Kids for Cash: The Tragic Death of Cornelius Fredrick
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- Kids for Cash: The Tragic Death of Cornelius Fredrick
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Drewby and Yergy are taking an extended stay in Michigan this week to discuss the the tragic case of Cornelius Fredrick, a 16 year old boy that was murdered under the care of Lakeside, a facility for at-risk youth in Kalamazoo, while being restrained by 7 grown men. The offense that warranted the restraint that ended Cornelius's life? Playfully throwing a sandwich at another resident during lunch.
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Im Anna, im the listener who did indeed, get sent to one of these reform camps. I made it out okay, but can say for a fact, these camps are trash. nearly 60k to be underfed, forced to hike while carrying tons of weight, and they did indeed "chicken wing" us.
I'm so glad you're ok ❤️
@@Abutado thank you so much 💛💛
Omg I'm sorry you had to go through that kind of abuse and ignorance. I hope you have an amazing life and it continues to get better.
Glad to hear you made it thru. Keep your head up
I am so sorry that you went through that.
I'm just wondering how sitting on top of a child and holding them down for 12 minutes is punishment for throwing a sandwich? What the hell were these overgrown adults thinking? This poor boy had an extremely rough life. He is with his mother now and finally safe.
I agree - I cannot even fathom why they thought this was a correct course of action.
I thought you meant to put overgrown children. But I guess they are both overgrown children and adults
These people did what they were taught to do. This is how it is in there places. They are trained to do this..
The kids for cash that happened in Pittsburgh I had a front row seat for. Horrible
Your comment made me cry 😪
Five adult men, twice his size.
This is revolting.
It's horrific :( He deserved better than this. By all accounts, he was a sweet kid.
@@TheMiseryMachine I've said it before and I will continue to say it. You guys are just amazing. I'm really blown away by how much you care. What's really horrifying, is the fact that not everyone DOES care. Shouldn't the way we feel about these issues be the same way everyone feels about these issues? I mean this is ridiculous, people get into social work to help people, and I don't know if it's because they didn't care when they started the job, or they just got jaded over the years, but these people need to be held accountable, and they need to be punished.
Thank you guys.
Your work is noble, I hope you continue, and I hope you inspire others to begin to do the same thing.
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Not to metion they were WHALES they litterally crushed him with a total of 500 pounds at the very least.
Being in care while Black
SMH
@@berserkagain7976 Ohhh, yes!!!
At the very least" is perfect and most importantly we are talking about 6 grown a ** overweight dudes knowing exactly the consequences of their actions and yet here we have the utmost "privilege"
All 12 of the men that held him down should be arrested
As well as the nurse - Do no harm my ass. She literally just stood there and watched.
@@TheMiseryMachine so well said❤
Preach
When I was 16 years old I was put into "the system" for running away from home due to abuse. I ended up in group homes. Fast-forward a few years, I ended up working with children in group homes. I've seen more than I can stand. I could tell you real stories for days. The reason I ended up working with children in group homes is to make a difference, even if it's just one person. I want to be who I needed in that situation but didn't have. I've read about this child and this place. It takes me back, not in a good way. I truly do hurt for every single one of these children who've been failed over & over again. Thank you for caring.
Bless you . I'm sure you are bringing these poor neglected children comfort and support. You will be making a real difference .
❤🫶
You're angel, I hope you know that.
That’s my exact story too
How do you do it?? Sheer will? I really want to help children that had childhoods similar to mine. I’m 18 and its time to select my future.. but god the anxiety that comes with everything 😖
Nothing but violent bullies on a power trip, these people do not care about the kids they are looking after. 12 minute restraint for throwing a sandwich? They wanted to hurt someone and just needed an excuse
Agreed 100% I feel like there are so many monsters that get into the field for nefarious reasons.
Yes, this was grossly adults killing a kid...because they wanted to. This was so intense and heartbreaking😔💔
I got lost in watching. Honestly, I totally forgot that this was not a juvenile correctional facility. Until they mentioned it again.
Even then, this is such excessive force. This is a huge systematic cycle of lost and homeless kids needs more awareness. RIP.. I'm glad hes home with mom.
Thank you so much TMM for the work your doing❤
I lived in a group home. I will confirm they would painfully hold me down for what it seemed like hours, just cause I said I was sad.. i got out of their hold with a sprained shoulder. Also has happened to me at the hospital, they tied me down that time.. just cause I said I needed someone to talk to.. I almost died there due to suicide. My parents kept sending me to these places over and over and over. Idk what I even did wrong except being suicidal and depressed for the abuse and rape I put up with through my life.
