'Literally kidnapping': Teens taken against their will to boarding schools across US

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16. Some right-wing Christian organizations prey on families with troubled teens.

Parents send their children away to these camps or schools, and many of them proceed to abuse the children with corporal punishment, denial of meals, and solitary confinements—yeah, just like prison. It used to be called tough love; I don’t know what it’s called today other than abandonment by parents who most likely should never have become parents in the first place.