Well, a transportation company recommended by them, that comes in a white van with some dudes. I didn’t witness it.
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nosaj
February 12, 2024, 3:40am
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Came here to mention the graphic novel. Thank you.
Another of these (ahem) institutions plays a part of the City of the Rails podcast. I loved listening to the podcast, and was glad I read the Elan graphic novel first, to help colour in what they were talking about.
Homepage:https://danellemorton.com/city-of-the-rails/
Listen:
When journalist Danelle Morton’s daughter skips town to hop trains, she follows her into the train yard, and across America. Join Danelle as she travels the country to understand what drew her daughter into the hidden world of the railroads. Her...
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… skipping to the endnotes for those who never got through the graphic novel (it’s really long)
Even today, conditions at Elan are beneath those of prisons, mental health wards, boot camps, even comparable therapeutic boarding schools.
Yes, the Elan School was a real place: Elan School's Record of Atrocities (this link keeps breaking, here's an ARCHIVE if it doesn't work) The Legal Industry for Kidnapping Teens Suffer the Little Children: Élan School and the Industry of Legalized...
also @orenwolf this boing
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