I've lived in many facilities like that. I'm gonna explose them. They hit you, starve you, tie you down, they'll force medication in you (that'll give you horrid trips, they did this to me as I was tied down) they starved us, they let us all bully each other, they didn't care of one of us ran away, if I had a panic attack they'd scream at me. They were pretty much all that way. All I was trying to get was comfort after being abused my whole life and being kidnapped and raped :( They knew what happened to me but still did what they did.. I hope the human race burns.
I've also been molested by other people in the group home and no one would do shit about it. (And they still knew what had happened) The group homes ran by the state are sick, disgusting and pure evil. They had shoved me down into a puddle of piss purposely as well, then locked me in that room with no bed, no blanket, nothing. Just a pure blank white room with absolutely both to do. They once threatened to strip me too.
imagine you die in your sleep, you come back to watch over your baby and see him find your dead body, then after years of watching him go from home to home you have to watch him be tackled and killed all while you can’t do anything. I’m not religious but i can’t imagine how much it would hurt, as a parent, knowing that when you die you won’t be there to protect your baby boy :(
Agreed - and on top of it, both mother and child died so young and tragically. I hope they are both in a better place now, and that Cornelius's siblings live long and healthy lives with no further tragedies.
That's hard to think about..
Your comment made me cry, I hope Hell exist so those responsible for Cornelius death can be punished.
@@astoldby made me cry too 😢 it’s a fear I have, dying before my children are grown…they need their mommy
You just made me cry
The person he threw the sandwich at ran over to help pin him down... so since you said he threw it at a student, am I right that the staff not only assaulted Cornelius in front of everyone but also allowed a student to participate in the murder? That's all kinds of messed up :(
I peeped that out too…. This entire situation was flat out foul and disgusting!
Yep i agree. Messed up alright!!!!!!!
No that is NOT how you restrain a child! I was never fully trained on it in my job since it wasn’t technically required training by law. But we were taught that the safety of the child comes first. The only time we should be restraining a child is if they’re endangering another child. And when restraining, we are only protecting the other child, not ourselves. The child acting out can hit, punch, bite, or kick us and leave marks. But we NEVER leave marks on them. It’s the nature of working with challenged children. You will go home with bruises, but they will go home safe. And if you’re not willing to take that on, find another job. Some of the kids we worked with were disabled, some had behavior issues, some had troubled pasts. No matter what the reason, their safety comes before yours.
That was absolutely NOT "manslaughter" it was murder, 2nd degree at the very least!! RIP
All that over throwing a sandwich 😔 RIP Cornelius
It's disgusting :(
Its so sad that services for children are so bad and lacking of caring workers. Too many lives lost senselessly.
Agreed - that on top of the for profit systems. It's a recipe for disaster.
This is utterly heartbreaking. Those kids have no chance. And I bet those institutions grab every damn penny from the government. More going into their personal pockets than looking after children. Physical and sexual abuse, it's just sickening and heartbreaking.
Sandwiches....the cheapest thing they could feed growing youth...
When I worked with Cornelius myself we had kids there that were serving time. It's crazy how they mixed children of the state with children who have been charged with criminal offenses. We even had children that had to have locked doors because they were charged with SA.👀
Wow that is insane ‼️‼️‼️🤭🤭
@@mavisjones9391 things I shouldn't necessarily be saying online.
You worked at that facility? Did they restrain children regularly there? Was this protocol? That’s crazy!
@@samsalamander8147 I worked at a different facility with this young man not the one he was murdered at. 😥💔 When I worked with him he was a bit younger and so were the other kids I'm getting the feeling that as they get older like 15 or 16 they get sent to a different facility like lakeside where he was murdered. 😥💔 Where I worked. I worked there for a year and we only restrained a child one time and that was because he threw another child through a window. The place I worked at was not a fan of doing restraints they were a last resort type thing none of the staff wanted to do them.
@@samsalamander8147 I can't go into it too much but I think the reason they were not as bad where I worked is because they were a nonprofit. (Also because we had good staff) When you're a non-profit you can't make money off of kids. The place he was murdered at was a for-profit facility.😥
Thank you so much for doing a video about my sweet Angel Cornelius. I found out so many new things about him. I appreciate the research done here. Mad props. Thank you again.
