The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping

"3.75/5 ⭐️ Amazing how this scam is still happening. Not only were these kids abused and irreversibly damaged during their formative years, but they didn't even receive a legitimate education to show for it. Disgusting sham. "

"documentary was very well made. its so f-cked up that the people who made these torture schools haven't been penalized at all. dont send your kid to "behavior correction schools" people!!!!"

"ouuusa’. this hit home.. hard for me. bless ALLLLLL the kids involved and the kids currently dealing with abuse daily. it’s so wonderful to see fellow survivors come together and get the word out there! nail these disgusting PHUCKS’ to the WALLLLLLLL! put them in a box for the rest of their lives. hard watch. but it’s soo real. 💔 go katherine!!!!! 🙏🏼🩷"

"Pop open a Mike's Hard Lemonade, you're going to need it. Trigger warnings for child psychological, emotional, physical, and sexual abuse - and to see the faces and names of the crooks who benefit from it. #troubledteens"

"Not the most exciting documentary but very revealing. Insane this is just an accepted industry now. I’ll never forget a friend telling me of their experience at one of these camps about 2009. It was so hard to imagine - especially the family background he came from ( a Pastors son ) - being like kidnapped from his own home and sent to a reform camp to make him “better”. It just sounded like abuse to me and I kind of hoped my friend was lying or something… I’m devastated to know it was all true."

"Good lazy day binge with few episodes. It brings up a topic that I thought was a scare tactic by parents; I didn’t know these types of schools were real. Felt like a Steven King story with all the brainwashing! "

"Exposing organizations and people that have willingly harmed multiple lives over a long period is something I’ll always support. This one is especially well done because it’s by the survivors themselves. I truly hope justice is served after the exposure this documentary will bring. 9/10"

"It's hard to believe what some people will subject their children to"

"What a shame that injustices such as these are only, and if ever, exposed long after the damage is done. I was a troubled child once, (now a troubled adult lol) and that stuff stays with you. Anyway, interesting documentary. Wishing peace for anyone who can relate and those involved. "

"Personally I found the narrator/host a bit annoying but these types of behavior modification places existed and I'm glad they are getting put on blast. Definitely some trigger warnings of abuse, I was in a juvenile detention center and this sounds worse honestly "