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* Corporal punishment (including public beatings on bare backs and buttocks) | * Corporal punishment (including public beatings on bare backs and buttocks) | ||
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* Seclusion from other children or teens | * Seclusion from other children or teens | ||
* Denial of any and all entertainment (including movies, music, dancing, socialising, etc.) | * Denial of any and all entertainment (including movies, music, dancing, socialising, etc.) | ||
* Constant supervision | * Constant supervision | ||
* Locked in rooms at night (sometimes even tied to the bed) | * Locked in rooms at night (sometimes even tied to the bed) | ||
| + | * Public humiliations & shamings (often yelling) | ||
| + | * Rigourous physical exercises ('Duck walking' around courtyards, 50 star-jumps, etc.) | ||
| + | * 'Smile machines' (a crude elastic divice attached to the ears and mouth corners to create a 'smile'.) | ||
===Victor Camps=== | ===Victor Camps=== | ||
Revision as of 17:06, 12 December 2005
Victor Programs were used by The Family during the late 80s and early 90s to provide spiritual training to second generation members.
As second generation members reached puberty, in the mid-1980s, some of them rebelled against the strict living conditions under which they were forced to live. When discipline failed to produce satisfactory results, some of the more difficult cases were separated from the rest of the children and teens and assigned hard labour and other disciplinary actions.
Initially, these extreme measures were reserved for the worst cases. An early group of these children and teens were called Detention Teens (or DTs) and were sent to a special center in Macau. Among these DTs was Merry Berg, granddaughter of David Berg.
As more "problem cases" occurred, the status became structured and defined. It was around this time (late 1980s) that these DTs became known as "Victors" and were sent to Victor Programs.
Eventually, the criteria for inclusion in Victor Programs became less restrictive, and just about anyone with a "bad attitude" could end up in one of these programs.
Disciplinary actions
- Hard labour (long work days, up to seven days a week)
- Silence restriction
- Corporal punishment (including public beatings on bare backs and buttocks)
- Strict diet & forced fasting
- Seclusion from other children or teens
- Denial of any and all entertainment (including movies, music, dancing, socialising, etc.)
- Constant supervision
- Locked in rooms at night (sometimes even tied to the bed)
- Public humiliations & shamings (often yelling)
- Rigourous physical exercises ('Duck walking' around courtyards, 50 star-jumps, etc.)
- 'Smile machines' (a crude elastic divice attached to the ears and mouth corners to create a 'smile'.)
Victor Camps
When a suitable number of local candidates for a Victor Program was reached, Victor Camps were created in various regions.
Case studies
See Also: Victor Camp
