Cool, I get to be the one to link this here:
This story is fucked up, when I first read this I got to about chapter 15 before I found out it was all real. That specific “school” only shut down in 2011 after their enrollment finally dropped off. No one in charge ever got in any trouble and presumably they all still in work in related fields.
This story is still super vivid in my mind after over a decade and I’m super glad I read it through completely. It’s crazy but really fascinating.
I spent all afternoon reading that comic, having to call it a night on chapter 93. Thanks for the link!
Fuck parents who think this is ok. Charge the camp, the “councelors”, and the parents of murder.
Your child was born to this world, not built and it’s not your or anyone else’s job to “fix” to match your view of the world.
it’s not your or anyone else’s job to “fix” to match your view of the world.
I don’t know. While these camps are horrid I do believe some kids need to be “fixed” due to a multitude of reason out of their control. Mental health issues, abuse, etc. I’d just do it with a lot of family therapy instead of murdering, demeaning, kidnapping, and imprisonment.
When I said “your view of the world” that did not mean an actual mental illness. If they have a mental issue, send them to a hospital, not these fucking camps.
“The cause of death is asphyxia due to smothering,” the autopsy said. “The manner of death is homicide.”
WBTV is not identifying the boy, who died on his first night at the camp, Trails Carolina.
. . . The Transylvania County Sheriff, who is investigating the boy’s death, has previously said he was waiting for the autopsy to be released before moving forward in his investigation.
Trails Carolina is a camp for troubled teens. WBTV has been investigating the camp since 2021. The February death was the second time a camper had died at the facility in a decade.
Regulators with the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services revoked the camp’s license in May.
(emphasis added)
Cripes.
