Cracked's "6 Shocking Realities of the Secret Troubled Teen Industry."

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31. I'd believe you

My mother and step-father supported Lester Roloff. My step-father attended his funeral after he died in a plane crash in 1982. I never had to go but I can't even tell you how close I was.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/08/new-bethany-ifb-teen-homes-abuse?page=2

New Beginnings and numerous other Christian reform schools trace their lineages to Texas radio evangelist Lester Roloff, who founded the Rebekah Home for Girls in Corpus Christi back in 1967, employing disciplinary tactics that were adopted by dozens of imitators. He also pioneered girls' singing groups as a way to promote Rebekah Home—the "Honeybee Quartet" was featured in his daily revivalist radio broadcasts. But back at the hive, Roloff's wards were often subjected to days in locked isolation rooms where his sermons played in an endless loop. They also endured exhaustive corporal punishment.
"Better a pink bottom than a black soul,"

My step-father was at this:

In a 1979 standoff that would become the stuff of fundamentalist folklore, Roloff declared his cause "the Christian Alamo," organizing hundreds of supporters into barricades to keep state officials off his compound. The ensuing church-state battle outlived Roloff, who died in a plane crash in 1982. The home relocated to Missouri three years later, returning to Texas in 1998 after then-Gov. George W. Bush deregulated the activities of faith-based groups there.

Every kid I knew that came back from there came back fucked up. But I didn't need to go there as my step-father was more than happy to do the beating his ownself.