Kidnapped and taken into the woods: ‘Why I had my teen gooned’

It’s not a term we hear a lot in the UK, but say the word ‘gooning’ to most teens in America and it will strike fear into their heart.

That’s because every year, thousands of youngsters in the States are ‘gooned’; forcibly taken from their home and sent to facilities known as boot camps, behaviour modification facilities, or wilderness therapy as part of the Troubled Teen Industry.

Known as ‘brat camps’, these…