I went here when it was still called copper canyon...

I went here when it was still called copper canyon when I was 16 and I m 27 now. I still have nightmares about this place. Every day spent here was mental torture, every moment you re being watched and criticized by adults who are hired to break you down. You can t tell your parents the truth because the staff proof reads your letters and emails and will call you manipulative and drop you a level keeping you there longer. Everyone fakes the program and does what they can to survive through the day. Most of the girls there have trauma as is and this place only furthers it. The work hours, the 24 for hour silence vests, the hundreds of rules you have to remember and no mercy, the treatment team meetings, the seminars, all of it is despicable and I hurt for every girl going through what I went through. The owners talk this place up and lie to the parents and the daughters are the ones who suffer. We were treated like prisoners. Please don t send your child here. There are better options. This isn t the answer.