Y'all fucked with us helped but it wasn't cool but hey covid milk dubs and war silly own ups to teach what job train job train fit in to white man standard I know I did the crime I did the time good bless to all the staff that worked with me I burnt my lakeside shirt when I got home like I said
“It takes a village” & we are FAILING our children!! 🤬
WTH is wrong with these people. He throwed a F- ing sandwich! They didn't care if he died. Thank you guys for cover these cases it is so important. Love from Sweden 🇸🇪 RIP Cornelius 🖤 🙏
I couldn't have said it better. If you look closely he actually ripped the crust off of his sandwich and just threw the crust.💔😥😥😥
Unfortunately America doesn’t view its citizens as humans 💔
@@brookelynnwu8016 That is COMPLETELY incorrect.
...It's a human until it's born. Then it's personal property for 18 years. Not like...a nice TV or a car personal property, more like an Ikea sofa disposable do-it-yourself commodity property.
...unless it's female or a minority, in which case at 18 it graduates to pest type animal.
@@nadapenny8592 basically lmaooo
@@nadapenny8592 yeah you got it tough alright. Don't know how you do it. 🙄👍
Thanks for covering stuff like this. I don't watch news or use social media so I don't learn about things like this other than though in depth videos like these
His death wasn't widely publicized. We received his case via email from an insider that wanted his case known to the world.
I'm from Michigan and this breaks my heart. That clip of him being murdered was so hard to watch. Rest in heaven, Cornelius 🖤 I hope those 3 and more are helpful accountable
I had the pleasure to know Corn! I worked at Lakeside prior to his death! He was one of my favorite children! I left the facility a few months prior to this happening. I cried upon hearing the news! Corn definitely didn't deserve this! #Ripcorn
Why in hell, would they tackle this poor boy in the first place? Throwing a sandwich?? Idgaf if its his thousandth offense, you do not need to do this, under any circumstances! THEN, hold him down!!! Wtf is wrong with these people!! That power trip wasn't worth the kids life. 😓
You guys uncovered so much new information I'm so proud of you can't wait to see your channel grow💕💕💕 mad research skills I worked with Cornelius for a year and I've been fighting for him since he was murdered and there is so much information I did not know about him. Thank you. 💕
I'm from California and I was in foster care from age 12-18 and I had gotten pregnant at 14, had my son at 15 and they were quick to say that if someone in my family couldn't or wouldn't take us in that they were going to split us up because no one wanted a teenager, but they wanted a baby instead. And when I ran away from my Foster home at 17 and no one from the state came to look for me because I was almost 18 anyway and once I turned 18 I was discharged from the system and that was that
My heart breaks for you, Empress. I am so sorry adults failed you in so many ways. I am sending a prayer and a hug for you now.
@@normacook8325 No worries. My life hasn't been easy, but I d been blessed. People often assume that if a child's home life is sh+##+, that foster care would be better and more often then not it has a bigger effect on the child. We were paychecks and that was it. Social workers rarely came out and did home visits or called to check on us
I hope you ended up getting to keep your baby. I have a friend who was in the system while we where teens she had a baby at 15 and they took her baby away from her because she was a ward of the state so her baby was a ward of the state too we are now in our 30s she never seen her baby again she is now in jail I send her canteen when I can she has another couple years to go her other kids are scattered around she wanted me to take them but I could only take one I did not have the room for 3 and she did not want to split them up they where split up anyways but still it’s all very sad her Mom died of aids in the 90s when we first met and her whole life was chaos in the system she would run away to my house and she would detox from the medicine they would keep her on once she had a seizure from the medicine they would drug her up to keep her quiet in those group homes. They had her on like 10 psych meds when we where like 13 it was stupid and it really messed her up bad.
Watching both cameras of the "restraints" I don't see anyone running out ..i see them sitting calmly at their table ..like its an everyday thing...
Hi there! Many did - some ran away from the campus dand some are reportedly still missing.
@@TheMiseryMachine oml really?? Wow
@@ANDREA-kk2gx the whole thing is a mess that has so many layers. For example, when facilities like this close, often times a lot of the kids have a hard time being placed. Many are kids that need legitimate services, but now they are lost in the community. Once such, Daimar Bowden, was shot and killed. If the system wasn't so broken, and the kids were actually getting the care they needed instead of being abused and improperly housed, things would be much better. Many kids leave systems like this worse off than when they go in.
