"I think the insight for me was I always loved her, she just wasn't very good at loving me. I'm not doing that. Kids were assaulted and restrained without cause and all the rest. Straights attorney for that trial was a prominent Washington, DC civil liberties lawyer named Ronald Goldfarb. Instead it is led to countless deaths, destruction of lives and still continues today. Founded in 1958, Synanon sold itself as a cure for hardcore heroin addicts who could help each other by breaking new initiates with isolation, humiliation, hard labor, and sleep deprivation. While Synanons bragging of curing drug addiction was far off from reality, its public relations system did promote the concept that drug addiction was not impossible to overcome as many had thought when Synanon was conceived. one, it was a hard fought battle. The authorities closed it down. Communist Russia was safer with freedom taken away. You know ts great fun, to watch that. Yet at the same time, the noise Synanon made did wake up people to the idea, not yet existing, that cure was possible. How old were you. When I was first fighting Synanon, however, things were very black and White. I responded to him that the media never knew the extent of the actual violence and as far as violence inside Synanon, how many incidents would you like to know about? Later I sent him a copy of the History of Synanon violence with over 80 incidents and he never responded nor did I hear from him again, nor did he ever apologize to the public for writing a book in which he intentionally avoided the actual evidence. After all why should they not get paid for all that work? Rather, the organizations said they worked, so people believed it. Elan made millions and millions of dollars, off of criminal child abuse. The Cedu schools (one in California, and one in Idaho) were each located in a mountain wilderness, and students soon discovered that they were teenage captives, without identification or money, in an imposing geography they could not easily or safely negotiate or escape. Now, if it is not very God damn profitable, I would go into another business. He interviewed Richard Ofshe but then without explanation he wrote Ofshes discourses of brainwashing interesting, but not applicable. And you quite accurately describe the reason, it was protected. it would take a few generations for this to work out. Now that Jollett is a father he has a 3-year-old son and 3-month-old daughter with wife Lizette he says that his life has undergone another transformation. And in end, its Synanons holocaust that is its legacy, particularly since there were so many who predicted it as early as the 60s from nothing more than reading the books written about Synanon. Free choice is an American ideal, and we sacrifice for it, to preserve it, because as a nation we believe it is our greatest freedom. The autopsy report stated that he died from a perforated ulcer, but that is only the tip of the iceberg. ", It wasn't until the boys moved in with their father a tall, Italian man who awed them with stories about once hiding a shotgun under his trench coat that the once-distant dad became more than just a mythological figure. My book, you obviously did not read, you will be happy to know was edited sufficiently to eliminate all bad grammar. Joe Ricci, the owner, survived the state of Illinois pulling residents out because of the abuse and beat them in court. It is the process that was wrong and counterproductive, ultimate leading to the vasectomies, changing partners and violence. The effects of this type of interaction upon a fragile self-image and upon later impulse control in the world at large have not been determined. This issue obviously needs further elaboration and research, but there are suggestions that there are age limits below which this form of treatment is contraindicated. A belief system based upon coercive persuasion is expected by all who have studied it to be largely abandoned when the pressures are removed. 14-year-old Anthony Haynes died while attending a five-week boot camp operated by the Americas Buffalo Soldiers Re-enactors Association. Jollett, 45, tells PEOPLE about the abuse he and many other children experienced while growing up in the "school" of the infamous Synanon cult. Unlike Janzen, I was not looking for fans from any groups, but to record the knowledge I obtained so it might benefit others, as well as presenting an interesting read. Aftermaththe Synanon legacy Kimberly Stafford, the Vision Quest counselor who was driving the supply vehicle, was convicted of careless driving. Prove that all the Synanon documents directing kidnappings, beatings and murder did not exist. Or a person could just stop. On June 27, 1990, six weeks after the death of Michelle Sutton, 16-year-old Kristin Chase died at the Challenger wilderness camp in Utah of hyperthermia and dehydration after a 5-mile forced march in 105-degree heat. ", After reconnecting with his father, Jollett who didn't understand what a "mother" and "father" were while living in Synanon finally had a loving, real-life dad and mom. lawyer magazine paul Morantz on you tube. Those who chose to reject his ideas were removed. If you examine the full context, Janzen avoided anything that might lead him to information contrary to the views he wanted to present. And, as stated, many of those who left were purposely ejected or forced out by Dederich squeezes. Indeed, that same year Dederich, in his The Wrath of God speech accused addicts of stabbing him in the back by failing to negotiate an apartment complex purchase, and threatened to get rid of all of them and replace them with squares. Before moving in, Jollett had always considered his dad a "badass," a "criminal," a "pirate. The entirety of my writings say the same thing. Im rich. TTI Survivor - Leviah Rose. It can be found on Amazon. The bad publicity led some supporters, Melvin and Betty Sembler of The Seed to create a copycat organization under a different name