US Congressional investigations don't stop abusive rehab centers

[xvii] Fager, Wesley, Where did it come from?, Synanon Church and the medical basis for the $traights, or Hoopla in Lake Havasu, by Wes Fager (c) 2000, http://thestraights.com/theprogram/synanon-story2.htm

[xviii] Wes Fager, "Has Operation PAR become the new treatment arm of Drug Free America Foundation? Or: 3 strikes and the 6th Circuit is out!," TheStraights.net,

http://thestraights.net/articles/op-par-and-dfaf.htm.

[xix] Szalavitz, Maia, "Why Jesus Is Not a Regulator," American Prospect, April 8, 2001, Prospect.org,

http://prospect.org/cs/articles?article=why_jesus_is_not_a_regulator.

[xx] Catherine Freer Wilderness Therapy Program, 420 Southwest 3rd Avenue, Albany, OR 97321-2261.

[xxi] Catherine Freer Wilderness Therapy Programs responds to Congressional Hearings 11 OCT 2007 -- Catherine Freer Wilderness Therapy Programs responds to the testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor on "Cases of Child Neglect and Abuse at Private Residential Treatment Facilities."

[xxii] CBC News Canada. "Alberta drug rehab centre abused us, former teen patients allege. Executive director calls them 'liars'," February 13, 2009, CBC News, The CBC's The Fifth Estate uncovered the allegations during an extensive investigation. Plagued by reports of alleged beatings and weird rituals, New Jersey authorities raided Newton's centre in 1989, finally shutting it down in 1998. A New Jersey lawyer Phil Elberg successfully sued the centre for $18.6 million Canadian in 1998 claiming malpractice on behalf of former patients. Newton had wanted to expand his program to Alberta and started AARC in Alberta. Former patients of the Kids of Bergen County New Jersey went on to work at AARC as counselors despite having no formal training. The program receives $400,000 a year in provincial funding. It was originally reported that it had received $4 million in provincial funding since 2002. CBC.Ca, http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2009/02/13/abuse.html

[xxiii] The Alberta Adolescent Recovery Center, 303 Forge Road S.E. Calgary, AB T2H0S9.

[xxiv] CBC, Canada, http://www.cbc.calcanada/story/2009/032/la1b use.html.

[xxv] Guadalajara Reporter, Immigration Busts Lakeside Area Boarding School for Troubled Teens, Friday December 17, 2004, GuadalajaraReporter.com, Abundant Life facilities in Guadalajara Mexico are busted for immigration violations. Twelve boys and five girls, teens 14-17 years of age and all US citizens are sent back to the U.S.A. One 17 year old who was interned in an institution in Ajijc area, reported in lengthy testimony, abusive treatment by staff members, penned after he escaped and finally took refuge with an expatriate couple living nearby. Guadalajara Reporter +52 (33) 3615-2177 and+ 52 (33) 3615-0606.

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[xxvii] October 10, 2007 (first) GAO Report on Residential Treatment Programs, GAO.gov, http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08146t.pdf.

[xxviii] May 14, 2008 -- GAO Report Shows Need for Minimum Standards to Protect Teens in Residential Programs, Says Chairman Miller--Education & Labor Committee Will Vote Tomorrow on Legislation to Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs, House.gov, http://www.house.gov/apps/list/speech/edlabor_dem/RelMay13GAOReport.html.

[xxix] May, 2008 -- Residential Facilities -- Improved Data and Enhanced Oversight Would Help Safeguard the Well-Being of Youth with Behavioral and Emotional Challenges, GAO.gov, http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08346.pdf.

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