@@TheMiseryMachine so sad man
It takes 4minutes of constricting breathing to kill a person… and if after they saw he’s not resisting any longer why in the hell did they still continue to hold him down😡 This is very upsetting, the fact he was buried in an unmarked grave is even worse man😔
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I used to work at a 24 hour emergency facility for children who have nowhere else to go either due homelessness, abuse/neglect and no family members to be passed off to, and so forth. They made us watch this video every year during our training as a precautionary take of restraints.
My mother worked with mentally challenged adults. Some were up to 250lbs and she only weighed 150. She was taught to take them down very differently. And she could do it! But it was more of a hugging action and then they would fall together
If it needs to be done, it should be done in a safe manner like you're describing. What these men did was just unacceptable. They just wanted to bully and beat on a kid :(
EXACTLY!! I'm a nurse and I've worked in many niches including psych. Restraints are an extreme LAST RESORT. And we have to get a doctor's order to use them. We also have to cease use within 24hrs, the orders expire after that. We also never physically restrain patients this way, EVER! We get them to a bed, chair, or something of the like and use soft cotton restraints on wrist and ankles. Only when you get into veryyyyy extreme or criminal patients would you use anything else.
You know what works at least 95% of the time? Simply using verbal de-escalation techniques. I've personally used restraints less than 5x and I've been in the field since 2007.
Wish I could donate but covid has me restricted cuz I'm I'm food service
I think that’s bear hug, & I think it’s safe, anything else is dangerous
Yeah in Michigan we have an abuse/neglect registry. Basically if you're ever charged with anything related to that you will not be allowed to work with children or in any type of care setting with adults. I don't know if all states have that, but that's a great point to bring up.
They are messed up for not checking the registry. 💔😥
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I have noticed no one has covered the Anita Cobby case from Australia 🇦🇺... it is the one of the worst cases I have read about. I live in Australia and it was pretty close to home. Such a tragic story...
@@tnikabennett3469 we can totally add Anita's case to our list. Much love to you ♡
Thank you
@@rachelosiria7865 no thank you ♡
You should look into the Dontel Jeffers case from Boston. He was a 4 year old who died a horrendous death while in foster care. The foster mother was found guilty in his death but only served 8 years 😡😠. It is one of the worst DCF failures in Massachusetts, in such a long line of ineptitude and tragedies that people were referring to it as the Dead Children's Foundation 😳 😔
THANK YOU for sharing his story & calling attention to the issues (horrors) with these facilities & in the system. Also, TY for remembering Anna & worrying about her! I immediately started crying when you guys mentioned her, because these poor kids are often forgotten by the 🌎 and have absolutely NO ONE who’s asking about them. You guys might be ONLY people who care enough to mention her & now we’re also thinking of her (& I’ve🙏🏼 for her & will continue to do so)!😢
They were holding him down way after he stopped moving,that was horrifiing no so disturbing all of them were huge people!!! It be awhile before I get that out of my head I was screaming at the screen😫wtf they took a kid's life over throwing a sandwich unbelievable 🤬🤬😢💔
RIP to this young man🌹
I was in foster care for 10 years and went in and out of shelters, group homes, foster homes (45 homes at that), and several different psychiatric hospitals. In the hospitals I would cause a stir and would get restrained and they would forcefully pull my pants down or off completely and injected with Thorazine in my butt. There's been times when they would take all of my clothes except for my shirt and have me stay in the "quiet room" in a chair in the doorway. It's a mixed facility meaning males and females are in the same area during the day. Before breakfast/lunch/dinner all of the other patients and staff both male and female had to walk past the room while I had no pants and no underwear. My legs riddled with extensive self harm injuries were exposed and I felt so humiliated. Mind you I don't always have to be in there because of a fight or something but also to be monitored for suicidal thoughts behavior.
There was this boy who was locked in the room for over 30 minutes. He had peed on the floor. While he was in there this girl acts out and so they removed him and then they pinned her to the floor in the room and rubbed her face in it.
Moral of the story, these places that house several children and teens, either shelters or notoriously, group homes and hospitals, can be riddled with terrible staff. Their treatment of us cannot be monitored by loved ones as a privacy thing. They are only told about it after something bad happens.
I used to work at a group home in Waynesville, MO and I have to say they gave us quite a bit of training on how to handle the kids and this wasn't it!!!! This is HORRIBLE and I hope they get the highest punishment allowed!!!
