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By Jamie Roberts Netflix’s latest true crime docuseries titled The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnappings is set to showcase the horrific abuse children suffered at an American school. Ivy Ridge was described to desperate parents as a place to send their disruptive kids in a bid to improve their behaviour. However, despite the shiny brochure billing the academy as a relaxing location of “237 acres, with plenty of outdoor recreational space and nature trails,” what the children were made to endure was sinister. The school, based in Ogdensburg,New York, is said to have operated by “kidnapping” kid…

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