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Becoming UNSILENCED Surviving and Fighting the Troubled Teen Industry

Meg Appelgate

As a 15-year-old, struggling with severe bullying, ADHD, adoption trauma, and undiagnosed autism, Meg became one of the unfortunate 120,000-200,000 youths who are funneled into the lucrative Troubled Teen Industry (TTI) every year. Over the next 3.5 years Meg was abused in two separate facilities th...

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The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

Rob is writing a memoir called "Troubled", a memoir of foster care, family, and social class, and it is going to be published by Gallery Books, a division of Simon and Schuster.

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He is currently writing a memoir tentatively titled Troubled, a memoir of foster care, family, and social class to be published in late 2022 by Gallery Books, a division of Simon and Schuster.

— Episode: 193. Sex and Dating Apps | Rob Henderson

Episode: 193. Sex and Dating Apps | Rob Henderson

Rob is writing a memoir called "Troubled", a memoir of foster care, family, and social class, and it is going to be published by Gallery Books, a division of Simon and Schuster.

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He is currently writing a memoir tentatively titled Troubled, a memoir of foster care, family, and social class to be published in late 2022 by Gallery Books, a division of Simon and Schuster.

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Meg Appelgate, co-founder and CEO of Unsilenced, is a victim of the troubled teen industry and an advocate for survivors. She described being woken up by two strangers at 2 am, forced to undress and go to the bathroom in front of them, then taken to an airport and sent to her first program. She believes that the strip searches and emotional manipulation at the camps are intended to strip children of their individuality and any comfort they have going in.

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"Becoming UNSILENCED: Surviving and Fighting the Troubled Teen Industry";

— Episode: BOY, 12, DEAD AFTER 24 HOURS AT CAMP, FO...

Episode: BOY, 12, DEAD AFTER 24 HOURS AT CAMP, FOUND WITHOU...

Meg Appelgate, co-founder and CEO of Unsilenced, is a victim of the troubled teen industry and an advocate for survivors. She described being woken up by two strangers at 2 am, forced to undress and go to the bathroom in front of them, then taken to an airport and sent to her first program. She believes that the strip searches and emotional manipulation at the camps are intended to strip children of their individuality and any comfort they have going in.

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"Becoming UNSILENCED: Surviving and Fighting the Troubled Teen Industry";

I was woken up around 2 a.m. by these two strangers. They said, you're coming with us and we can do this the easy way or the hard way. And they indicated that the hard way was going to be in handcuffs.

So I listened and they basically made me undress in front of them, go to the bathroom, threw me into the back of an SUV, and we were off to LAX and off to my first program.

They took me to this room filled with five or six staff in there. I had to remove all my clothes. They had to thoroughly examine my body. They asked me to do very strange things. While I was naked, they asked me to bend over, touch my toes. I had to spread everything apart. I was told to squat and to cough. And they had me do that repeatedly for a few minutes while the staff members laughed and made jokes.

And I'm sure that you have an opinion on what has happened to this 12-year-old boy. And what do you make of Leanne Roberts' description? I've likely talked to over 100 survivors from Trails Carolina. And you take Leanne's experience and you copy and paste it to all the others. And it doesn't matter what year they went, they're really experiencing all the same things.

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