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Part One: Elan School: The Worst 'Troubled Teen' Facility

Behind the Bastards

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Joe Richie's Lawns Culture

In the early 1970s, Joe Richie expanded his methods from just kind of ripping off the day top school and synon on to building something new. Each member started as a worker and was assigned a job in the kitchen, the business office, the communications office or on the grounds based on what was considered to be their weakest area. People are asked like do physical labor outdoors as part of like their, they're kind of like a punishment in a lot of cases. But while he was experimenting with new ways to counsel drug addiction, he was also experimenting with insurance fraud. In January of 1974, a fire destroyed his academy at Zabago; no one was there at the time.

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