Straight Inc.but employed Du Point as a consultant. Relationships at the school between students and staff seemed to have little formal structure or sense of normal boundary and a students life was always under threat of intense and unpredictable disciplining and punishment. And when former clients sued Straight for holding them against their will, Straight pressured parents into letting Straight fight for them for the right to force their kids into treatment with the force of a court order. But is there anything worth giving up freedom of thought? Jollett's father, though not in his life in the beginning, emerges as the hero in the book. "Our parents weren't bad people, they didn't choose to turn their children into orphans. The founder, Charles Dederich, ordered his cult followers to divorce and swap partners, with more than 200 couples complying. However, there is little evidence that harsh behavior-modification techniques can solve these problems. WebSynanon eventually unraveled in a series of assaults and attempted murder. It was known for communal living, practices such as group "truth-telling" sessions they called "The Game," requiring married couples to split and take new partners and female members to shave their heads. ! Further, Yablonsky married a Synanon woman and admitted he felt any attack on Synanon was an attack on her. In 1984 a federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia awarded Fred Collins, Jr. $220,000 for being falsely imprisoned at Straight.Inc. In short Straight took a bad treatment modality, made it worse, and then force their young subjects to endure it. Gina Score, 14, at the state-run juvenile prison camp at Plankinton, South Dakota, 1999 was run to death. The truth is Santa Monica was enforcing a valid zoning prohibition. Synanon is only one chapter. And that you should try to see people the way God sees them. By 1976 the plan to transfer the money to the Dederich family was cemented and implanted. For comparisons please get my book Escape: My Life Long War Against Cults. Sincerely If you look at your post, you will see you bring up matters which were brought up in the entirety of my text and there is little difference. Because he had lived for so long surrounded by yes people, he had no understanding how others would see his actions and thus was very open in admitting what he did, including that violence could not happen unless he approved it. Finally, even the founder was not cured, returning to marijuana by 1977 and to an alcoholic stupor in 1978 that led to drunken parties throughout Synanon, as Phil Ritters and my murders were plotted, and the supposedly rehabilitated and reformed celebrated at the news of resulting injuries. Zones are designed to separate business from residential, etc. So, as stated, when Dederich also admitted his notions were intended on each occasion to drive people out, so only the fanatical remained, and he profited by the resulting lowering cost, he was in fact knowingly in his view sacrificing former addicts to untimely ends for profit. He wrote that many ex-members said that one day there would be a scandal and Dederich would run off with all the money. Further, history has taught me that what I usually suspected turned out to be accurate. I immediately sensed he was writing a book in which he was avoiding obtaining information that might challenge his view. but if I missed something please tell me. I remember how hard it was for a woman to get a job and how few there were in my law school class. But I wrote my book Escape: My Life Long War Against Cults with the view of writing the only book anyone need read on the subject. Need your help! By example, as compiled by Dr. Ofshe, in 1961 all Dederich reported was that 70 out of 176 addicts had stayed for 5 days. I further told him that UCLA records were selective and I alone had Synanons internal documents which tells another story. (Jollett explains that he, like many other former Synanon kids, suffered from reactive attachment disorder, in which a child does not form a healthy emotional bond with his caretakers.). Suggest you get my book on Amazonmy life was not limited to Synanon. Link To The Synanon Survivors Group And Future Photo Library As I wrote the youth did not buy in as did the parents, you sound like one of them. The example story might be that of Joe Musico and Lance Kenton. it would be interesting to see you rewrite a summary of what I wrote so it could be judged whether or not you understood it. Any dammed fool who wants to come in and say Id like to live with you and we let them in. Elan was known of using such standards as haircut, pull- up, the game and humiliating signs; but added a boxing ring for resisters to be plummeted by bigger guys until a bloody confession was extracted, regardless of its truth. He had the addicts psychologically tested and found Synanon did not change people internallythat they were still antisocial. ("There was no soft place to land, there was no one really caring about us," he explains. Some had warned of the potential dangers of using synanons (game) on adults. This was written before he joined. I gave you a ring and was most pleasantly surprised that you answered. There is likely truth that allowing contact with past relationships might lure someone to leave or want to get high, but that is the persons choice. And yes, there is some bad grammar. Another myth perpetrated by old time Synanon members, and apology writers, like Janzen, looking for fans among ex-Synanon members, is that Synanon played a role in civil rights. Synanon added the game and other systems of punishment to compel compliance that would be copied by many sociopaths seeking riches, as discussed below, and lead to horrors to the participants in the clones that exceeded what occurred in Synanon. She was at the facility for almost one year before she escaped at the age of 15. It was only after the invasion of Iraq and discovery that the administration dangerously burned a spy to get even with for Sen. husband who wrote the administration had no evidence of Iraq weapons of mass destruction when it created a greater attack than 911 itself, that journalist took back their mandate to look for the truth and present that truth the country. Yet it was from this that the miracle was proclaimed. . Also, because of time restraints, I put up the information so it is there and then go back and edit when I have the chance. 