I was sent to an 'evil' wilderness therapy camp like Paris Hilton that was so strict a 12-year-old boy died there and these are some of my worst experiences

A woman who was sent to a the 'wilderness therapy' camp that was shut down this year after a 12-year-old boy suffocated to death says she was left with PTSD after being shamed, starved and emotionally abused at the facility. Leanne Roberts was sent to Trails Carolina wilderness camp, which was sold as a 'therapy program for troubled youth', at just 12 years old while her parents were going through a divorce. The camp was sold to parents as a therapy program for children that offered a 'unique combination of backcountry expedition and base camp programming', but the reality was much harsher Roberts, from San Francisco, California, was sent to Trails in Lake Toxaway, North Carolina, from November 2017 until January 2018. Children would have their food portions restricted, were banned from talking and forced to endure embarrassing 'pee parties' Roberts claims that Trails operated under the theme that nothing in life is given to you, alleging children had to earn the right to talk and have warm food Roberts, pictured at the camp, has recently been diagnosed with complex post-traumatic stress disorder and partly puts it down to her time spent at Trails Roberts claims that Trails operated under the theme that nothing in life is given to you, alleging children had to earn the right to talk and have warm food. Clark Harman, 12, was found dead in a bivy bag 'burrito,' similar to the one above, wrapped in a plastic tarpaulin and sealed with a lock and alarm on his first night at Trails Carolina in February this year 17-year-old Alec Lansing, seen here, spent almost two weeks dead in a stream after running away from Trails Carolina on an excursion in November 2014 Roberts says the camp was 'evil' and that she is 'shocked' it took so long to close down, adding that much of her early adult life has been spent healing and processing what she endured in wilderness camps After leaving Trails, Roberts was sent to two more camp, including a therapeutic boarding school where she stayed from February 2019 to June 2019.