This testimony was made by a former student known as “decline to state”
I was a student at eagle ranch academy for 5 months. I am now an adult trying to make something of myself.
Looking back on the experience, i cant believe these people are still in business. The staff uses threats or force to get things done if anyone defies them. The psychiatrist that shows up once a month or so doesnt think twice about putting still-developing young adults on serious medications that arent used for fully grown adults today. The food is an unhealthy mess, I myself gained 50 pounds in my 5 months, its been 2 years since i arrived there and I’m still struggling to lose the weight. any student who resists the program is ‘staffed,’ a process involving psychological torture on a daily basis, in order to ‘break’ the unruly students spirit. I’m writing this for a number of reasons.
- so that parents dont blow away their life savings on this sham of a program
- so that teens and young adults dont have to go through a drug induced brainwashing
- I still cant sleep sometimes
Sources:
- The original testimony (Merchantcircle)
- Various information about the facility (HEAL-online)
When far from home 