00:00I know from personal experience the harm that is caused by being placed in youth residential treatment facilities.
00:12When I was 16 years old, I was ripped from my bed in the middle of the night and transported across state lines to the first of four youth residential treatment facilities.
00:21These programs promised healing, growth, and support, but instead did not allow me to speak, move freely, or even look out a window for two years.
00:31I was force-fed medications and sexually abused by the staff.
00:36I was violently restrained and dragged down hallways, stripped naked, and thrown into solitary confinement.
00:42My parents were completely deceived, lied to, and manipulated by this for-profit industry about the inhumane treatment I was experiencing.