Examples: reform schools, youth detention centers, residential treatment centers, “troubled teen” programs, and boot camps.
Abuse patterns: physical and sexual abuse, excessive restraints or solitary confinement, forced labor, psychological coercion.
Examples: state hospitals, “asylums,” private psychiatric facilities.
Abuse patterns: involuntary confinement, experimental treatments without consent (lobotomies, electroshock), neglect, sexual abuse, and overmedication.
Examples: “schools” or “training centers” for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities.
Abuse patterns: physical abuse, medical neglect, sterilization, lack of consent, and deaths from neglect.
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Examples: elder care homes, memory care units, and for-profit residential facilities.
Abuse patterns: physical and sexual abuse, neglect, medication misuse, and financial exploitation.
Particularly vulnerable: people with dementia, developmental disabilities, or limited family oversight
Examples: parochial schools, boarding schools for Indigenous or orphaned children.
Abuse patterns: physical punishment, sexual abuse, forced assimilation, cultural erasure.
Examples: county jails, state/federal prisons, ICE detention centers, private prisons.
Abuse patterns: sexual violence, medical neglect, excessive use of solitary confinement, labor exploitation.
Examples: orphanages, group homes, foster placements.
Abuse patterns: sexual and physical abuse, neglect, overuse of psychotropic drugs, lack of oversight
You do not have to carry this alone. If you or a loved one suffered abuse in an institutional setting—even years ago—there may still be a path forward. Contact us to speak with a lawyer and receive a free confidential consultation to learn about your rights and options.
