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Aug 2023
27m 56s

Troubled Teen Industry with Samantha Lea...

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Unpacking the numerous systemic issues with the Troubled Teen Industry, the controversial network of for-profit, youth treatment centers such as boot camps, wilderness programs and boarding schools with the author of The Elissas: Three Girls, One Fate, and the Deadly Secrets of Suburbia, Samantha Leach.  Sam shares her reporting, lived experience, and per ... Show More
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