Can There Really Be Reformation in the Wilderness?

With that title, you may think that I am questioning the credibility of Wilderness Programs.
I am not.

In its holistic outlook wilderness course may be something that can really help out troublesome teens.

If I were an addict or an alcoholic in my childhood, I myself may have been convinced to change myself.

This therapy provides teens with exposure to outdoor education; teaching them survival techniques and removing all the distractions of modernism.

But today, more and more abuse cases have been coming out in connection to students enrolled in their programs or, other present behavior modification programs for that matter.
There are a number of organizations founded by parents who grieve because of their children who were victimized by institutions that they entrusted to take care of their teens.
These organizations rally for reform instead of total demise.
Also, in spite of all the news about abuses, many parents still enroll their children to these institutions.

This may mean that they still believe in the system -that there is hope for troublesome kids if institutions run their programs decently.
One of the companies running wilderness camps says that their objectives are "clinical treatment, natural observation & assessment, and preparation for long-term solutions.
" This therapy process seems promising that is, if wilderness staff knows how to control the children without being abusive. Sadly, some of these institutes seem to use the contract signed by the parents as tool they can use to step on the students' human rights. Parents spend thousands of dollars to put their children in such programs to improve their behavior, but if in improving their behavior they end up bruised, malnourished or dead, what is the point of reformation? The ideals of wilderness program are laudable and well-thought of. Abusive teens exposed to a constricted and isolated camp has its advantages.
They are not incarcerated inside walls but they are being held by nature. With this system students can't just run off whenever they feel like shutting down, they can't stay away from confrontation and they are the only ones who are held accountable for any action that they do.

Unlike in their homes where their parents need to focus on other things as well, staffs in these institutions are supposed to do one thing alone -guide the students. Nature as a learning tool is a good concept because nature does not alter anything and it doesn't manipulate the truth; it teaches nothing else but purity and peace but if abused, it will stop providing. Nature without disturbances of modernism and temptation could give space for students to deal with themselves.

Institutions must not take advantage of the fragility of the families instead; they should lend their helping hand to them.