Zack Bonnie's "Dead, Insane or In Jail: A CEDU Memoir" exposes the abusive tactics of the youth reform industry through his traumatic experiences, revealing manipulation, psychological control, and a quest for resilience amid systemic degradation.
"Today is the first year anniversary of my freedom. I escaped, with my children, from a religion based, violent marriage. Here's how I did it. "
Into ash and stone leaping downwards. This place would never feel like home.
This piece is a contribution from an abuse survivor. It details extreme abuse and could be triggering to readers. Please consider caution if you are a trauma survivor.
Thinking of home I am a Universal vagabond with my heart strapped on
In the hovering bowels of mysticism where the cynics hang their hats, she waits to be acknowledged.
You are constantly encountering moments being sunk into an abyss of dark absence.
She cannot watch this world with its lack of concern.
But who celebrates the Motherless child?
There's a faded line etween reality band time.
I thought I'd feel reprieve; some kind of soul relief to find out she died.
Vennie Kocsis 
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