....keep your head up.... there was a reason we endured this place....there has to be... (p.s.....provo ain't got NOTHING on ASCENT or RMA raps with Sheila) you really did endure the some of the worst....

I remember you Lathrop glad to see you survived. I was forced to stay there until I was 19 definitely the worst time in my life. Thanks for speaking out.

I'm really really sorry you had to go through this. These programs are beyond dehumanizing and demoralizing and must be stopped. Thank you for sharing your story, you're a strong and resilient person. Take your time to reflect on it and resolve the trauma. Hugs

Thank you for breaking code silence!

Thank you so much for sharing your story 💖

Thank you for sharing 💪

I remember admiring you so much for refusing the program and remember wishing so much that I had the strength you did. But I was too terrified.

Rocky mountain academy: May 5, 1994-December 7, 1996. Peer Group #59. Team Vision; Tony Allmaras, Patsy Cline, Katherine Dougherty.

Am so sorry, you really need to Sue them, no only your parents, but the facilites Because there are Kids right now that need your help, try to contact with a reporter so they can help exposed also. You can Sue your parents por neglected, cause they didnt prevent the abusive. Please do it for the Kids that are living this right now

Thank you for sharing. -Jackie G

Thank you so much for being brave. I’m so sorry that you went through any of this. You did not deserve any of that, you were just a kid. You’re such a beautiful survivor.

Thanks for being a witness ❤️ I hope it helps stop these criminals

So brave. Well done for surviving and working your horrific experience into making you a warrior woman. I hope you're proud of yourself. You should be. Respect

Thank you

I am so sorry but you are a survivor. Thank you for breaking code silence.

I see you survivor. SRA survivor here and I relate to your experience. ❤️ thank you for sharing.

People like us never had a chance. But I went through the same exact stuff.

This is horrible. From both your parents as well as from the "school". When I hear all these stories, also the one from Paris Hilton, I feel like these "schools"/"Camps" are just full of grown adults who want to sexually and mentally abuse young girls/boys. Great that you are breaking the silence!!! So disgusting. I wish you all the best

BREAKS MY HEART, Thank you for calling them out. your brave to do so, your helping so many people by telling what happened to you. Thank you minors do not have freedom your 100% correct .

heartbreaking but you are inspiring!!

Thank you for sharing your story. And although we don't know each other I want to say I'm proud of you.

Bless you I hope your life is great from now on.

I'm thinking, I wonder if any of these schools have had shootings?? Because these places sound horrible and I wouldnt be surprised if they pushed someone to that point of coming and shooting up the schools staff.... smh. I never knew this was a problem. I'm sorry to everyone who has ever had to be sent to one of these places.💔

Your points are all incredibly valuable to hear. I’d like to add some contrasted points so that people know the magnitude of how bad the situation was for us all, because different things could happen depending on the family and the kid. However, most TTI programs were objectively not flexible in individuation for any normal developmental needs a teen may have. I went to Cascade in 1986 WILLINGLY. I was not transported except for when I was taken to a mental hospital for teens to finish out the last 2 months of 8th grade. The 2 men that took me to the hospital and would not speak to me, were leaders in the cult I was raised in, and also parents of kids, one family, I was close with their daughter. The embarrassment and fear kept me quiet. The hospital set the tone for my parents to start pushing for me to be sent away, to their Guru, and offering it to me, making it sound like I would get personal attention and the arts to explore my talents or better areas that I flourished in. And I have been groomed all my life to think I had bad karma and that I was going to end up on the street if I didn’t learn to be good. I inherently agreed with my family that something was “wrong” with me. But I had already be subjected to being vetted by my parents regularly, my community, and as I acted out more and more it was used against me despite the fact that I was showing many signs of trauma, not just behavior. It was always assumed that children’s behavior was nature instead of nurtured (abuse can nurture a traumatized child) When I went to Cascade I was so excited to get away from my parents and abuse from the community of the cult I was raised in, I couldn’t recognize that that was where I was headed (a cult of its own nature: cascade, CEDU, and Rocky Mountain Academy all have social policing links and programming techniques linked to Synanon Cult) When I did my first Rap (3 hours of screaming abuse and crying, 3 times a week) forced labor at a “for profit” school, and my first Celebration (kept up all night and forced to talk about any sexual fanatics we had ever had, if we masturbated , it had been intimate with anyone (I was 14), and thru they night I watched mere CHILDREN get torn down, humiliated, shamed, forced to speak, and kept awake. We slept on the floor for a short period of time and food was both withheld but keeping a person up all night crying with yelling and forced ideologue (reading to us certain books, pointing at posters on the wall to contemplate, making sure we “KNEW” if we “failed” we would be sent to “Provo”.) This was just the 1st if 4 “Celebrations” I endured (ironically, the cult I came from had done a lot play and series of their own classes called something similar and this just added to my overall condition and fear but felt TOO familiar for me to panic in a way that was as self preserving as kids that had the will to run. Either way, and point being, these places had numerous WAYS any kid could become completely traumatized, but some of us were primed for it and some were so shocked and scared they ran. Some of them even adapted, and them adapting to that environment is a complex topic and it doesn’t necessarily mean it was GOOD. Anyway, I HOPE you see this. Your story is heartbreaking. My closest friend ran and she was sent to a place in Provo and I was also lucky to follow her. It ended up being like you said, “heaven” compared to cascade and it was not Provo Canyon school. More recently tho, I’ve become more aware of girls getting raped there, isolation for up to 2 weeks, that stand out to me now MORE. I am close with a person that went thru the worst of it and they are homeless and they drink to live. People have no idea how harmful it ALL was, because some people are too busy relying on an old narrative or ability to turn on other kids in a heavily socially policed environment. Knowing other kids would turn on me at any given moment was the hardest to swallow; I needed friends not little dictators or bosses. I got kicked out on purpose and endured one last horrific rap and was on band with the whole school for 2 weeks. I had a man talking to me and taking notes on our every conversation to send to my dad who gave me his FILE on me when I turned 30 for a “Birthday present”. Overall, they are all bad and harmed children, since I know of peers that suffered at Heritage in Provo as well, when it was easier for me to adapt there. Their abuse and harm matters to me, just as much as ever, my own.

I see you survivor. I am a survivor of Cross Creek Programs. Thank you for speaking out.

I'm with ya all the way I feel it all

Did anyone go to prison for the abuse?

What is a "sent"? (Sorry if I spelt that wrong?)

We see you

I see you. RMA 1991-1992 Aged out luckily.

❤️🙏🏻❤️

💜💜💜

It's like minors don't have human rights. Locked up without a trial and defense lawyer and without even the rights grown prisoners have.

I love you so much

But in moderation

I was there with you.

We support you✊🏼🗡🌈🧸

Excelsior youth center aurora co. In the hluseeeeeee. Let me help you stand up for your self. Me toooooo No sister left behind

Much much grapes cocoa and red beats and radishes

I've got you loud on my Bluetooth

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