Basically prison. Every day there I d look out th...

Basically prison. Every day there I d look out the window at the Taco Bell way in the distance hoping to be free like everyone else at Taco Bell. I was 18 but put in the kids ward but apparently I was too old and had a room all by myself, if that s not more depressing. The shower has no door but a thin sheet, thus I did not shower, cause staff is allowed to peak in. At night the pillows were paper thin, staff wake you up with a bright light every few hours. When I was diagnosed as perfectly fine and could go home they would not release me because i Had no where to go! I d rather have been homeless than here! You had to line up each morning like prisoners, wear wristbands with all your info, making friends was advised against, large selection of food but staff watched you and noted how much you ate, outside during gym outside you had to be doing something and staff constantly watched, you couldn t just enjoy the outdoors which was rare. Staff with ok but it felt as though they didn t care or listen. The worst part was you got to use a phone once a day for 5 minutes! That was the highlight of the day but also sad as well knowing that whoever you were talking to was free and living elsewhere. 5 minutes isn t long enough. There were visitation times, about 30 minutes a week or something, and it was sad if no one showed up to visit with you, also sad that all these people had freedom and you didn t. I received no therapy or real help, just was confined and caged , no one but staff could leave the building, there were codes and locks on everything and the place was constantly cold and you were always watched. Most everyone was medicated. One girl had been there for over a year and was perfectly normal. This was years ago but I d still hate to go anywhere near that building!