Everyone we've spoken to agrees with you on this 100% This was horrific. This was a bunch of grown adults beating on a child. Totally unacceptable. Much love to you, Chaka ♡
Heartbreaking and infuriating at the same time!
Watching the video, it was clear that those 7 men just wanted to beat a kid up. So senseless.
Oh, I heard about this case! I hope that Cornelius gets justice! 💜
100% I hope he does
Makes me glad ur covering it when I was in the system I was so abused so helpless they made it clear there was no one who could or would help us
I know it’s easy to slam these “For Profit” youth detention facilities. They definitely deserve the criticism. However state run facilities have the exact same problems, some worse, some better. Weather it is our government or private companies running these facilities, clearly reform is needed. Youth services, in my opinion, is a far more pressing issue than adult correction/rehabilitation facilities. Just don’t assume because a facility is “For Profit,” that it is automatically a corrupt facility. State and Federal facilities can be just as corrupt. My aunt was living at a state run facility for adults with mental disabilities. She was abused in so many ways it makes me sick just to think about it. Just because the facility is funded with taxpayer dollars, doesn’t mean it’s all peaches and cream. Corruption runs thick, both private and public...
Your not wrong. My hope (stress on hope) is that if there were more government oversight, things could be better. Not perfect, but better. They cam take my tax dollars and spend them all on protecting kids that desperately need it, 100% The for profit model (in some cases, like the cases we mentioned), are nothing more than human trafficking.
@Dorothy in the Poppy Field Drewby here, and you're absolutely right. I think there's problems in both sectors and I firmly believe both private businesses and government work together on this front because it greatly benefits both of them to have these facilities operating. I really think the only thing that could make any meaningful difference is proper uncorrupted oversight, but I feel very hopeless about any meaningful change taking place here.
When both government and private business join forces for evil, that's a hard thing to undo because then you have an entity operating virtually above the law.
Ehh I think having a correctional facility be for profit does inherently lead to corrupt practices. Making money off of imprisoning kids doesn’t seem like it would lead to good things
The government takes our money and does the same thing as for profit, because it is for thier profit. So called not for profit institutions are also HUGE SCAMS.
They're treating the abused like thugs, and they're children as well
The most rotten kind of people
Why are we sending victims and offenders into the same facility anyways??? This sounds worse than prison
I'm not even gonna begin with the fact that ADULTS who were offenders themselves had authority over children with special mental/emotional needs.
How is there not a background check being done!?
I worked at a place like this called Genesee Lake School in Oconomowoc Wisconsin, it was hell on earth, if your looking for a company to investigate this would be a good one to look into.this was also a FOR PROFIT AGENCY. The owner and his family were former and ongoing mafia affiliations, and they were making millions of dollars off of these kids.I do have to say that these kids were BAD, you were constantly at risk for significant injury from these kids, as well as the other kids. Also we were trained really well and had very strict ways in which you could restrain, and for what reasons.
Alot of these cases I never heard of. Thank u for giving these angels a voice. How can I support the channel?
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The killing of a child
Is the death of an endless possibility
And that's why
When it happens
Nothing but the highest level of
Justice should be served
You mentioned the Elan school toward the end there. I first leaned of that place from the 1983 documentary "Children of Darkness" and it's really pretty disheartening at times realizing how little progress the country has made on the front of mental health care in over 30 years.
This one hit hard. I was in two places like this. One in Utah, the other a "wilderness camp" in Mexico. Thank you for sharing Cornelius' story.
I live a town over from Kalamazoo and I remember how outraged my entire town was when we heard about this case. We were all ready to storm that building and tear it down by hand because we were all so heart broken and angry. My heart goes out to everyone affected by this case.
These poor children! What is wrong with people? We cry over wildlife and mistreated pets but we allow this mistreatment of CHILDREN? It is swept under the rug. . . 💔
(In reality, if someone threw food in front of me, I believe appropriate punishment would be to help clean the cafeteria...)
I hear what your saying but PLEASE dont disregard the abuse animals suffer. There is no reason to compare animal abuse & child abuse....animals & children are both vulnerable & innocent & they deserve to be protected. I think its worth noting that most people have never heard about Cornelius....but we all know George Floyd. Something to think about.
