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John Dewey Academy -- Elite Boarding School for Troubled Teens -- Was Torture Chamber

March 30, 2021 by Alissa Fleck

At John Dewey Academy (JDA) in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, teenagers with a range of mental health issues were deprived medication and proper treatment, and administered “attack therapy,” under the unchecked tutelage of Thomas Bratter, who himself had dubious mental health training and was found guilty of raping at least two of his own students in the nineties.

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March 30, 2021 /Alissa Fleck
john dewey academy, boarding school, troubled-teen industry, breaking code silence, thomas bratter