Tag: utah


“The money for me to be here is not really an issue.”

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26th April

Been here 14 months. I’m from a suburb of Detroit. Parents are divorced. My Father is an MD. He has lots of money.



“You find your purpose. It’s a long process.”

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19th April

My parents are divorced and now remarried. I live more with my Mom; I am friends with my dad and my Uncle Rick, who lives with my Father.



P.B age 18 at Cross Creek Residential Treatment in Utah

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17th April

I had five amber alerts called on me. I kept on running away with my boyfriend. He’s 26. Sure I was sexually abused when I was younger. I have a pretty violent relationship with my parents. My parents are divorced. I’m adopted. Almost all the kids here were adopted. It’s weird.



“I think I am an all right kid, I just smoke a lot of weed.”

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12th April

I’m from Mill Valley, CA. It’s sort of a rich part of California in Marin. I live with my mom and dad and a little brother age 12.  My father has ALS,.



Bored at Wilderness Camp

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10th April

I’ve been sent down in the ranks due to my refusal to drink “quarters,” my ration of a liter of water on a regular basis, under supervision. [This is to make sure the kids are properly hydrated especially beneath the unforgiving Utah August sun.]



Aussie in the desert

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5th April

I came here from Australia. Yeah, this is definitely a switch for me. I was “misbehaving.” I wasn’t getting along with my Mom.



Any place was better than with my Mom, so I went

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24th March

I was a GangBanger. My Mother is in the Police Academy and lives with her girl friend. My dad died. I have an uncle who was in prison for a while. No big deal.




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