So many kids in Michigan that get phased-out of the cps/group home/foster care system end up in homeless shelters the moment they turn 18 in fact I was in a homeless shelter last year around this time and we had an eighteen-year-old girl that phased out 😥💔
Thank you for what you guys do. Making awareness to things people need to know. 🙌❤️ Will you guys look into Alabama.
This is ABSOLUTELY HEARTBREAKING. Just like with the prison system there shouldn’t be a for profit version. It’s insane. They’re always run so below standard it’s clearly deadly!! It’s so crazy that kids who have done horrible things are there and mixed with kids who just have no where else to go. So sad.
I work with high needs/ high risk. And have never once in 30 years had to have this type of restraint put on a person, I don't know what the rules are there but in Canada we have to constantly update our training in non violent crisis intervention, what happen was completely unacceptable
Watching this just brings back all the abuse my brother went thru at Charles Hickey school in Maryland my brother went thru more than just physical also SA this happened in the 80s thier is a law suit going on I thank you for sharing this and other situations luv u guys❤❤❤
Thank you for doing this video. I live in the Grand Rapids area about 40 miles North where the murder occurred. It was all over the news for about 4 days then nothing. What was alleged to be tear gas was actually pepper spray. I met a teen who actually ran shortly after this incident. He said staff was always messing with Cornelius. He was scared. He called the Governor's office and shortly after they closed the facility. Around the same time the George Floyd riots were going on but where is the justice for Cornelius? Thanks again for bringing his story on a wider audience
I have a 19 year old son,who's now in the army. I couldn't imagine putting him out at 18 or wanting him out. These kids needs a stable home life and mental assistance/therapy. Hell, from a foster home to homeless shelter and no preparation for the world or ever feeling like they belong somewhere. 😔🥺.
As a person that was kicked out while still in high school at 18, I understand completely. I had a hard enough time without the challenges these kids face. Much love to you ♡ Yergy
@@TheMiseryMachine I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you turned your life into something that makes you happy. I wish you the best.
@@TheMiseryMachine Yergy, I am so sorry you were treated so poorly. You are truly making a difference for children everywhere now!
No need to be sorry! I lived in a punk house, worked a pet shop, then ACS for 8 years, the bank almost 10 now, the podcast for 2 and a half. I absolutely struggled more than I would have with proper support, but I survived. I'll be 38 on the 26th, own my own duplex, and have 3 cute kitties. I did good ♡ It just took longer - like a huge scenic route longer.
@@TheMiseryMachine Everyone's path is not the same....a detour is needed but you still reached your goal 🥍🥅 ❤️👏🏽
I started my healthcare career in 1993. I became a National Registry EMT (NREMT) in 1997. I'm trained in legal restraints. I have worked in many, many places- never ONCE has this type of behavior or response indicating a need for restraint EVER been suggested. This is absolutely inexcusable, indefensible, intolerable, beyond excessive and every adult involved should be in jail for life!
He's not even struggling! His feet aren't moving at all
Even more reason why the restraint was so unnecessary :(
This poor child. May God bless his soul. These adults make me so angry treating a child like that.
Thanks for posting this story and incredible work! This is another tragic case of psychiatric abuse , Everytime a child gets put into restraints in foster care, chances are medicaid gets a bill(Its a miracle that any kid comes out alive after being put into restraints alone for prolonged periods of time )...Psychiatric abuse needs to be exploited and put to shame -
You build a place to house “undesirables” like prisoners, psych patients, the homeless, orphans etc… and you’ll be disgusted to see how quickly everyone starts getting taken advantage of. Staff knows nobody will report them, and the people stuck wherever they are know nobody will listen to them. Happens allllll over.
I have shared! So angry that this happened to him. He just seemed to be a decent kid treated like a criminal who got frustrated at his situation. Like anyone would.
WHOA..!!!! That’s disgusting. And the nurse should’ve been charged the same as the guys. She neglected that boy. Totally pisses me off makes me sick. Every bit of our system is broken. Smh sickening and shameful
How can you not tell someone is dying when you're that close to them! This is a child how can you do this! Poor young man rest in peace Cornelius. Prayers that this stops happening. I lean more right on alot of things, and I'm sick of seeing this it's inexcusable. I hope they make an example of those who held Cornelius down.
I was in the foster system, and was tossed out when I turned 18. I was able to work and get a place, but I definitely think there should be a transitional housing. I know because of funding, it would have to be voluntary for people to open their homes. Thank you for bringing all of these things to light. ❤❤❤❤
You are restrained as a go to, I was restrained for walking away from a counsoler, as well as for NOT walking under the "bear hang" (500+ lbs of food hung from a tree), i walked around the tree holding it.
