Gooning

Gooning is a form of legal kidnapping, occurring predominantly in the United States, in which parents hire rehabilitation organizations to seize children they perceive as troubled and transport them to boot camps, behavior modification facilities, residential treatment centers, substance abuse treatment facilities, wilderness therapy, or therapeutic boarding school.[1] In most cases, the organizations send a group of people to show up by surprise and force the teenager into a vehicle, often under cover of darkness.[2]

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Children who resist are frequently threatened, restrained with handcuffs or zip ties, blindfolded, or hooded.[2] Children who are gooned frequently report post traumatic stress disorder, problems sleeping at night, and recurring nightmares into adulthood.[1] Paris Hilton's documentary This Is Paris details her experience at age 17 with gooning, culminating in her transport to Provo Canyon School where she was abused.[3][4]

The practice is regulated in the U.S. state of Oregon, where restraints, hoods, and blindfolds are disallowed. Lawmakers in California and Utah have criticized the practice of gooning and begun attempts to regulate the industry in those states as well.[2]

See also

Further reading
  • Ortiz, Michelle Ray (June 13, 1999) Escort Service’ or Legalized Abduction, Los Angeles Times
  • (April 22, 2014) "The man who takes troubled youths to therapy camp" BBC News
  • Miller, Jessica. "'Blindfolds, hoods and handcuffs': How some teenagers come to Utah youth treatment programs". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  • Johnson, Raye. (March 25, 2016) "Experience: I paid to have my daughter kidnapped". The Guardian

References
  1. Solomon, Serena (November 29, 2016). "The Legal Industry for Kidnapping Teens". vice.com. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  2. Salter, Jim (September 27, 2022). "Rules sought for 'gooning,' taking troubled kids to care". ABC News. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  3. Goldsmith, Annie (August 24, 2020). "Paris Hilton Opens Up About Physical and Emotional Abuse at Boarding School". Town & Country. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  4. Hilton, Paris (2023-08-14). "Paris Hilton: my boarding school hell and how I survived". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2023-08-14. Mom cooked. No one acted angry or odd or nervous. I was sound asleep at about 4.30 in the morning when my bedroom door crashed open. A thick hand grabbed my ankle and dragged me off the mattress. I was instantly awake.
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