Horizon Academy

«These places exist IN AMERICA, they’re completely legal, and they’re only growing. It’s the new solution for parents who have kids that don’t conform blindly to their religious and political views, let me explain: After the initial shock of what I thought was a kidnapping, it was explained to me that my parents had arranged for me to attend Horizon Academy (
) because I admitted to them that I was atheist and didn’t agree with a lot of their hateful views. Let me give you a detailed run-​down of my experience here: To start off it’s a boarding school where there is literally no communication with the outside world, the people who work here can do anything they want, and the students can do absolutely nothing about it. The basic idea is that you’re not allowed to leave until you believably adopt their viewpoints and push them off on others. The minimum stay at these places is a year, an ENTIRE YEAR, that means no birthday, no christmas, no thanksgiving etc.; my stay lasted 2 years. The day to day functioning of this facility is based on a very strict set of rules and regulations: you eat what they give you, do what they tell you (often just pointless things just to brand mindless submission in your brain), and believe what they tell you to believe. Consequences for not adhering to these regulations include not eating for that day, being locked in small rooms for extended periods of time and the long term consequence of an extended stay. There’s a lot more detail and intricacies I could get into, but my main purpose was to spread awareness to the only group of people I feel like could do something about this. Feel free to ask me anything about my stay, I could go on for days about some of the ridiculous things I went through».
«My parents sent me to one of these places in the early 2000’s because I was suffering from severe anxiety and panic attacks. What went on there was basically a concentration camp. You may wonder why the hell would your parents send you there? That is because they rely on a referral system. People who know your parents will refer them to the school, and by doing so they get a free month/​3k. That gives them all the incentive to paint the place in a perspective that is complete and utter bullshit.
I am going to make a list now.
1) They get paid 300 – 500 dollars to kidnap you. Your parents elect to have this option or to send you there willingly.
2) The pictures/​activities are bullshit. They have those recreational areas, but they are never used because it poses a greater run risk. People do run away. Most that do never succeed. Those that fail are punished by being sent to Jamaica.
4) Communication is completely restricted and censored with your parents. You are allowed to write letters but they read through everything that comes in and out.
5) „Why don’t you riot?“ Riots do happen, but this occurs only in complete abandoning of going home. The places are locked down with magnetic bolted doors and no one is breaking them. On that note, I did have the privileged of seeing a 250 lb kid smash one of these doors, but that guy was an inhuman beast that ran faster than most of the athletic kids there. Oh, and the place I went to did riot.
6) Supplies. Everything you are supplied with is generic brand crap, but they force your parents to pay a massive premium (more expensive than premium brands) for it. They will also set stupid restrictions on the products so that people don’t „abuse“ them or rather so they have a better bottom line.
7) Parents are allowed to send a care package at the place I went to, and other places I’ve heard of. They stole from your care package. I had stuff from mine stolen. They do this explicitly to demoralize you. If they know what you are looking forward to, they will take it and keep it themselves.
8) Punishments, Breakdowns, Suicide, Watch you while you sleep and so much more»
Something needs to be done!!! {If I end up missing. it’s because of this post!}