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I hate for-profit juvenile facilities, prisons, or hospitals. They cut corners in order to save a dime.
I went to a sequel youth service program called Auldern Academy in North Carolina and it inevitably got shut down after all of the abuse that happened there. I was a resident for over a year and a half, and experienced a lot of trauma that I am still working through to this day. Thank you for making this video and bringing awareness to programs like these.
They had a type of punishment that they called refocus where they would take you away from the community and you would have to carry all of your belongings in a giant backpack and you were forced to be shown by the community they would make you walk around the building, the furthest way possible to get where you needed to be and the girls were instructed to not look at you or talk to you And we had to make all of our food over our own fire that we weren’t taught how to make in the first place we were only given three matches, and if we burned through three of the matches, the staff would make us do jumping jacks, or some kind of work out to earn another match so I can make my food, and they would only give us Raman packs to eat, which was nothing nutritional and one fourths us to do hours, and hours of labor is cleaning all around the campus
Look at all the people just walking around or sitting there on their phones
Rest easy baby boy you will not be forgotten. this is why when I get older I wanna work with Children who have trauma like me and actually treat them right and show them love rather than frikin hate this case has me in tears I have also been in group homes and juvinile youth facilitys so thats why im so amped up
I got my notification this time ! Thanks for the upload.!
Thank you for letting us know Pamela! A few people still didn't but I think more people are starting to get a notification now? Either way, thank you for keeping us informed, we're in the dark unless you guys tell us! ❤️
This is so disgusting. And almost impossible to watch. I just can't believe that this happens. I don't understand these people.
So close to home. So sad.
Hey there. Seen you around the discord. Waving hand emogi.
I love listening to people stories.
I'm from Michigan and I'm a survivor of child abuse. The northern part of the state where I grew up was horrible. Children were ignored and neglected and childcare was scary. Look into cheboygan Michigan and surrounding small areas.
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Sleighton girls school
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Thank you for this story
Rest Easy Cornelius 🙏🏼I hope your with you Mom ❤️
It's concerning that the other residents just carry on as if nothing's happening .This must just be a normal day, another tackle... They seem to be looking away so they dont risk being involved . So sad .
I've never heard this case! This is why I love you guys, y'all have the best content ❤️ this is so sad, in the beginning of the video when I first seen the mom had passed away, my first thought was when this young kid went to heaven, his mom would've prob went up to him and asked him why he was there so quick behind her? Thank God this place was shut down, it was being ran by some sickening, disturbed, horrible people! Thanks for sharing ❤️
I was in the Heritage House in South Portland in early 2000s and I was also at 3 more places like this in Maine as a pre-teen & teen some were bad some were great. The Heritage house was awesome ❣️ There definitely needs to be way more rules and training in these places.
My baby boy. I see my son's face in him. Ive remember thos case. i live here in South East Michigan breaks my heart look at that face. But ya know he went home. Where he will always be loved and treated with love and kindness ❤❤❤❤
These facilities are staffed by aggressive punitive authoritarian types who are often pathological. The kids are written off as "bad" and our society doesn't care. If it were "bad" dogs being handled in this manner, the place would be dismantled. All kids need respectful care and empathy.
Watching this child struggle while suffocating is heartbreaking. I can't believe a any child program, especially a FOR PROFIT, has these many slip throughs or mishaps. It just goes to show $ means more than a persons life. Absolutely horrific. These children need positive guidance.
This is heartbreaking 💔 No amount of bad behaviour warrants FIVE! Grown-ass men, throwing all their weight on top of a child. Throw the book at them 🤬
I live here in Michigan and I worked for a while at Children's Hospital in Detroit as a Patient Care Attendant which basically means I just sat with the patient to observe them to keep them from pulling an IV or something like that or to perhaps keep them from falling out of bed. After about a year or two we started getting a lot of mental health children or those with behavioral problems and we weren't allowed to touch them for any reason, there was a hospital police officer on duty who could restrain the child with the nurse and that was only for two hours at a time. So there are some strict laws in Michigan to protect the children it just seems that the employees at that facility (Lakeside) chose not to follow them.
We have a lot of those facilities here in Utah. From what I hear, those in power are trying to get new legislation in place to curb the abuse though.
