Plot Synopsis

Directed and executive produced by Katherine Kubler, THE PROGRAM: CONS, CULTS AND KIDNAPPING is a three-part documentary that centers on The Academy at Ivy Ridge, which claimed to use therapy and recreational activities to help troubled teens. Instead, teens suffered mental and physical abuse in a program that operated like a cult. Now, in this series, a filmmaker and other former students recall their horrific experiences attending a disciplinary school and expose the horrors of the troubled teen industry. All three episodes of THE PROGRAM: CONS, CULTS AND KIDNAPPING dropped on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 on Netflix.