5 years from now we wont need people like you.. *, As with The Seed, at Straight abuse was omnipresentincluding beatings and kidnapping of adult participants. Dederich said free choice in the hands of an addict was like a gun in the hands of a baby. While a credit to Dederichs foresight, it also unfortunately was a feature of his harmful megalomania. Synanon Industries August 23, 2022 2. Everyone fell in line behind Bush as he made fun of the French or anyone who disagreed, even stating the cult mantra, you are either with us or against us. But when Bush burned a spy to take revenge on a Sen. who spoke out, the media woke up and with it so did the country. "And probing into this world of the traumatized child. Paul please post this comment and not the other two thank you sir. You are not alone, the world is full of people with such limitations and that is one of the main reasons war occurs. Elan generated very large tax revenues for the state of Maine. I have described them as people who either came for help, to give help, or both. When she finally was rescued by a grandmother, the organization was fortunately wiped out by the resulting civil judgment for damages. The Sunshine Place investigates Synanon through survivors, former members, and more Society & Culture August 10, 2022 Listen to The Sunshine Place The first book was published in 1991, and the updated edition was published Decenber 13, 2012. Although I think this is waning some now Movies now are once again about heroes and less about femme fatales. For those, as stated above, there is no doubt Synanon served as Ofshe stated, a realistic shelter while they got their act together. In addition, group practice becomes an anti-therapeutic factor with the T.C. Neither AA, Synanon, or those that followed, were based on any scientific studies. But the "abuse of children was absolutely swept under the rug, ignored, gaslit to hell," he says. Synanon. The Synanon organization, initially a drug rehabilitation program, was founded by Charles E. "Chuck" Dederich, Sr., (19131997) in 1958 in Santa Monica, California. By the early 1960s, Synanon had also become an alternative community, attracting people with its emphasis on living a self-examined life, History is full of similar situations, with similar results, where the group eventually mutated out of its violent stageslike Christianity and Mormons. NIH had even started its own experimental synanon at the federal lockup hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. It was a gift. That for about a period of 7 years most of my friends were ex synanon members. Barker had been arrested at age 16 for burglary and when he was 18 he was charged with assault and robbery, for which he joined the Army a few days later and then went AWOL. ", Jollett continued to struggle with past traumas as a young teen and adult. It is the freedom of thought and free speech that gave America the chance to go on and recover from its mistakes. Ultimately, as stated above, Dederich would testify they never knew how to cure a dope fiend and nobody does. It did make news. The Hammer Podcast. The article listed more; interesting the largest number of abusive clones were in Arizona, where several juvenile probation officers had became visitor/participators in Synanon and recommended Synanon to officials and courts even though Marin County juvenile probation had stopped all sending of kids to Synanon and returning runaways. WebJan 2010 - Present13 years 2 months United States Im a CEDU Survivor who created & runs the Synanon Survivors Group on Facebook. When he begged to see a doctor, the staff sneered at him and called him a faker and asked him if he were homosexual.. None of us were hardcore drug addicts. .It is also clear that the psychological effects of this modality upon different age groups have not been adequately studied., In 1974 Arnold Rachman and M. Heller warned about using the Game with kids when they wrote: There is a serious shortcoming within the theory and the practice of the T.C. (Joe Ricci was a former Daytop student who went on to found his own program for troubled youth in Maine called Elansee below.) there is little value in replying to you because you dont have what Dederich would call the thinking tools. You say there are lies But you dont list them. They appreciated the honesty of the work. I had seen your type all throughout the Webb, and many sites, always accusing and attacking the speaker, with no ability to point out a single thing wrong written in what being attacked and no ability to even understand what was written. This is especially true when punishment is viewed as a healing process. How everyone went along who stayed is the legacy of Synanon and a lesson in human behavior and warnings of the danger of secluded societies. Nov 04, 2017 Daina Fanning rated it really liked it. I am very aware of the early philosophies of Synanon. It does appear prior post returned and I did respond to you at length. What is mysterious about this? No doubt their belief in Synanon was so strong that they had a good influence on others, but unfortunately they were also subjected to the Synanon system which from the early days warned of the enemy at the door (which Dederich eventually confessed at deposition he made up to bond followers), and later declared that you could never go home or contact outsiders. 