*Content warning: self-harm, childhood abuse, institutional child abuse, suicidal ideation, suicide, psychological, physical and sexual violence against adolescence, disability abuse, abduction, kidnapping, stressful themes, substance use disorder, medical abuse and neglect, gang rape, imprisonment.
In Episode 3, survivor Malia bravely recounts her time at Second Nature Entrada, a “wilderness therapy program” her parents placed her in 2009. Her heartbreakingly powerful testimony sheds light on the emotional toll and lasting impact of an industry that often operates without oversight.
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*Content warning: self-harm, childhood abuse, institutional child abuse, suicidal ideation, suicide, psychological, physical and sexual violence against adolescence, disability abuse, abduction, kidnapping, stressful themes, substance use disorder, medical abuse and neglect, gang rape, imprisonment.
In Episode 3, survivor Malia bravely recounts her time at Second Nature Entrada, a “wilderness therapy program” her parents placed her in 2009. Her heartbreakingly powerful testimony sheds light on the emotional toll and lasting impact of an industry that often operates without oversight.
S24 Ep1: Power Corrupts and Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely
Something Was Wrong
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S24 Ep1: Power Corrupts and Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely
Season 24 of Something Was Wrong shares the harrowing truths of institutional child abuse through powerful interviews with survivors of wilderness therapy programs, therapeutic boarding schools, and other institutions around the world.
These firsthand accounts expose an alarming pattern of abuse, neglect, and trauma disguised as treatment, alongside testimony from parents who entrusted these programs with their children. With expert insights from leading voices in the children’s rights advocacy space and adolescent mental health, Season 24 explores how programs have operated in the shadows for decades and why their harmful practices continue today.
Something Was Wrong
*Content warning: self-harm, childhood abuse, institutional child abuse, suicidal ideation, suicide, psychological, physical and sexual violence against adolescence, disability abuse, abduction, kidnapping, stressful themes, substance use disorder, medical abuse and neglect, gang rape, imprisonment.
In Episode 3, survivor Malia bravely recounts her time at Second Nature Entrada, a “wilderness therapy program” her parents placed her in 2009. Her heartbreakingly powerful testimony sheds light on the emotional toll and lasting impact of an industry that often operates without oversight.
