I recently conducted an interview with children's rights activist Bill Boyles about the troubled teen industry.* While we were able to cover a good deal of ground in discussing Bill's experiences in some of these institutions, time was limited and we didn't get to discuss the overall industry nor did we get to discuss activist efforts to expose what goes on. So I wanted to bring in somebody to fill in that gap.
Lillian Speerbrecker is the editor of the website
SafeTeenSchools.org. The website is dedicated to "keeping children safe by exposing residential treatment centers/private boarding schools and their continued abuse against the children in their cafe."
Lillian, welcome. So first, let's discuss how you became involved in troubled teen activism. I understand you are an alumna of two institutions owned by the World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools (WWASP). How did you end up at said institutions?
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