9. I don't know. He had beaten me time wise. To me there is good reason why Elan was not on the the map. But that questionwhile interestingis really moot; the fact is that while shelter and support is of assistance, the Synanon system based on hate (as stated by Dederich) and punishment was not only a failure but its achievement in publicity, like a Synanon movie starring Ed OBrien, has led to 50 years of horror to countless victims all over the world and continues to do so. Good luck. Where you at synanon in 1972-1973? Have a merry. Its just simply if your writing a book on the history of an organization and you are aware that someone filed multiple actions against it, and they tried to murder him for it, if you are a journalist you are going to interview that person. *. Eventually Dr. DuPont left government service and became a paid consultant for Straight, which had replaced The Seed after the US Senate likened its methods to North Korean brainwashing. Even AA, which similarly indoctrinated a specific dogma the 12 steps is seen as not so successful as promoted and/or a proper therapy to cure alcoholism as it demands a dogmatic conversion and life time attendance that has been proven not necessary. I listened to countless game tapes. I would say probably every decade my views changed, either up or down, but only in small degrees. just state that and agree to the group rules!! That's crazy,'" says Jollett, reflecting back on cult-members giving their children away at 6 months old. If you want to really learn of how the inner controls were, you can contact me to get his depositions. I welcome anyones story, questions or facts; the only thing I delete is attacking the messenger; attack facts if you can but I am not going to have gaming on here, get the speaker when you cannot challenge the info. They made people like Bernie Kolb who I loved very much. (c) Nov. 2012. is someone writes a personal attack on me, or anyone else who comments, is deleted. But Farve had the money so he could be self indulgent. (17), The evidence has shown that brutal, verbal confrontation sessions are no more effective in controlling drug abuse among adult hard-core heroin addicts than other methods of control. Jollett says his feelings were not validated by his mother, who instead relied on him for comfort. Jollett and his older brother Tony were taken from their parents his father a recovered addict and former convict, his mother an anti-government activist from Berkeley when they were just 6 months old. I dont have much to argue with what you say about the people in Synanon and do not disagree they helped others, they were there to do that. The problem is, however, is how to ensure they are taken advantage of. The media pointed to me, but there were far many who had joined and fought to protect me as well as expose Synanon. ***. WebI run the Synanon Survivors Facebook group and wed love to have to as a member!! I am very grateful that you have included in writing your blog about Joe Riccis version or interpetation of Synanon. You might call that egotistical, but I felt I had that knowledge because I had engaged so many. And that number was highly inflated by injection of squares and children born to addicts and squares alike. My discussion is on the known today dangers of a hatchery (abandonment syndrome) which Susan Richardson wrote about, the psychological affects of attack therapy which can cause psychological damage, including psychotic breaks (which happened at Synanon) and how everyone finally bought into the enemy at the door who were all prejudiced against them and finally reduced Synanon to a state of mind where propaganda ruled over truth, all the ideals were tossed out and a growing comparison to the Manson family was in place. He participated in several missions, and arguably would have lived a better life but for his exposure to Synanon. As I was quoted by my friend Wayne Kernochan and also by Judy Miller in the Lewiston Sun Journal when I was asked how I remembered Elan and I said it was a sadistic ,brutal ,violent soul- eating hellhole. "In the case of my brother, he became the scapegoat. I use a voice recognizing system and then I have to go back and edit many times. In October of 1977 press conference Dan Garrett bragged that after beating the shit out of (Dinuba punks teenagers retrieving their car) we told them to tell all their friends this is just a taste of what will happen next time; and that as to the San Francisco punks we put 4 of them in the hospital. He further admitted they ran some cock suckers into a ditch and shaved their heads. They covered his mouth with a hand and forced him to inhale ammonia, which caused spasm of his vocal cords and prevented him from being able to inhale. But instead he made lab rats out of people. WebSynanon Survivors is celebrating 4 years!!! In the early days of Synanon, the "At that age, my response was to become the super kid. And in the end, what I presented were facts, i.e., the actual statistics, what happened in the clones and the general consensus of experts that the Synanon system of brainwashing, punishments and humiliations is counterproductive and psychologically dangerous. But their position was based on incomplete data, in Janzen s case that was intentional. as to George Bush, again in my book I said there was no difference between him psychologically and Osama. Synanon was the first therapeutic community devoted to the treatment of the drug addicted according to the Encyclopedia of Drugs and Alcohol, which is edited by the first White House Drug Czar, per Wes Fager, who also noted Dr. Jerome Jaffe stated Synanon is the prototype of the drug-related therapeutic community-a community where the addict surrenders all aspects of his life, except one-the right to leave. Fager further noted Bratter and Forrest write that In less than a quarter of a century, the American self-help residential therapeutic community has come to span the globe. Psychiatrist Dr. Judianne Densen-Gerber visited Dr. Ramirez in Puerto Rico and setup her own synanon-based TC in New York City called Odyssey House. 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