{"id":9547,"date":"2022-03-11T13:56:22","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T21:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.breakingcodesilence.org\/?p=9547"},"modified":"2022-03-13T17:42:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T00:42:04","slug":"alldredge-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.breakingcodesilence.org\/alldredge-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"Alldredge Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alldredge Academy<\/b> (1999-2008) Davis, WV<\/span><\/h1>\n

Wilderness\/Therapeutic Boarding School<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

History and Background Information<\/b><\/h2>\n

Alldredge Academy (later called Alldredge Wilderness Journey and the Ayne Institute) was a behavior-modification program that opened in 1999. It was marketed as a Therapeutic Wilderness and Boarding School program for teenagers (13-18) who are “angry, defiant, rebellious, deceitful, manipulative, entitled, sad, impulsive, unreasonable, ill-tempered, adrift, isolated, depressed, anxious, loving and loveable.” The average length of stay varied throughout the program’s existence, but was typically between 60 and 90 days, although it could be longer. Alldredge Academy had a maximum enrollment of 60 teens, and was a member of <\/span>NATSAP<\/span><\/a> until its closure.<\/span><\/p>\n

The program’s exact location is difficult to determine. The official address associated with the program was <\/span>1080 William Ave, Davis, WV 26260<\/span><\/a>, although it is unknown if this was the actual location of school. The facility was located on U.S. Forest Service land, but because it had not filed all required usage reports nor paid required permit fees. Therefore, it was in violation of the terms of its Forest Service permit, according to the Government Accountability Office.<\/span><\/p>\n

Founders and Notable Staff<\/b><\/h2>\n

Lionel J. Mitchell<\/b> is the Founder of Alldredge Academy. He began his career in the TTI by Co-Founding and Directing the <\/span>SUWS of Idaho<\/span><\/a> program from 1981 until 1994. He then left to create Alldredge Academy in 1999. He worked as the Director of Alldredge until 2006. He then went on to open <\/span>Greenbrier Academy for Girls<\/span><\/a> in 2007 and has worked as the Director\/Owner ever since.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jim Browning<\/b> worked as the Executive Director of Alldredge Academy after Lionel left in 2007.<\/span><\/p>\n

John Grago<\/b> worked as the Admissions Director of Alldredge Academy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Program Structure<\/b><\/h2>\n

Like other behavior-modification programs, Alldredge Academy used a level-system. Alldredge originally had three phases, but in 2007 the program dropped the third phase, which was called the Academic Phase. With this, the program also decided to change their name from Alldredge Academy to Alldredge Wilderness Journey. The phases were reported to be:<\/span><\/p>\n