I can only hope that they do curb it. I don't expect big changes, especially since both private business and the government have their fingers in the pie on this one (I wish I talked about that more on this episode), but fingers crossed something meaningful happens.
Unfortunately the change will never be on the federal level. This is a battle that has to be fought state by state, and that's maddening to realize.
I have family in Utah so I hope things get better there overall - Drewby
@@TheMiseryMachine yeah, I'm not expecting much change considering who is in charge of our state government, but I really hope to be pleasantly surprised. We've had kids die in these facilities. They're typically in the southern part of the state where it is usually very hot and dry desert, and they make them go on "nature hikes" with little to no water.
Absolutely terrible. I worked at a juvenile detention and we did use restraints but definitely nothing like this, nor for such a ridiculous reason.
ive spent my teen years living in institutions and psych wards where restraints were often necessary to protect other patients or the patient themselves. never have i EVER seen someone be restrained by having someone sit on their chest. restraints were always done by fixing someones wrists and ankles, maybe knees too, and if absolutely necessary by holding their chest down with a hand. a lot of the things i experienced during that time of my life were horrible and injust but it still doesn't come close to what these kids go through. my heart goes out to anyone who lived/lives through this hell. you deserve so so so so much better.
Hi Guys! I'm from Maine too! I live near Augusta. Love your channel. I just discovered it tonight. Yeah The Elan School always was interesting to me. Have you guys covered the cases of Nadine Atwood or Brianna Lopez. These cases haunted me. And I have many questions about both cases..
I live about 30 minutes south of Kalamazoo, i have heard of this case. It's horrible.
I'm from Michigan and I was a troubled kid I was in facilities or lockup as we called them from literally a make shift lockup someone built in there garage and I was also in Children's Village which is where Ethan Crumbley the oxford school shooter was just at. Michigan is so far from caring about kids or anything at all. I was belittled by these facilities they took me to school in hand cuffs everyday and picked me up and handcuffed me just to make me embarrassed SA physical assault is a big thing and they will always make sure it's ur fault all the guards will back each other up it's a mess.
REALLY need to look into Dozier School for Boys in Florida. It was a home in the 50s (closed now) and a few years back they went to do some work on the property they found around 50 BODIES buried on the property. It was horrific what these boys went through. They were disappearing and no one noticed.
This one is sooo heartbreaking. 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Places like this are awful. Disgusting. So much abuse goes on in these places.
I'm genuinely surprised that Valley Springs Youth Ranch in Black, MO hasn't had an incident like this.
The conditions there are the same, the staff they keep are often sadists and the place is isolated from regular monitoring.
There is just no hope for the human race..we are our own worst enemy. Peace and positive vibes to everyone that had to witness that.
This is just devastating 💔 Rest in peace darling Cornelius 💔
This video was so sad but yet it made so mad The adults need to be treated like that little boy was the same
Smh! This sh** is utterly ridiculous and disgusting!
Then they had the nerve to take pictures of his body!
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This topic really hits home for me me because my grandmother went to college for criminal justice and then dedicated her life to working at the children's farm home here in Benton county Corvallis/Albany Oregon. The thing that made it a big deal was before my grandma worked there. This sick sick man owned and ran the facility, abused tons of kids and finally got arrested and my grandma was a part of the new generation of reformed treatment after new everything came in. It was literally a huge thing here in Oregon. My grandma cared deeply about helping kids that didn't have much. She was at one point the main cook and activities coordinator at the kids facility, then later the more grown teens, that prepared them for helping them get their first apartments, drivers licenses, GEDs, etc. It was inspirational to see that there actually can be places that help troubled kids and aren't fully corrupt. It's sad how corrupt it was when that man owned and ran it. It's possible to look it up and find the case of the P word guy who ran the place but then I think got life in jail for how bad his charges were. Idk I don't know all the case but I just heard stuff about it growing up here. I hope the places in Michigan get a complete overhaul committee to come in and change and improve everything like they did here in Oregon awhile ago already.
I think it's great that you two are spreading this information. People need to be made aware that these places do exist. And the motto "in the best interest of the child" is just words to DHS. What is most important to these people is the most money for their pockets. In My opinion
Justice for poor Cornellius,sweet boy.......❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I was listening while I was making some Christmas crafts. I really perked up when you mentioned the Elan School. That's where Michael Skakel attended after he murdered Martha Moxley. Go figure.