Dead, Insane, or in Jail: A CEDU Memoir, by Zack Bonnie
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Zack Bonnie was fourteen when his parents sent him to a "Troubled Teen" facility. The author takes readers there, in a thrilling psychological read. Sequestered where bizarre cult-like techniques become the norm, see for yourself exactly what the controversy is about. Should we mold a child's behavior using the tools of brainwashing? With coarse, brutal dialog and authentic source materials, this nonfiction memoir, the first in a series, exposes the secrets and tells it all. Dead, Insane, or in Jail: A CEDU Memoir is named for the range of options open to the author at 14, if he ran away from the cult his parents inadvertently inducted him into. This is the first time he has told his story. And it’s a doozy. Too many people can relate to this account, unfortunately. Although Rocky Mountain Academy has closed its doors, several hundred residential teen-treatment programs, religious reeducation camps, and places that commit spiritual assassination still operate without oversight in the United States. Imagine (or remember) being a confused teenager. Now imagine that the only solution your parents can devise is sending you away to be “fixed.” Zack’s touching, true account of being trapped in the “scared straight” industry just might be the book your reluctant teenage reader has been seeking. Barbara J. Danis Literacy Specialist / Coach Zack Bonnie’s work is a gift to those interested in the history and dynamics of coercive residential teen-treatment programs. With gut-level insight, humor and frankness, he describes the inner experience of a precocious 14 year-old who was engulfed and overwhelmed by these bizarre, yet legal, forms of psychological abuse. Marcus Chatfield, Author, Institutionalized Persuasion It is sad the abuse of teenagers to tough love programs by mis-informed parents and politicians did not end with the revelations concerning the concept originator Synanon. To be stopped eventually, stories like this must keep being told. Paul Morantz, Esq. Author, Escape: My Life Long War Against Cults It’s often hard to describe how traumatic and damaging “troubled teen” programs for young people are. This important perspective from someone who lived it offers a vivid portrait of hell that is sold as therapy. Maia Szalavitz Author, Help At Any Cost: How the Troubled-Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids In the tradition of Darkness At Noon, Zack’s history puts the reader into the life that too many “survivors” experienced, and he does this in a finely crafted page-turner. Philip Elberg, Esq. Zack Bonnie’s memoir is a riveting tale of shame, intimidation, coercion, and frank abuse in the name of “treatment.” The continued existence of programs like CEDU should be considered a national disgrace. Christopher Bellonci, MD Zack Bonnie’s book sheds light on the larger concerns of many families, then and now. Well-meaning parents are vulnerable to programs like Rocky Mountain Academy. Although it was closed years ago, many more such facilities have been established. These schools and programs take good money from families, and harm their children, all the while masquerading as therapy programs. I join Zack in advocating for regulation and reform so that facilities like RMA can no longer manipulate and harm entire families. Robin C Bernhard, LCSW, MEd, BCN Thank you, Zack. Your book succeeds on so many levels – as autobiography, as social criticism, as just a good story – I hope you make a million dollars. John Bodine, Rocky Mountain Academy Alumnus
Dead, Insane, or in Jail: A CEDU Memoir, by Zack Bonnie - Amazon Sales Rank: #139151 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-09-28
- Released on: 2015-09-28
- Format: Kindle eBook
Dead, Insane, or in Jail: A CEDU Memoir, by Zack Bonnie About the Author Zack is taking on the world of the Troubled Teen Industry. In this, the first book in a series, Zack takes readers into the inner workings of the facility where he lived, and the impact the school had on his hyper-stimulated young mind. Sudden incarceration at age fourteen at a weird "emotional growth" facility for troubled teens in Northern Idaho, is in this expository description. Zack Bonnie's has fast-moving, plot-driven memoir, with vivid characters and telling details, where even simple English words take on sinister meanings. With the publication of his book, Mr. Bonnie is becoming an advocate for change in the Troubled Teen industry, and hopes to help kids and their families find alternatives to facilities like the one he describes in his memoir.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. You feel like you are there By Amazon Customer Wow. I promise you that once you start reading this you will either not want to put it down, but have to, or want to put it down but won't be able to. Intense, honest...insane. incredibly well written. You feel like you are there...again, or for the first time.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Well done Zach By Angie As a fellow survivor of an abusive treatment program (WWASPS) I was deeply moved by this stunning work. Zach takes us back, over 28 years ago, as he describes in incredible detail his experiences in being the victim of CEDU and SUWS. For anyone remotely interested in the dark underbelly of institutional psychiatry and the horrors of the troubled teen industry, I highly recommend this book. Parents, educational consultants, fellow survivors, therapists, and regular people with consciences need to read this and understand the incredibly traumatic effects these programs have on young people.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Intense, disturbing and a must read! By margaret turner The story line of this compelling memoir inspired me to write a review. The author adeptly peels away layers and layers of secret spiritual abuse often witnessed in the same manner in which cults are shaped. As disturbing and distressing as it is to read, it is a daring and courageous move by the author to expose many harmful practices still permitted to be applied, under the guise of treatment today. As a sociologist who had heard of ritualistic attack therapies, I thought I knew what I was getting into when opening this book. I am reviewing it because I was inspired by the encompassing messages embedded in Mr. Bonnie's memoir. I learned what goes on behind closed doors revealing untold human rights violations for children. I encourage all those interested in changing the trajectory of prisons for profit to read this powerful book. Institutions like CEDU must have regulatory eyes over their shoulders at all times or be shut down completely.Margaret Turner, Ph.D.
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